How to Protect Your Business from a Counterparty's Financial Crisis – Speaking of Litigation
Employer AI Headaches: Job Postings, Client Privilege, and Microchip Bans - Employment Law This Week®
Podcast - Why Recall Planning Matters for Every Food Company
One Year into a New FTC: Enforcement Trends and Practical Takeaways
Lions, Tigers, and Sovereign Citizens, Oh My! UCC and Banking Litigation Trends and a 2026 Forecast — The Consumer Finance Podcast
CMMC Mission Readiness: Navigating Growth, Costs, and Competition for Defense Contractors
Recent Shifts in Non-Compete Regulations
Due Diligence en M&A: La radiografía antes de comprar una empresa
Bridging the Gap between Cautious Buyers and Eager Sellers
Trading, Gambling, or Something Else? Prediction Markets and the Payments Puzzle — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Negotiation Tips for Business Owners
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
Episode Four: 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
In an informal procedure decision rendered on March 24, 2026, Justice Rabinovitch of the Tax Court of Canada (“Tax Court”) dismissed in part the appeal in Moseley v. The King, 2026 TCC 59, ruling that the appellant taxpayer...more
1. COURT DENIES INJUNCTION PREVENTING PAYMENT OF PERFORMANCE BOND - The recent High Court decision in CR Construction (UK) Company Limited v Barclays Bank PLC and Northern Gateway (FEC) No.7 Limited (as Intervenor) is a...more
Good Sunday evening from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, April 17, 2026, is below. Booking.com featured prominently in many of last week’s industry headlines and for reasons it would...more
Agentic AI holds as much promise as it does risk. Frontier models are becoming more and more powerful. In fact, on April 7, Anthropic published a 245-page system card for Claude Mythos Preview, a frontier AI model that the...more
Welcome to the 26th edition of the Troutman Pepper Locke LLP Excess and Surplus Lines Law Manual. Updated for 2026, this edition reflects all of the pertinent changes in the surplus lines laws and regulations of the 50 states...more
Increasingly, AI agents—in the operational sense, autonomous software designed to execute a range of tasks—can navigate interfaces, execute transactions, interact with customers, and operate across internal and external...more
Noncompete agreements in Washington now have an expiration date: June 30, 2027. As of that date, it will no longer be lawful for employers to enter into or attempt to enforce noncompete agreements with workers in Washington...more
The threat of "junk fee" class action suits – those targeting pricing practices deemed deceptive – is real and growing. These claims have become a high-volume practice area, with class-wide exposure that can reach $10 million...more
On April 22, 1970, the very first Earth Day was celebrated. In its honor, the Container Corporation of America — then one of the nation’s largest producers of recycled paperboard — sponsored a design contest to symbolize...more
Les certificats de préclusion signés par les locataires jouent un rôle essentiel dans les opérations immobilières commerciales en permettant aux acheteurs et aux prêteurs d’obtenir directement d’un ou des locataires concernés...more
In Energy Founders Fund, LP v. Daskevich, the Texas Business Court addressed when a company must pay a director’s legal fees during litigation. The dispute arose out of a drag-along sale at Gage Western LLC. After the board...more
The prospect of federal rescheduling of cannabis has the lending community buzzing. We recently sat down with Alex Mazza, Director of Underwriting at Chicago Atlantic Group, as well as Michelle Haughton and Bobby Boyda of...more
As private markets continue to mature, structured equity has moved firmly into the mainstream. Whether used in growth capital deals, buyouts, or real estate transactions, it offers investors a compelling middle ground between...more
Introduction - Les certificats de préclusion signés par les locataires jouent un rôle essentiel dans les transactions immobilières. Que vous soyez un acheteur, un prêteur ou un locataire, il est probable que vous ayez déjà...more
Since our September 9, 2025, analysis of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) view on enforcement of employee noncompetes, the FTC has articulated its intent to scrutinize overbroad noncompetes in the employment context on a...more
The pace of enforcement action in the UK’s revamped consumer regime is picking up. On 15 April 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it had concluded the first of a number of investigations into...more
In SLB & Ors v PAK & Ors [2026] EWHC 449 (Comm), Mr Justice Calver dismissed appeals against ten arbitral awards arising from shipbuilding contracts on the basis that a contractual term to provide refund guarantees within a...more
Mr. Germain welcomed the crowd and provided details about the goals of the conference, noting that the panels would explore a variety of topics, including, among others, the evolving regulatory environment, expanding retail...more
As we await the SEC’s proposal on semi-annual reporting – which should be dropped any day now – it’s a good time to highlight that a rulemaking from the SEC is likely to be coming soon if its listed as being under review by...more
On March 26, 2026, the president issued an executive order titled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors”, directing federal agencies to include a new mandatory contract clause prohibiting federal contractors...more
The regional conflict in the Middle East, which began in late February 2026, led to significant volatility in global oil prices. Hostilities have disrupted key oil trade routes and increased risks to critical energy...more
Le invitamos a participar en nuestro webinar, donde nuestro equipo legal multidisciplinario analizará cómo las empresas pueden adaptarse a un entorno regulatorio en México en constante evolución. Durante la sesión, nuestros...more
On April 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission (No. 25-466). At issue is an important question regarding the SEC’s remedial authority: Whether the SEC may seek...more
Today’s businesses are navigating a rapidly shifting trade environment, where tariffs, regulatory changes, and global supply chain disruptions can directly impact cost structures, pricing strategies, and operational...more
World Intellectual Property Day on April 26, 2026 provides a timely lens through which to examine the increasingly complex role that intellectual property (IP) and commercial rights play across the sports industry. Far beyond...more