April 28, 2025 – AdWeek recently interviewed Jeffery Cross on the Justice Department’s push for Google to share its search data as part of proposed antitrust remedies. Cross emphasized, “The better the query and the more efficient the search, the more users will be attracted. The more users and the more user data, the better the quality. It’s a network-effect feedback loop.” To read the full article, click here (subscription may be required).

March 26, 2025 – Forbes recently featured an interview between Smith Gambrell Partner Moritz Masberg and The German American Trade Association (GATA), highlighting key insights on the current landscape for German-speaking companies entering the U.S. market. In the interview, Moritz addressed both the opportunities and challenges companies face—from political uncertainty and tariff threats to the strategic benefits of the U.S. market, including scale, consumer demand, and legal infrastructure. He emphasized the importance of proper planning around structure, liability, and location, particularly for mid-sized firms. “Whichever way you look at it, the U.S. remains a market that cannot be ignored as the… Read more

April 3, 2025 – Atlanta Business Chronicle recently interviewed Edward “Jack” Hardin, founder and chairman emeritus of the Gateway Center and co-chair of the United Way’s Regional Commission on Homelessness, on efforts to address homelessness in Atlanta’s urban core. “Homelessness is a mismatch between the cost of housing and the resources available to people who want to be housed,” said Hardin, who emphasized the Gateway Center’s role as the “front door” to critical services for those in need. To read the full article, click here (subscription may be required).

March 28, 2025 – ESG Dive recently interviewed Stephen O’Day on the SEC’s decision to withdraw its defense of the climate-risk disclosure rule. O’Day noted that “there are 18 states and the District of Columbia signed on as intervenors in the case that could decide to continue the rule’s defense in the agency’s absence.” To read the full article, click here (subscription may be required).

March 7, 2025 – Bloomberg Law recently interviewed Stephen O’Day on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, which shifts more regulatory responsibility onto the EPA while the agency faces workforce cuts. O’Day stated, “Those amorphous things will be allowed to go on until there is a water quality standard or an effluent limit for those kinds of discharges. Microplastics are another where there aren’t any standards now. Water quality can be affected because the backstop to the specific effluent limits is being removed.” To read the full article, click here (subscription may… Read more

February 19, 2025 – ESG Dive recently interviewed Stephen O’Day on the ongoing legal challenges surrounding the SEC’s climate risk disclosure rule. O’Day said, “The intervenors in the case could decide to continue to defend the Biden-era rule,” even as the SEC signals it may not defend it in court. The article also highlights House Financial Services Chair French Hill’s concerns that the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) creates a “non-tariff barrier” that disproportionately impacts U.S. companies. To read the full article, click here (subscription may be required).

February 13, 2025 – ESG Dive recently interviewed Stephen O’Day on the SEC’s request to delay climate rule arguments and its potential implications. “The proceedings pending in the Eighth Circuit involve challenges filed by multiple parties and intervenors, any of which could seek to continue defense of the SEC rules,” O’Day said. “So, while the court may grant the requested 45-day pause, it remains to be seen whether any such pause will result in the end of the SEC’s final rules.” To read the full article, click here (subscription may be required).

January 29, 2025 – Chicago Tribune recently interviewed Richard Traub on the impact of the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady and its effect on downtown Chicago real estate development. “Back in September, most people absolutely expected a number of rate cuts this year, but that expectation has dimmed, and people are starting to be concerned that (flat interest rates) will be the trend for the rest of 2025,” Traub said. To read the full article, click here (subscription may be required).

January 14, 2025 – Law360 recently highlighted Nicola Fiordalisi and Martin Guizzardi for leading Smith Gambrell’s newly launched Italian practice in Milan. “The opening of a Milan office presents a great opportunity to get closer to our existing and potential clients investing in the U.S.,” said Fiordalisi. To read the full article, click here (subscription may be required).

January 22, 2025 – Grocery Dive recently interviewed Jeffery Cross on the potential shift in the Federal Trade Commission’s stance on supermarket mergers and acquisitions under the leadership of new FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson. Cross noted, “While the Trump administration is widely expected to be more friendly to corporate combinations than the previous administration, grocers should expect courts to pay close attention to how judges evaluated the agency’s challenge of the Kroger-Albertsons merger in the event regulators push back on future grocery industry mergers going forward.” To read the full article, click here (subscription may be required).