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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Don’t Believe the Hype: Government Regulation of AI Continues to Advance

In a few short years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become central to innovations in industries as diverse as medical research and entertainment, and it has become the defining motivation for many of the policies driving...more

Goodwin

FinCEN Issues Final Rule to Postpone Effective Date of Investment Adviser Rule to 2028

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Welcome to Goodwin’s Financial Services News Roundup. Our newsletter highlights important legal, regulatory, and business developments related to financial services and banking....more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Beyond Borders, Within Reach: Criminal Restraint Order Issued for Crypto Held in Cross‑Border Exchange Structures

In R. v Binance Holdings Limited, 2025 ONSC 7113, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the Court) issued a significant decision on the reach of Canada’s criminal restraint and management regime as it applied to...more

Alston & Bird

New York Regulates Large Artificial Intelligence Models

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On December 19, 2025, just eight days after President Trump issued an executive order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” to challenge burdensome state laws that regulate artificial...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Vetter v. Resnik

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Fifth Circuit affirms ruling that statutory termination of copyright grant, as well as contingent copyright renewal rights, apply worldwide and are not limited to rights in United States. In 1962, Cyril Vetter and Don Smith...more

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Divorce in Florida vs. Pennsylvania: What Snowbirds and Dual-State Residents Should Know

Understanding the Strategic Advantages of Florida’s Reformed Family Law -If you’ve spent time wintering in Florida while maintaining ties to Pennsylvania, you’re not alone. Thousands of Americans split their time between...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

A “Double Shot” Heard Around the World: Fifth Circuit Holds That Copyright Termination and Renewal Can Flip Worldwide Ownership

Key Takeaways - U.S. copyright termination and renewal can flip worldwide ownership. The Fifth Circuit held that when a “worldwide” grant arises under U.S. law, a valid statutory termination or renewal can recapture global...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Rearranges Score for Declaring Registrations Effective - Acceleration Now in Harmony With Mandatory Arbitration

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Under its current leadership, the SEC has emphasized capital formation as a key priority. Consistent with that focus, on September 17, 2025, the SEC issued a policy statement clarifying that the presence of mandatory investor...more

TransPerfect Legal

Inside the Mind of Corporate Counsel: Winning eDiscovery and Investigation Strategies

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How today’s in-house legal leaders are rethinking discovery, information governance, and collaboration in a data-driven world- The modern corporate legal department is navigating unprecedented complexity. Data volumes are...more

Mayer Brown

Capital Markets Insight: Reincorporation Considerations

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Since mid-2024, the reincorporation of certain high-profile companies, both public and private, has received a great deal of media attention. Companies, including, among others, Roblox, Dropbox, The Trade Desk, Simon Property...more

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The AI Enforcement Seesaw: Federal Retreat Meets State Advance

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On December 19, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the RAISE Act, making New York the first state to enact major AI safety legislation after President Trump's December 11 executive order calling for federal preemption of...more

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Could European Courts Soon Be Litigating and Enforcing U.S. Patents?

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Key Takeaways - European courts test jurisdiction over U.S. patents for the first time. Onesta IP, LLC, a patent assertion entity, has asserted two U.S. patents against BMW in a court in Munich, Germany following a decision...more

Troutman Amin LLP

Businesses Operating in California Must Watch Out for Senate Bill 82 – the New Law Took Effect on January 1st and May Cripple...

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California’s Senate Bill (“SB”) 82, effective January 1, 2026, is set to spark some fireworks. The Bill seeks to curb the reach of arbitration provisions in consumer contracts by voiding so-called “infinite” arbitration...more

Allen Matkins

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 1.9.26

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The Trump administration on Monday sued the cities of Morgan Hill and Petaluma, asking a judge to block local laws that ban natural gas infrastructure in new buildings....more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

New York Amends and Strengthens Its Health Care “Shield” Law

During a flurry of end-of-year 2025 bill signings, Governor Kathy Hochul approved A5480C/S4914B, amending New York’s Shield Law (Shield Law) – a 2023 law intended to protect patients who receive and health care professionals...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Federal Government Attacks State and Local Energy Regulations

In 2024, Washington citizens voted to prohibit the legislature from banning natural gas, by adopting Initiative 2066. The efficacy of that vote was immediately challenged on appeal by a variety of clean energy and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OCC expands its reach with two actions on escrow laws

On December 23, the OCC published two notices of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register that would clarify and reinforce federal banking authorities over interest-on-escrow laws and real estate lending escrow accounts. ...more

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中国判决与仲裁裁决 的域外执行

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随着香港法律的发展,以及美国、英国、加拿大、澳大利亚 等主要普通法系国家(“主要司法管辖区”)近期出现的 有利司法判例,企业与个人在海外寻求中国法院判决与仲裁 裁决执行正获得日益有力的法律支撑。这一发展趋势为跨境 权利主张提供了新的实践路径与信心依据。...more

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Expanding Opportunities for Overseas Enforcement of PRC Judgments and Awards

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There are good reasons for corporates and individuals to be emboldened to pursue overseas enforcement of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) judgments and arbitral awards....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Bond order doesn’t qualify for immediate appeal

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reaffirmed strict limits on interlocutory review, finding that a bond order, even one imposing significant financial obligations, is not directly appealable....more

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Washington State Employment Law in 2025: Year in Review

The month of January takes its name from Janus, the Roman god with two faces looking in opposite directions, symbolizing transition and conflict. For Washington State employers, there is no better representation of this...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

2025 Year in Review: Key Trends in Cross-border Restructuring and What’s Next in 2026

When Texas-based McDermott International obtained chapter 15 recognition (in the Southern District of Texas, no less) of UK and Dutch plans to restructure both its funded debt as well as trade and litigation claims—in what...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Federal Strategy to Preempt State-Based AI Laws

On November 25, 2025, reports revealed a draft Executive Order prepared by the White House titled “Eliminating State Law Obstruction of National AI Policy.” ...more

DarrowEverett LLP

AI Executive Order Opens Door to Federal-State Legal Battles

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On December 11, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order, Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence (the “Order”), seeking to establish a national policy framework for artificial...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Food Industry Groups Challenge Texas Law Requiring Warning Labels for Certain Food Ingredients

A Make America Healthy Again (MAHA)-inspired state law mandating that food containing any of 44 ingredients bear a label with the above statement, is now the subject of a federal district court challenge. A group of food...more

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