In today’s Stepwise Risk Outlook, we’re introducing a new segment: Watch List. Periodically on Fridays, our analysts will cover parallel trends across multiple countries. Over the past several weeks, ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a series of conditional approvals exempting specified products its Covered List. These approvals demonstrate a viable path for manufacturers ...

Steptoe partner Trace Schmeltz authored an article in Law360 titled "Dissecting Dodd's, Gensler's Prediction Market Amicus Briefs." In this article, he discusses how former Senator Christopher Dodd ...

Steptoe's Chair of the Labor practice group Alan Klinger, partner Dina Kolker, and associate Alex Langer authored an op-ed in The Chief titled "Pattern Bargaining Wasn't Intended to be a Straitjacket ...

Steptoe partner Andrew Adams, counsel Leslie Weinstein, and associates Daniel Podair, and Maahi Saini, authored an article in Law360 titled "Immunity May Not Protect Gov't-Backed Cyber Operators." In ...

Steptoe's Campaign Finance and Political Law practice leader Jason Abel, associate Elizabeth Goodwin, and partners Michelle Kallen and Claire Rajan, authored an article in Lexology titled "Congress's ...

The world is in debt. Global public debt reached a nominal value of $111 trillion in 2025, up from $49 trillion in 2010. Including private borrowing, total debt reached roughly $365 trillion in the ...

Cheap and commercially available drones are being widely adopted by organized crime groups in Latin America to enhance their illicit activities . R apid innovation by cartels and guerrilla groups is ...

The Sanctions Update, compiled by attorneys from Steptoe’s award-winning International Regulatory Compliance team and the Stepwise: Risk Outlook editorial team, publishes every Monday. Guided by the ...