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Mayer Brown

Examining the New UAE Civil Code — Part 3: Contract Negotiation, Formation and Interpretation

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On 1 June 2026, the New UAE Civil Code (Federal Decree Law No. 25/2025) entered into force, repealing the Old UAE Civil Code (Federal Law No. 5/1985). The New Civil Code contains a number of important changes to the law...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

AI, Influencers, and Liability: What Marketing Agencies Need to Know Before Deploying AI Tools

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming influencer marketing. Marketing agencies now use AI tools to identify influencers, optimize campaigns, draft captions and marketing copy, analyze audience engagement, and even...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

The Oft-Forgotten Shield: Noerr-Pennington in the Age of Anti-SLAPP

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

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

California’s Hidden Fees Law: What Businesses Need to Know About All-In Pricing

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

Saul Ewing LLP

The Supreme Court’s Biennial Decisions on the Scope of the Residual Clause of FAA Section 1

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The Supreme Court is back at it again, with another unanimous decision about the scope of what contracts can be compelled into arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq. (“FAA”). Section 1 of the FAA...more

Fenwick & West LLP

The End of ‘Silent AI’? Emerging AI Exclusions, Coverage Fragmentation, and Practical Implications for Policyholders

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The insurance market is moving away from “silent AI” coverage, the practice of implicitly covering AI risks through existing cyber and technology errors and omissions (Tech E&O) policies without express reference to AI, as...more

Fenwick & West LLP

What the New AI Executive Order Means for Businesses That Use AI

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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

Ropes & Gray LLP

NFA Eases Regulatory Burdens: Amendments to Member Questionnaire Filing Requirements and Branch Office Supervision Rules

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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

Mogin Law LLP

Paramount–Warner: Cleared by DOJ but Not by States, Global Enforcers, Consumers

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The Justice Department may have cleared the Paramount–Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery transaction without conditions, but today that no longer ends examination of a deal’s antitrust implications....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

When mathematicians push back: The Leiden Declaration on AI and Mathematics and why it matters

In June 2026, a group of mathematicians, computer scientists, philosophers, and historians published the Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics (the Declaration)....more

Fried Frank

NFA Amends Member Questionnaire and Branch Office Supervision Requirements

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The National Futures Association (“NFA”), the industry-wide self-regulatory organization for the derivatives industry, has amended its Rules and related Interpretive Notices (i) to eliminate the requirement that an associated...more

Smith Anderson

Freight Brokers and Logistics Companies Face New Liability and Arbitration Risks

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In two recent unanimous decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified legal standards that could increase litigation, compliance, insurance, and contracting risks for freight brokers, shippers, carriers, and companies that rely...more

FBT Gibbons LLP

House Passes the Faster Labor Contracts Act: Government-Mandated Labor Contracts

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This week, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives surprisingly passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA). The private-sector employer community has largely ignored the FLCA, as few believed it had any...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Supreme Court Confirms No Private Right of Action Under Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act

On June 11, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. et al. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., et al., holding that Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ICA) does not...more

Cimplifi

Rethinking Contracting Technology: Why GenAI and CLM Must Be Layered, Not Substituted

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Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly reshaping legal technology, bringing both opportunity and disruption to traditional contract operations. Recent developments, such as market reaction to new GenAI plugins and rising investment...more

Cooley LLP

Purpose Trusts and Super Voting Stock for Mission-Driven Companies

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For mission-driven founders, embedding purpose into a company’s DNA is a priority. However, the right approach depends on a variety of factors, including stage, resources and investor expectations....more

MG+M The Law Firm

Think Before You Send—Impact on Design Professionals of Ill-Conceived Emails

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Email has become, perhaps, the most common form of business communication. What in years past would be discussed over a phone call or face-to-face meeting is now memorialized in emails. While email has the benefits of...more

K&L Gates LLP

New Transparency Requirements for Contractual Control Arrangements Over Land

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The Government has recently published regulations and guidance for a new transparency regime requiring details of certain contractual control arrangements affecting registered land in England and Wales to be disclosed to HM...more

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Allen Matkins Team Victorious in Jury Trial with $80 Million Verdict

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Allen Matkins announced yesterday that its trial team — led by lead trial attorney Matthew Sessions, Stacey Villagomez, and Andrew Wood — secured a jury trial victory for Patrick Byrne against Ameris Bank, winning...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Le Canada s’apprête à restreindre les clauses de non-concurrence dans les milieux de travail sous réglementation fédérale

Le 6 mai 2026, le gouvernement fédéral du Canada a présenté le projet de loi C-31, Loi no 2 d’exécution du budget de 2025 (le « projet de loi C-31 »), qui propose des modifications importantes au Code canadien du travail (le...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Legal Due Diligence: What Really Matters

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In this instalment of The Buyer’s Playbook, we explore the recent trends in legal due diligence in M&A transactions. Legal due diligence is a critical tool for a buyer to understand what it is acquiring and, just as...more

A&O Shearman

Incoming EEA restrictions on non-EEA banks – one month to go

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Although we are seven months away from the application of the new requirements for non-EEA banks and large broker-dealers (together non-EEA banks) providing ‘core banking services’ (deposits, loans, guarantees and...more

Miller Nash LLP

Scam Likely: Check Yourself Before You (Financially) Wreck Yourself

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Welcome back to the fourth installment of our “Scam Likely” series. Today, we turn to an old-school scam that has made a huge comeback: mail theft and check fraud. The Set Up You have a business client that is still using...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Real Estate Due Diligence: Sewer Inspection Risks and Buyer Protections

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In the world of real estate, what lies beneath the surface can be just as important as what stands above it. Buyers frequently focus their commercial real estate due diligence on topics including structural integrity,...more

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Federal Circuit Reinstates $82 Million Verdict Against Ford Motor Company and Revives Trade Secrets Unjust Enrichment Theory

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The Federal Circuit held that the district court erred by precluding plaintiffs from pursuing unjust enrichment damages for trade secret misappropriation claims....more

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