Government Regulation and Public Sector Law

Two 2025 ICSID tribunals reached opposite conclusions in mining disputes involving Indigenous consultation rights under ILO Convention 169. This analysis examines whether Lupaka Gold v. Peru and Kappes v. Guatemala represent conflicting precedents or coherent expressions of the same legal framework, revealing distinct factual pathways that determine investor versus state-favorable outcomes in Indigenous rights disputes.

Directs federal agencies to expand hunting access on federal lands, authorize hunting in specified national monuments, revise regulations restricting recreational access...

Five foundational ISDS decisions reveal how investment tribunals balance Indigenous consultation rights under ILO Convention 169 with treaty protections for foreign mining investors. This analysis examines the evolving legal framework governing State obligations, social license requirements, and the circumstances under which community opposition triggers treaty liability.

Treasury's Operation Economic Outcast is expanding beyond traditional sanctions to target foreign banks, digital-asset platforms, and shadow-banking networks that facilitate Iran's access to the global financial system. Through a combination of OFAC designations, FinCEN prohibitions, and actions against intermediary infrastructure, the administration is demonstrating its willingness to employ multiple punitive measures to achieve economic isolation. Financial institutions must now assess Iran-risk not just

Explore critical insights on healthcare compliance, cryptocurrency regulation, supply chain risk, sanctions enforcement, and cybersecurity threats. Discover how operational models, regulatory frameworks, and emerging technologies are reshaping risk management across industries from freight logistics to digital assets.

Explore critical insights on healthcare compliance, cryptocurrency regulation, supply chain risk, sanctions enforcement, and cybersecurity threats. Discover how operational models, regulatory frameworks...

On Sept. 30, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum creating Project Agincourt, formally directing the Department to establish a pathway to AUTOWARCOM by Oct. 1, 2027. The effort will be led by the direct reporting portfolio manager for unmanned systems (DRPM-UxS) under Owen West, currently director of the Defense Innovation Unit, and Max Strasiser, currently at DRPM-UxS.

Companies doing business with the federal government face an increasingly complex enforcement landscape where a single compliance issue can trigger simultaneous investigations by multiple agencies—federal prosecutors, civil fraud attorneys, inspectors general, regulatory bodies, and state attorneys general. The decisions made in the earliest days of such investigations often determine whether risks are effectively managed or catastrophically compounded.

Recordkeeping may not be the most exciting part of trade compliance, but GTC instructor Arthur O’Meara has one word for what happens when companies get it wrong: draconian. On this episode of Simply Trade Tips, host Lalo Solorzano and Arthur tackle an often-overlooked part of import compliance: keeping the records you may need when Customs comes asking.

The executive branch possesses substantial authority to reshape federal cannabis policy without waiting for Congress. Through strategic use of existing statutes, the President could direct agencies to establish scientific pilot programs for medical and adult-use marijuana, initiate descheduling reviews, and create regulatory frameworks that demonstrate workable alternatives while building pressure for comprehensive legislative reform.

Congressional appropriators face mounting challenges as FY27 budget negotiations stall while the federal debt surpasses $40 trillion. The White House's attempt to reshape NIH grant decisions through political appointees sparked immediate pushback from key lawmakers, raising fundamental questions about executive authority over congressionally mandated funding processes.

As the US and China compete for primacy in space, the stakes extend far beyond national pride. The race to establish infrastructure beyond Earth—from orbital manufacturing to lunar resource extraction—will determine which companies and countries build and profit from the next economy, and on what terms everyone else can access it.