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[Virtual Event] Passport to U.S. Customs Compliance – Winter Edition - January 14th - 30th, 1:00 pm EST

ACI’s virtual Passport to U.S. Customs Compliance – Winter Edition comes to you again at an unprecedented juncture in the world of customs compliance! With tariff shifts and ramped-up tariff evasion enforcement,...more

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After ‘I-Do”: Understanding Postnuptial Agreements in Arizona

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A postnuptial agreement (sometimes called a postnuptial property settlement agreement or postnuptial property division agreement) is a formal agreement entered into during marriage in order to define each spouse’s property...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Reality, Not Possibility: The Eleventh Circuit Warns Employers About Labels in Independent Contractor Misclassification Analyses

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On October 16, 2025, the federal Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the United District Court for the Southern District of Alabama’s decision to grant an employer’s motion for summary judgment in a matter...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Florida Ruling Raises Bar for Condo Terminations and Buyouts

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On October 14, 2025, in a landmark decision with significant implications for the Florida real estate market, the Supreme Court of Florida formally denied Two Roads Development’s (TRD Biscayne LLC) petition for review in its...more

Haynes Boone

Arbitration in the Fifth - October 2025

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While Oct. 2025 saw relatively few opinions, those published address important points including the issues faced by employers and employees and their workplace arbitration agreements. In Jones v. Homeaglow Inc., the Northern...more

Mayer Brown

As GAO Reopens Post-Shutdown, Contract Awardees Should Leverage a Powerful Early Tactic to Defeat Bid Protests

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With the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) poised to reopen and agencies resuming solicitations, awards, and debriefings, contractors should expect a sharp uptick in bid protest activity in the coming months. In that...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Second Department Denies Judicial Dissolution of Realty Holding Limited Partnership (and Related Claims), Ending 22-Count Dispute

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When an aggrieved party feels his or her back against the wall, there is a strong temptation to assert every claim under the sun against the adversary. Offense is the best defense, so they say. But when the claims don’t...more

Haynes Boone

Two Recent Decisions Reinforce – and Refine – the Protective Scope of the Bankruptcy Code’s Safe Harbors

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Two courts – the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re Fairfield Sentry Ltd. (Aug. 5, 2025)1 and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in Opioid Master Disbursement Trust II v. Covidien...more

Mayer Brown

Awareness in Foreclosure: Impacts of the Outbound Investment Regulations on Business Development Company Revolvers

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The US Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) promulgated the Outbound Investment Regulations (the “OIR”) on October 28, 2024, and the OIR took full effect on January 2, 2025 (the “effective date”). Through the OIR, Treasury...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

‘Tis the Season for Safer Shopping: New Jersey’s Gift Card Fraud Notice and Packaging Requirements

Gift cards are a perennial favorite for holiday shoppers. They’re easy to wrap, universally appreciated, and always the right size. But as gift-giving season approaches, it’s important to remember that gift cards are also a...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Milestone Money: NVCA Standardizes Tranched Financings

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The National Venture Capital Association’s October 2025 update to its model stock purchase agreement didn’t make headlines outside the venture bar, but it quietly did something meaningful: it formally incorporated tranched...more

Mayer Brown

Legal Developments in Construction Law: November 2025

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1. ADJUDICATOR’S JURISDICTION TO ORDER PAYMENT OF AN INTERIM APPLICATION NOTIFIED SUM WITHIN A TRUE VALUE ADJUDICATION- The  recent case of VMA Services Limited v Project One London Limited [2025] EWHC 1815 (TCC)...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Bank Appeals Denial of Motion to Dismiss EFTA Claims to Second Circuit

On November 10, a national bank filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, challenging a district court’s denial of its motion to dismiss claims brought by the New York attorney general under the EFTA....more

Friling Law

SEC Fraud and Violations: Whistleblower Enforcement and Legal Protections

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I. Introduction: The Expanding Reach of SEC Whistleblower Law - Since the Dodd–Frank Act of 2010, the SEC has fundamentally reshaped how securities fraud and corporate misconduct are detected and addressed. Through its...more

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Near-Permanent Customer Relationships: Legal Considerations

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Businesses across industries are increasingly focused on maintaining long-term relationships rather than continuously pursuing new customers. These “near-permanent” relationships go beyond traditional long-term contracts....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Long and Winding Road: Where Does the Hemp Industry Go from Here?

You’re awake. This is real. Yes, the federal government just passed a law that, if it goes into effect in its current form in a year, will essentially destroy the non-industrial hemp industry as it exists today. So now what?...more

Lathrop GPM

Data Privacy: Looking Behind the Curtain

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While it’s common for companies to think that simply having a data privacy policy is enough to meet privacy law requirements, a strong privacy program involves much more than what’s visible on the “stage.” Behind the curtain,...more

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Mexico Publishes Regulations of the Hydrocarbons Sector Law

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Mexico's Executive Branch, through the Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía or SENER), on Oct. 3, 2025, published in the Federal Register (Diario Oficial de la Federación or DOF) the Regulations of the Hydrocarbons...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Consolidating the Consolidated List: the UK Moves to a Single Sanctions List

Following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU), the UK created its own autonomous sanctions regime which came into force on 31 December 2020 under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA)....more

DLA Piper

The legal journey of food supplements: From product development to marketing and market surveillance - Part 2

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The food supplement market in Germany is growing rapidly, fuelled by health trends, an ageing population, innovative online marketing and direct-to-consumer brands. This dynamic environment has also driven strong M&A...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New California Requirements for Signing Bonuses Subject to Repayment Upon Early Termination

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California recently enacted Section 16608 of the California Business and Professions Code, which bans agreements that require employees to pay a “penalty, fee or cost” upon termination, effective January 1, 2026. Bonuses...more

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Protecting Your Company from the Silliest Lawsuit Not On Your Radar

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Do you sell goods or services online?  Do you have customers in California?  If so, you may be a target of claims under the “Yelp Law,” a statute residing at the intersection of good intentions and bad drafting....more

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California’s Extended Producer Responsibility Law: Reporting Deadline of November 15, 2025

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Like other state-specific Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws (e.g., Minnesota, Oregon), California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act shifts the end-of-life costs of managing,...more

Clark Hill PLC

Hemp Industry Alert: Federal Ban on Hemp-Derived THC Products - Immediate Action Required

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As reported in MJBizDaily, President Trump signed legislation on Nov. 12th, that effectively bans most consumable hemp-derived THC products nationwide. The provision was included in the spending bill that ended the historic...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Senate agriculture committee publishes bipartisan discussion draft proposing a CFTC-led digital commodity regulatory framework

On November 10, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) released a bipartisan discussion draft proposing to grant the CFTC exclusive jurisdiction over spot digital commodity...more

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