This blog post highlights key trends in financial services litigation for 2025, including the rise in payments litigation, mass and international arbitration, and increased scrutiny on AML and KYC compliance. It also discusses changing regulatory risks, challenges from digital currencies, and the impact of new technologies and AI on legal disputes.
2025 promises to be another turbulent year for boards of directors. On the heels of a historically unprecedented election, companies are still ramping up compliance with the ambitious agenda of the outgoing administration while simultaneously bracing for the changes promised by the next one. Against that backdrop, colleagues from across Cleary’s offices have zeroed-in on
The following is part of our annual publication Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2025. Explore all topics or download the PDF.
Deployment of generative AI expanded rapidly across many industries in 2024, leading to broadly increased productivity, return on investment and other benefits. At the same time, AI was also a focus for
This post was co-authored by Labor + Employment Group lawyers Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson and Christopher A. Costain.
As we look ahead to 2025, several important labor and employment law changes, planned and potential, are on the horizon. With President Trump set to return to the Oval Office on January 20, 2025, labor and employment law
In what may be the SEC’s first AI-washing enforcement action against a reporting company, on January 14, 2025, the agency brought a settled enforcement action against Presto Automation, a restaurant services technology company, based on the company’s alleged misrepresentations “regarding critical aspects of its flagship artificial intelligence (“AI”) product, Presto Voice.” A copy of the
The Financial Times once stated that the North West economy, led by the redevelopment of Manchester and Liverpool, is a genuine rival to ‘overheated London’. It’s a sentiment that’s hard to argue with.
Each distinct, but interconnecting sub region within the North West’s boundaries is brimming with industry – some traditional, some emerging to become
SMRs are attracting growing attention from governments, investors, and financiers as a means to power the energy transition, offering the promise of shorter construction times, scalability, and reduced financial risk compared to traditional nuclear reactors.
By Tom Bartlett, Beatrice Lo, JP Sweny, Simon Tysoe, Sam Burleton, and Tom Glynne-Jones
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In a new article, I tackle the increasingly urgent question of how corporate governance principles must adapt in response to the transformative influence of artificial intelligence (“AI”). No longer just a tool for enhancing operational efficiency, AI now fundamentally alters how corporations make decisions, relate to stakeholders, and engage with society.[1] Traditional fiduciary corporate
2024 was another successful year for the firm, marked by further investment in our team, as we welcomed 14 new people across all practice areas, as well as a new head of finance in Sarah-Jane Roper.
Once again, we excelled in the annual Legal 500 legal review of the year. In total, 17 lawyers featured
The Executive Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association hosted a very special guest speaker at its final meeting of 2024: The Honorable Timothy S. Driscoll from the Commercial Division of Nassau County. Justice Driscoll opened the meeting with some general points about how he runs his