On Friday, March 23, President Trump signed into law the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (CLOUD Act), which amends the Stored Communications Act (SCA), 18 U.S.C. § 2701, et seq., to require providers of electronic communication services or remote computing services to produce data sought by the government under the SCA, regardless of whether the data are located within or outside the United States.

2018-03-26T00:00:00-04:002018-03-28T16:00:07ZJonathan G. Cedarbaumhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Jonathan_Cedarbaum/jonathan.cedarbaum@wilmerhale.comCatherine M.A. Carrollhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Catherine_Carroll/catherine.carroll@wilmerhale.comAri Holtzblatthttps://www.wilmerhale.com/ari_holtzblatt/ari.holtzblatt@wilmerhale.comAlexandra Stewarthttps://www.wilmerhale.com/alexandra_stewart/alex.stewart@wilmerhale.com

Summaries of and links to recent precedential and informative opinions.

2018-03-26T00:00:00-04:002018-04-03T19:55:20Z

An article by Daniel Zimmerman, published by Xconomy. The article discusses information that entrepreneurs should follow and what they can safely dismiss.

2018-03-23T00:00:00-04:002018-03-28T15:38:22ZDaniel Zimmermannhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/daniel_zimmermann/daniel.zimmermann@wilmerhale.com

Yesterday, President Trump issued new Proclamations regarding Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum, amending the original Proclamations (9704 and 9705) issued on March 8.

2018-03-23T00:00:00-04:002018-03-28T14:12:57ZAmbassador Charlene Barshefskyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Charlene_Barshefsky/charlene.barshefsky@wilmerhale.comNaboth van den Broekhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/naboth_vandenbroek/naboth.vandenbroek@wilmerhale.comDavid J. Rosshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_ross/david.ross@wilmerhale.comPatrick J. McLainhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/patrick_mclain/patrick.mclain@wilmerhale.comDavid M. Hornhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_horn/david.horn@wilmerhale.comSarah Sprinklehttps://www.wilmerhale.com/sarah_sprinkle/sarah.sprinkle@wilmerhale.com

Yesterday, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum regarding China's technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation-related laws, policies, practices, and actions. 

2018-03-23T00:00:00-04:002018-03-28T14:13:35ZAmbassador Charlene Barshefskyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Charlene_Barshefsky/charlene.barshefsky@wilmerhale.comNaboth van den Broekhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/naboth_vandenbroek/naboth.vandenbroek@wilmerhale.comDavid J. Rosshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_ross/david.ross@wilmerhale.comHeather M. Petruzzihttps://www.wilmerhale.com/heather_petruzzi/heather.petruzzi@wilmerhale.comSarah Sprinklehttps://www.wilmerhale.com/sarah_sprinkle/sarah.sprinkle@wilmerhale.com

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP and the Centre for Small States, Queen Mary University of London, held a seminar on 16 March in Brussels on promoting and encouraging trade and commerce in the Pacific region.

2018-03-23T00:00:00-04:002018-03-23T18:48:00Z

Digital Reasoning, a leading artificial intelligence company, announced it has raised $30 million in new funding. International bank BNP Paribas led the funding round and its Global Head of Strategic Investments has joined Digital Reasoning's Board of Directors.

2018-03-23T00:00:00-04:002018-03-23T14:34:51Z

As discussed in previous issues of WilmerHale's Infrastructure Series, the Trump Administration proposes several initiatives to seek and secure long-term changes in the government's approach to funding infrastructure projects.

2018-03-22T00:00:00-04:002018-03-22T15:52:50ZRachel Jacobsonhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/rachel_jacobson/rachel.jacobson@wilmerhale.comMatthew F. Ferrarohttps://www.wilmerhale.com/matthew_ferraro/matthew.ferraro@wilmerhale.comAndrew L. Spielmanhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/andy_spielman/andy.spielman@wilmerhale.com

An article by Andrew Shipley and Matthew Ferraro, published by Bloomberg Law Insights, US Law Week, March 22, 2018.

