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White House Launches National Framework Seeking To Preempt State AI Regulation

On December 11, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO), “Establishing a National Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” meant to create a “minimally burdensome” unified regulatory approach to sustain and...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Trump Attempts to Preempt State AI Regulation Through Executive Order

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Following several unsuccessful attempts to secure federal preemption of state artificial intelligence (“AI”) regulations through Congress, first, through the “Big Beautiful Bill,” and then as part of the National Defense...more

Butler Snow LLP

Memento Michigan Compiled Law § 600.2946(5): An Homage to Michigan’s Former Drug Immunity Law

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In 1995, the Michigan Legislature enacted its Drug Immunity Law, which provided an absolute defense for pharmaceutical companies in product liability suits stemming from the safety and efficacy of their drug products, the...more

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President Trump Signs Executive Order 'Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence'

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On December 11, President Trump signed an Executive Order on “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” (the “Order”). The stated policy of the Order is to “sustain and enhance the United States’...more

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Showdown: New Executive Order Puts Federal Government and States on a Collision Course Over AI Regulation

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On December 11, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) seeking to limit states’ regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and to establish instead “a minimally burdensome national policy framework for...more

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From the Courtroom to Capitol Hill: State Legislative Action on Failure-to-Warn Claims

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When a company brings a new product to market, who has the authority to approve the product’s label and associated warnings? In most instances involving pharmaceutical drugs or medical devices, it’s the federal Food and Drug...more

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Opting Out of the Opt Out: SDNY Rejects Opt-Out Releases in Chapter 11 Plan

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Before the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Purdue Pharma, it had become common practice for Chapter 11 debtors to include a consensual or nonconsensual non-debtor third-party release in their plans of reorganization. ...more

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Continue to Monitor Evolving AI Regulations and Requirements

On December 11, 2025, a new Executive Order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” was issued, signaling renewed federal interest in AI regulation....more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Federal Courts Consider Constitutionality of Restrictions on Foreign Land Ownership

Foreign land ownership in the United States has long been a contentious issue, with approximately 28 states as of the 2025 legislative session enacting laws to restrict such ownership. Today, laws restricting such ownership...more

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Executive Order Seeks to Preempt Certain State AI Laws and Establish a National AI Framework

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On December 11, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ensuring A National Policy Framework For Artificial Intelligence.” The Order seeks to limit State regulation of AI that would interfere with Section 2,...more

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Limitation of use of PRC Enforceable Notarisation in Hong Kong

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Under Article 235 of the PRC Civil Procedure Law (2023 revision), an obligation under a qualifying instrument (such as a guarantee contract) may be made enforceable via notarisation instead of proceeding through litigation...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Privacy Litigation Report: October and November 2025 Takeaways

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In this post: (1) Selection of law in a choice-of-law forum can defeat privacy claims; (2) The Arizona Court of Appeals shuts down “spy pixel” litigation; (3) Multiple decisions provide guidelines as to when claims are likely...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Out-of-State Attorneys Have Room to Argue their Work for North Carolina Residents Does Not Create “Minimum Contacts”

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Drue Moore was co-founder of a company at the center of today’s high-finance college coaching carousel. Defendant Winthrop Intelligence, LLC used public records to aggregate university data, including coaching salaries, and...more

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German Regional Labor Issues Ruling on the Domestic Application of General Protection Against Dismissal

Technological progress offers employees and employers increasing opportunities for flexible employment arrangements. For example, employees can live in Germany and work from home for foreign companies without having to...more

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Exercising caution in relying on the ‘Obligors’ Agent’ construct

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Almost all credit agreements which are based on Loan Markets Association templates contain an ‘Obligors’ Agent’ provision, which is designed to help borrowers and finance parties to minimise the administrative burden of...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - December 2025

A Call Your Mother trademark complaint, passage of a bill on whole milk in school lunches, a scientific research series on ultra-processed foods, and more....more

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Massachusetts Wage Act May Extend to Global Employees: What Employers Must Know

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Massachusetts Federal District Judge Indira Talwani recently issued a decision in the case of Serebrennikov v. Proxet Group LLC, holding that an internationally based employee has standing to bring a claim under the...more

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Recent Massachusetts Wage Act Decisions: Key Compliance Insights for Employers

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Massachusetts employers know the importance of complying with the state’s Wage Act, G.L. c. 149, § 148. Two recent court decisions offer fresh guidance to help employers achieve compliance, including around paying PTO upon...more

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New York Bankruptcy Court Rejects Challenge to Barnet Rule Permitting Foreign Debtors to Obtain Chapter 15 Recognition With Only...

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As chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code reaches its 20th anniversary, the volume of chapter 15 cases has increased significantly, and chapter 15 jurisprudence has rapidly matured. Even so, certain important issues are still...more

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Mediation in the UK: What the UK Can Learn From Singapore’s Implementation of the Singapore Convention on Mediation

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The UK government’s consultation on implementing the Singapore Convention on Mediation (the Convention) is a welcome and overdue step after the UK signed the Convention in May 2023. Once ratified in the UK, parties will be...more

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International Arbitration: English Commercial Court Refuses to Grant Anti-Suit Injunction to Stop Russian Foreclosure Proceedings

In a judgment handed down on 25 November 2025, the English Commercial Court (the Court) considered an application for an anti-suit injunction (ASI), preventing the defendant from pursuing foreclosure proceedings in Russia...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SDNY Confirms $11M Award in Flextronics v. Allianz, Delivering a Major Win for Policyholders

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A recent decision from the Southern District of New York provides D&O policyholders with favorable precedent on allocation, best-efforts obligations, and insurability. In Flextronics International Ltd. v. Allianz Global...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Stay in Your Lane: Fifth Circuit Sends Dispute over Self-Driving Cars to Israel

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In OSR Enters. AG v. REE Auto., Ltd., the Fifth Circuit recently ruled that, under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, a trade secret dispute originally filed in federal district court in Texas will have to be decided by an...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

State AGs Push Back (Again) Against Proposed State Law AI Ban

With the federal government again threatening to prevent states from regulating AI, another bipartisan coalition of 36 state attorneys general is speaking out through a National Association of Attorneys General policy letter....more

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Paying Remote Workers Less May Heighten Legal Risks

Companies rely on hybrid and remote work arrangements to boost their recruiting and retention rates, but they may encounter legal pitfalls if they pay remote workers less than their in-office counterparts for performing...more

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