On July 27, 2017, Senate passed the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (the “Act”), a piece of bipartisan legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia.1 It imposes a sectoral sanction that bans Russian banks from obtaining outside credit and bans certain types of partnerships with oil and gas companies in Russia.2 For example, ExxonMobil terminated…
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The Fallout of the Yahoo Hack
This post is an update of my previous post covering the Verizon-Yahoo merger.1 The Effect on the Verizon-Yahoo Merger Amidst the negotiations for Yahoo’s acquisition by Verizon, Yahoo revealed that its customer data had been stolen in a cyber-attack – with Verizon reportedly looking for a $1 billion reduction in the price.2 A recent Yahoo…