2018-03-22T00:00:00-04:002018-03-23T18:02:28ZAndrew E. Shipleyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/andrew_shipley/andrew.shipley@wilmerhale.comMatthew F. Ferrarohttps://www.wilmerhale.com/matthew_ferraro/matthew.ferraro@wilmerhale.com

In 2017, we advised clients on more than 75 M&A transactions with an aggregate value of approximately $60 billion, providing guidance in areas including corporate, securities, antitrust and tax. Since 2007, we have participated in more than 1,000 mergers and acquisitions with a total value in excess of $400 billion, ranging from sales of VC-backed companies to multibillion-dollar global mergers.2018-03-21T00:00:00-04:002018-03-21T20:52:42Z

In 2017, we handled more than 40 public offerings and Rule 144A placements raising approximately $18 billion, for leading companies in life sciences, technology, financial services, communications and other industries. Since 2007, we have served as counsel in approximately 400 public offerings and Rule 144A placements with total proceeds in excess of $150 billion.2018-03-21T00:00:00-04:002018-03-21T20:57:21Z

In 2017, we served as counsel in more than 250 venture financings raising over $4.5 billion, including some of the largest and most prominent deals of the year. Since 2007, we have handled more than 2,800 venture financings with total proceeds in excess of $35 billion.2018-03-21T00:00:00-04:002018-03-21T21:01:25Z

Twelve WilmerHale lawyers and three firm practices have been recognized in the 2018 edition of Chambers Europe: Leading Lawyers for Business. 

2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:002018-03-20T17:56:04Z

On March 16, 2018, the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited ruling in ACA International, et al. v. FCC, et al., resolving a series of challenges to the July 10 2015 Declaratory Ruling & Order of the Federal Communications Commission implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:002018-03-20T20:36:13ZJonathan G. Cedarbaumhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Jonathan_Cedarbaum/jonathan.cedarbaum@wilmerhale.comD. Reed Freeman, Jr.https://www.wilmerhale.com/reed_freeman/reed.freeman@wilmerhale.comAlan Schoenfeldhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/alan_schoenfeld/alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.comHeather Zacharyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/heather_zachary/heather.zachary@wilmerhale.comStephanie Simonhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/stephanie_simon/stephanie.simon@wilmerhale.com

Vividion Therapeutics, a biotechnology company using novel proteomics and chemistry platforms, has announced that it entered into a strategic research collaboration with Celgene Corporation and will receive $101 million in upfront and equity consideration. 

2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:002018-03-20T20:05:39Z

The U.S. Department of Commerce has published an interim final rule establishing procedures by which organizations may submit requests for exclusions from the Section 232 tariffs.

2018-03-19T00:00:00-04:002018-03-19T23:17:42ZAmbassador Charlene Barshefskyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Charlene_Barshefsky/charlene.barshefsky@wilmerhale.comNaboth van den Broekhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/naboth_vandenbroek/naboth.vandenbroek@wilmerhale.comDavid J. Rosshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_ross/david.ross@wilmerhale.comPatrick J. McLainhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/patrick_mclain/patrick.mclain@wilmerhale.comDavid M. Hornhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_horn/david.horn@wilmerhale.com

A blog post by Frederick Saugman, published on the WilmerHale W.I.R.E. UK blog.2018-03-16T00:00:00-04:002018-03-16T21:44:26ZFrederick Saugmanhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/frederick_saugman/frederick.saugman@wilmerhale.com

Casella Waste Systems, a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, announced two transactions relating to its industrial revenue bonds. 

2018-03-16T00:00:00-04:002018-03-16T17:20:28Z

In the 2018 edition of Chambers Global, 33 WilmerHale lawyers were named among “The World's Leading Lawyers for Business." 

2018-03-16T00:00:00-04:002018-03-16T20:54:45Z

While President Trump's Infrastructure Plan highlighted the need for investment in the nation's water infrastructure, there are opportunities and resources available now to assist in developing water infrastructure projects.

2018-03-15T00:00:00-04:002018-03-20T22:51:03ZMichael Connorhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/michael_connor/michael.connor@wilmerhale.com H. David Goldhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_gold/david.gold@wilmerhale.comSarah C. Judkinshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/sarah_judkins/sarah.judkins@wilmerhale.comAndrew L. Spielmanhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/andy_spielman/andy.spielman@wilmerhale.com