S&C Critical Insights

SCOTUS & Arbitration: Last Term’s Decisions and What’s Next?

In this episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series, S&C’s litigation partners, Joseph Neuhaus and Andrew Finn discuss the impact of recent Supreme Court arbitration decisions and preview the one arbitration case on the Court’s docket for the 2019 Term. SCOTUS decided three arbitration cases in the 2018 Term, helping clarify some intricacies of the Federal Arbitration Act.

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DOJ Corporate Compliance Guidance: Changes and Considerations

In this episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series, S&C Litigation partner Annie Ostrager discusses with Kate Doniger, also part of our Litigation practice, the recent DOJ Corporate Compliance Guidance that was released in April. Annie and Kate highlight the new information included in the guide and its implications for clients.

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The Antitrust Series: Hold Separate Orders

In this episode of S&C’s Critical Insights podcast series, S&C Litigation partner Renata Hesse joins Sam Hynes to hold separate orders for merging companies, in particular how the DOJ and FTC’s increased emphasis on these orders will influence the international community’s attitude towards mergers. The Antitrust Litigation team advises client on merger clearances, criminal antitrust investigations and civil litigation.

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The Antitrust Series: Merger Clearances

In this episode of S&C’s Critical Insights podcast series, S&C Litigation partner Renata Hesse joins Sam Hynes to discuss developments in merger clearances in terms of antitrust law. The Antitrust Litigation team advises client on merger clearances, criminal antitrust investigations and civil litigation. This multidisciplinary approach provides the practice with a holistic perspective when tackling challenging antitrust litigation.

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Project Finance and the Belt and Road Initiative: China Three Gorges

In this episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series, S&C partner Jamie Logie discusses his recent project finance work on China Three Gorges’s purchase of the Chaglla hydroelectric plant in Peru, and the challenges that came with it. Jamie also explains how increased Chinese capital flowing into Latin America, through the Belt and Road Initiative, has an impact on projects and businesses in the region.

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Mandatory Arbitration Agreements and Sexual Harassment Claims in the #MeToo Era

In this episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series, S&C partners Tracy Richelle High and Annie Ostrager discuss the development of Supreme Court authority supporting the use of mandatory arbitration agreements in employment agreements, as well as legislative activity at the state and federal levels that may bear on the use of mandatory arbitration agreements in employment contracts in the post-#MeToo climate.

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CFTC Turns to FCPA Enforcement

The CFTC’s newest enforcement advisory is an announcement that the CFTC is entering the FCPA enforcement space—but historically, this is a space that the DOJ and the SEC have enforced. What impact will the CFTC’s entry into this crowded enforcement space have? Sullivan & Cromwell partners Katy McArthur and Aisling O’Shea discuss what this shift means for corporations.

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Sexual Harassment Investigations in Light of the #MeToo Movement

How has the #MeToo movement changed corporate responses to complaints of sexual harassment? Julie Jordan and Diane McGimsey explore best practices for investigating sexual harassment claims in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast.

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Leading the New Wave of LNG Project Development and Finance

S&C partner Inosi Nyatta speaks to us about her award-winning work for Cheniere Energy on its landmark $6.1 billion term loan, used to expand its Corpus Christi LNG liquefaction export project. Inosi discusses the deal, challenges caused by shifts in the commodities market, the precedent-setting nature of Cheniere’s financing structure and much more in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast.

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The Antitrust Series (1/3): Model letters and timing agreements

There are new developments at the DOJ’s Antitrust Division and the FTC – what are the changes, and what is their impact? Sullivan & Cromwell’s Renata Hesse and Samantha Hynes discuss the changes, specifically model letters and timing agreements, in the first of the S&C Critical Insights three-part Antitrust series.

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