Worldwide: Human Rights

On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued orders designating three Mexico-based financial institutions...

On June 25, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("FinCEN") issued three orders (the "FinCEN Orders") targeting...

On June 25, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued its first orders under the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, targeting three Mexican financial institutions: CIBanco S.A. (CIBanco), Intercam Banco S.A. (Intercam), and Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. (Vector), for their alleged roles in the laundering of proceeds associated with illicit opioid manufacturing and trafficking, including of fentanyl (the FinCEN Orders).

As you may recall, the Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act gives state Attorneys General the authority to bring civil actions on behalf of state residents.

Tribal sovereign immunity is a well-established doctrine of federal Indian law but it is not popular with courts.

In the ever-growing competition among states and localities to attract new jobs and investments, economic developers often follow fads to appear to be on the cutting edge.

On June 11, 2025, the Washington State Supreme Court's Minority and Justice Commission hosted a nine-hour Symposium regarding Indigenous human rights, with a focus on federal Indian boarding schools.

As the presidential transition began in January 2025, President Biden promulgated a new National Security Memorandum (NSM) on missile technology exports to advance "the President's goals of strengthening allied defense capabilities, bolstering the U.S. defense industrial base, streamlining defense trade, and deterring adversaries."

With the United States classifying most psychedelics as Schedule I substances, many facilitators are exploring opportunities abroad to conduct spiritual plant ceremonies.

On June 25, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("FinCEN") issued three orders (the "FinCEN Orders") targeting...

The past couple of weeks in space policy news have been dominated by defense headlines. In the U.S., a "czar" was appointed to oversee the Golden Dome project and the Pentagon began looking into alternative launch providers for Space Force Missions

On June 27, 2025, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a letter to federal contractors inviting them to voluntarily submit information about their efforts to "wind down"...