From Early Case Assessment to Early Case Intelligence
The Role of an Expert Witness
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: The New Regulatory Reality for Small Business Financing and Trade Credit — The Consumer Finance Podcast
ABC Insights – Part 2- A Guide to Training, Zoning, and More
Warfighting at Warp Speed: Why Defense Contractors Must Track the DOW’s Acquisition Overhaul
Fierce Competition Podcast | AI Under the Antitrust Lens: Enforcement Trends in the EU, UK and US
Federal Hemp Ban Explained: A State-by-State Analysis & 2026 Outlook with Vicente LLP
Marijuana to Schedule III: What Changes, What Doesn’t, and What Comes Next
Founding Vision: Mike Halpert on VR Training and Entrepreneurial Resilience
“Home Court Advantage? Key Differences Between Delaware and Texas Laws Relevant to the Corporate Home Debate”
“‘DExit’ or Just Drama? The Future of Delaware and ‘Y’all Street’”
Mediation Matters: The Art of Turning Conflict Into Conversation
Are AI Data Centers the New Power Centers?
Service and Justice: Veterans in Law – Speaking of Litigation Video Podcast
Overcoming Missed Deadlines
[Panel] Manufacturing in the Age of Uncertainty
Entre afectos y acciones: Nueva ley para sociedades de familia
Hollywood Overruled: Real Lessons from Cinematic Litigation – Speaking of Litigation Video Podcast
Episode Two: ABC Insights – A Guide to California Alcohol Beverage Regulations
Episode One: Corporate Divorce – Preventing and Managing the Break-Up of a Business Partnership
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In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world. ...more
Just a few weeks ago, Frank McRoberts authored a post titled, “The Pick-Your-Partner Principle.” It featured a more-than-decade old case about the dissolution of a real estate partnership and emphasized the fundamental...more
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In early January 2026, U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro and brought him into U.S. custody on drug charges. In subsequent public statements, the Trump administration announced an intent to encourage private-sector...more
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2025 had no shortage of litigation impacting both cannabis and hemp businesses. Looking back at the past year: the hemp industry drew regulatory and legislative actions to limit or control hemp products across the nation; the...more
The Delaware Supreme Court just delivered good news to employers that use equity and incentives to retain key talent. Those awards are often paired with non-compete and non-solicitation restrictions aimed at protecting...more
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On February 12, the FTC issued a final rule in the Federal Register to conform three of its recent rules to federal court decisions, revising the Negative Option Rule and withdrawing both the Combating Auto Retail Scams Trade...more
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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury verdict finding that a developer and its founder defrauded a contractor by misrepresenting the availability of construction funding....more
On February 13, 2026, United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the creation of the Business Operators for National Defense program ("BOND") through a video released to social media....more
Umbrella fund structures in the Cayman Islands are commonly established either as an exempted company (“EC”) or as a segregated portfolio company (“SPC”)....more
On February 12, 2026, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas set aside and vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) new premerger notification form and instructions....more
A federal judge in Texas has vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s adoption of a sweeping overhaul of the federal pre-merger notification regime that became effective in February 2025. ...more
If anyone at your organization has ever discussed a legal matter with a consumer AI chatbot, a federal judge just confirmed what nearly half of in-house counsel already feared: those conversations are likely not privileged....more
Life sciences companies are entering 2026 with momentum. According to Ernst and Young’s (EY) 2026 Firepower M&A Report, dealmaking is accelerating — driven not by short-term market shifts, but by long-term strategic...more
On February 12, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the FTC’s 2024 HSR Final Rule (titled “Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements”), which went into effect on...more
As Venezuela’s political environment continues to shift, the Trump Administration has authorized US persons to undertake a variety of activities involving Venezuelan-origin oil that had previously been prohibited. On...more
Takeaway: As agentic AI products shift from passive tools to autonomous actors, we see a move beyond traditional SaaS contracting models to a hybrid approach incorporating BPO-style clauses, including clauses covering service...more
Agentic payments create new opportunities for fraud. When an external AI agent is increasingly the “shopper”, both the merchant and payments provider sees less of the human and more of an automated request. That loss of...more
On February 3, 2026, the Delaware Supreme Court, sitting en banc, issued an order in North American Fire Ultimate Holdings, LP v. Alan Doorly, reversing the Court of Chancery’s dismissal of claims to enforce restrictive...more
A major compliance development is affecting New Jersey’s cannabis market. As of February 5th, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (“CRC”) has implemented a statewide Administrative Hold in METRC for packages...more
