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Getting in Line with the New Regulations: Cybersecurity rules from the New York Department of Financial Services are broad and complicated

Michelle Reed, a litigator at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and co-leader of the firm's cybersecurity privacy and data protection group, breaks down what the New York Department of Financial Services’ new cybersecurity regulations mean for covered entities and the in-house...

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Investors See Changes – and Opportunities: Big reforms in India have the economy humming

American lawyer John Holton advises clients on emerging markets in Asia from the London office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. He has much to say about the current pro-business government in India, why registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S....

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To Make Deals in Hospitality Today, You Need to Be Creative: As the challenges mount, lawyers need to adapt

Given the complications that the hospitality sector faces these days, from cross-border deals to mega-mergers to disrupters crashing the business, the environment can appear at times almost inhospitable. But John Allen Bain and his firm, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, fresh from their...

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European Union (EU)

Preparing for Big Changes: With Brexit and new privacy rules rolling out from the EU, multinationals have a lot to think about.

Two major events are slowly playing out in Europe. Each will have a major effect on the future of law and business there, and companies on both sides of the Atlantic are scrambling to adjust. MCC spoke with Davina Garrod and Jasper Helder, partners at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in...

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Finance

Navigating the Bumps: A corporate partner tries to help other women find legal jobs and thrive

Alice Hsu, a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, focuses on capital markets and corporate governance. Her family’s favored professions, however, were centered around medicine and engineering, leading Alice to wonder what her life would have been like had she followed one of those...

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Energy | Renewable Energy

Latin America Power Drive: Projects abound as energy players near and far pitch for a piece of fast-changing markets

Latin American energy markets are a source of tremendous opportunity, and no small amount of complexity, for international project developers and investors. The Mexican hydrocarbon and electricity markets have burst open after generations of government control, and wind, solar and hydro projects...

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The $64,000 - Make That $64 Million - Question: How will President Trump influence international bribery enforcement?

A partner at Akin Gump, Paul Butler began his career as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted terrorism, organized crime and white collar fraud cases. He went on to serve in several senior positions at U.S. Department of...

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