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Environmental Litigation & Enforcement
With today’s rapidly evolving rules of engagement, paired with the often contentious nature of environmental disputes, clients rely on Winston for our practical experience and substantive knowledge of the broad-ranging issues involved in environmental litigation, enforcement, and investigations.
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Derivatives & Structured Products
Winston represents swap dealers, major swap participants, financial intermediaries, hedge funds, national exchanges, and end-users in a broad array of derivative transactions ranging from highly structured transactions to more traditional trading or hedging transactions, and in regulatory and enforcement issues related to commodities and derivatives.
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White Collar & Government Investigations
Ranked Tier 1 Nationally for “Criminal Defense: White Collar” by Best Law Firms®2025, and recognized for “Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded – Nationwide” by Chambers USA in 2025, Winston’s White Collar & Government Investigations Practice assists individuals, companies, and organizations with government investigations and enforcement matters; related criminal and civil litigation; trials; appeals; congressional oversight; internal investigations; and compliance counseling and program development and enhancement. We are comprised of 80+ litigators, with more than a dozen former prosecutors from the SEC, Main Justice, and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices nationwide, including four former U.S. Attorneys, Regional Supervisors, and a former Assistant Director, Enforcement Division, SEC. We are known for our zealous advocacy, our unyielding commitment to our clients, and for protecting and defending clients’ interests with legal acumen that’s second to none.
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Experience
|December 11, 2025
Winston Takes the Checkered Flag After “Massive Win” Settlement
Winston squared off in the W.D.N.C. against lawyers for NASCAR in an antitrust lawsuit brought on behalf of racing teams Front Row Motorsports Inc. and 23X1 Racing LLC—the team co-owned by Michael Jordan and driver Denny Hamlin—alleging monopolization of the market for premier stock car racing teams. On December 11, 2025, nine days into trial and the morning after the plaintiffs rested their case, the parties jointly announced a settlement. Jeffrey Kessler, Jeanifer Parsigian, and Danielle Williams were recognized by American Lawyer with its top “Litigator of the Week” honors on December 19, 2025, for this historic settlement.
Experience
|July 30, 2025
Represent Norman W. Fries, Inc. d/b/a Claxton Poultry Farms in a series of 15+ antitrust class actions consolidated in the Northern District of Illinois and brought by plaintiffs who allege that Claxton and the nation’s other largest poultry producers conspired to fix the price of broiler chickens in a scheme from 2008 to 2016 that raised the price for broiler chickens by artificially reducing supply.
Experience
|December 23, 2024
Winston advises Atlantic Sustainable Catch in its acquisition of Atlantic Capes Fisheries
Winston & Strawn LLP represented Atlantic Sustainable Catch (ASC), a leader in the seafood industry, in its acquisition of the marketing and processing divisions of Atlantic Capes Fisheries (ACF), a fully integrated sustainable seafood company with operations throughout North America. This transaction marks ASC's fourth acquisition, serving as a key foundation to strengthen product offerings and continue development on a national scale. ASC is a portfolio company of ACON Investments, LLC (ACON), an international private equity firm headquartered in Washington D.C., investing in North America, Latin America, and Europe.
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Recognitions
|January 30, 2026
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Winston Trademark Team Recognized in the WTR 1000 2026 Rankings
Winston & Strawn is once again recognized in World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000. WTR undertakes exhaustive qualitative research to identify the leading professionals and firms that are deemed outstanding at obtaining, protecting, managing, enforcing, and monetizing trademarks.
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|January 30, 2026
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DOJ Whistleblower Programs: How We Got Here
This article was originally published in Corporate Compliance Insights. Any opinions in this article are not those of Winston & Strawn or its clients. The opinions in this article are the authors’ opinions only.
Benefits Blast
|January 30, 2026
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New Executive Order Targets Proxy Advisory Firms: Key ERISA Implications
On December 11, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (the Order) targeting the two major proxy advisory firms, ISS and Glass Lewis. The Order asserts that these firms often prioritize political agendas, particularly diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, over investor returns. As a result, the Order directed the US Department of Labor (DOL) and other agencies to take certain actions. The resulting DOL action could have significant impact for ERISA plan fiduciaries.
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What Is the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team?
The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) is part of the DOJ’s Criminal Division. It is to identify, investigate, support, and pursue cases involving the criminal use of digital assets, with a particular focus on virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, infrastructure providers, and other entities that are enabling the misuse of cryptocurrency and related technologies to commit or facilitate criminal activity.
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What Is the National Advertising Division (NAD)?
As part of the independent, non-profit BBB National Programs, the National Advertising Division (NAD) independently evaluates the truth and accuracy of national advertising. It also works to increase the public’s confidence in advertising. NAD assesses a broad scope of ad claims, including those related to product performance, surveys, pricing, and guarantees. NAD responsibilities include:
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What Is the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)?
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) “establishes a rebuttable presumption that the importation of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, or produced by certain entities, is prohibited by Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and that such goods, wares, articles, and merchandise are not entitled to entry to the United States”... “The UFLPA also requires the interagency Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and Director of National Intelligence, to develop and submit to Congress a strategy for supporting CBP’s enforcement of Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to goods, wares, articles, and merchandise produced with forced labor in the People’s Republic of China.”