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The Maryland General Assembly’s 2026 legislative session included several new and/or updated laws impacting common ownership communities in Maryland. Here are the key takeaways...more
President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance and prioritize customs enforcement against both importers and customs brokers. The EO serves as a foundation for increased...more
Over the past three decades, anti-SLAPP statutes have become a familiar part of the litigator’s toolkit. When a lawsuit targets speech or petitioning activity, many lawyers instinctively reach for statutory anti-SLAPP...more
California businesses are facing a new pricing reality. Under California’s “Hidden Fees Statute,” also known as SB 478 or the “Honest Pricing Law,” most businesses advertising prices to consumers must show the full price a...more
On June 14, 2026, Federal Law No. 15,432, dated June 13, 2026, was published in Brazil’s Official Gazette, establishing the Legal Framework for Urban Public Transportation (the “Legal Framework”), as well as amending Federal...more
The federal government has taken its most significant step yet toward oversight of AI, with President Donald Trump issuing a new executive order (EO) that establishes a voluntary review framework under which developers give...more
In a recent press release, a group of more than a dozen major global banks, including the largest banks in the U.S., announced “a landmark digital payments initiative that will connect on-chain activity with traditional...more
Companies or individuals facing an investigation by the SEC may simultaneously be confronted with parallel investigations from other agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Particularly when civil and...more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) (collectively, the Agencies) have jointly issued three interconnected...more
States are taking the lead in regulating AI, even as Congress begins to debate a bipartisan frontier AI law and the Trump administration pursues a deregulatory agenda seeking to curb state AI lawmaking through an executive...more
The Judicial Council of the Federal Circuit, represented by the U.S. Solicitor General, recently filed its Respondents’ Brief in Opposition to Judge Pauline Newman’s Petition for Certiorari. While the brief followed its...more
At the beginning of June, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (representing Judge Paulene Newman) filed the Judge’s Reply Brief to the Federal Circuit Judicial Council’s Opposition to her Petition for Certiorari*. The brief...more
If you own or operate a facility in California with single-walled underground storage tanks ("USTs"), the deadline to comply with the state's mandatory removal requirement has come and gone. Owners and operators who were...more
Since the beginning of 2026, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a slew of opinion letters. In this space, we often comment and provide guidance on those letters. With that said, it is important to remember...more
The National Futures Association (“NFA”) recently published two sets of amendments intended to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on NFA member firms (“Members”) without impacting the NFA’s ability to effectively carry out...more
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As part of its Fiscal Year 2026-2027 New York State Budget Bill, the New York State Legislature has amended the New York State Tax Law by adding Article 30-C, entitled “City Surcharge on Property That Does Not Serve as a...more
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On June 4, 2026, the EEOC published its National Enforcement Plan to guide its enforcement efforts of anti-discrimination law through 2029. The new Enforcement Plan identifies among its priorities:...more
The Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG) recently proposed Chapter 67 of the Texas Administrative Code, containing rules with direct consequences for parties active in Texas real property transactions. The proposed...more
On June 8, 2026, U.S. Judge Leo Sorokin of Massachusetts voided the federal government’s new H-1B visa fee of $100,000 for each H-1B petition submission stating that the fee was unlawful and served to impose a tax on H-1B...more
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Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit challenging California’s SB 54 plastic regulations, arguing that some sections do not meet the law’s requirements and contain loopholes that could undermine environmental goals....more
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