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OCC Finalizes Amendments to Affirm the Authority of National Trust Banks to Engage in Non-Fiduciary Activities

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On March 2, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized amendments to its existing rule on national bank chartering to affirm the authority of national trust banks to engage in non-fiduciary...more

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False Claims Act Enforcement: Record-Breaking Year Signals Continued Attention to Cybersecurity

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Last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released its statistics for False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement during fiscal year 2025. Settlements and judgments exceeded a record-breaking $6.8 billion, and the DOJ recorded the...more

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Antitrust Authorities Target Both Exploitative And Exclusionary Abuses Of Dominance

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In Europe, abuse of dominance fine volumes stayed steady in 2025 as antitrust authorities imposed financial penalties and crafted tailored commitments to remedy concerns. Globally, there was continued scrutiny of Big Tech. ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

CCPA Cybersecurity Audits: Part 1 – The Who, What, and When of CCPA Cyber Audits

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This five-part series provides an introductory roadmap to the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) new cybersecurity audit requirement and the California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CalPrivacy) implementing regulations....more

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FATF Targeted Report On Stablecoins And Unhosted Wallets

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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has issued a targeted report setting out the money laundering (ML), terrorist financing (TF) and proliferation financing (PF) risks and vulnerabilities related to stablecoins and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Your Patent Is in Trouble When Borat Is Cited as Prior Art

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Patent attorneys spend a lot of time explaining two deceptively simple concepts: novelty and obviousness. Both rise and fall on one thing: prior art. Most inventors assume prior art means a patent or some obscure technical...more

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Treasury Outlines Innovation Roadmap for Countering Illicit Finance in Digital Assets

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has delivered to Congress the report on Innovative Technologies to Counter Illicit Finance Involving Digital Assets, as required by the Guiding and Establishing National...more

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Virginia General Assembly Proposes To Eliminate Sales And Use Tax Exemption For Data Centers

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The Virginia House of Delegates and Senate have released their respective budget proposals, with each containing provisions that would materially impair or effectively eliminate the sales and use tax exemption (Exemption) for...more

A&O Shearman

Global Cartel Fines Surge To Highest Level Since 2021

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Global cartel fines totaled USD3.3 billion in 2025. This was a significant increase on 2024 (USD602.5 million) and 2023 (USD1.9bn) and represented the highest annual total since 2021 (USD4.0bn). ...more

Cirrom

If Your CRM Were an Airport, Where Is Air Traffic Control?

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Every law firm I speak to is in the same position. They have more CRM data than at any point in their history. Engagement metrics. Event systems. Billing feeds. Enrichment tools. External intelligence. Communication...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

President Trump’s Cyber Strategy and Executive Order Combating Cybercrime: Key Takeaways

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The executive actions emphasize public-private partnerships, enhanced information sharing, and leveraging commercial cybersecurity capabilities....more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

What Pennsylvania’s RUFADAA means for your digital assets

Many of today’s most valuable and sensitive assets exist primarily in digital form and may include communications such as emails, digital media such as photos, operational materials such as business records and licensing...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Does AI Care About Caremark? Applying the Core Principles of Corporate Governance to Artificial Intelligence Integration

It started with a routine task: a mid-sized publicly traded company was preparing a quarterly earnings call. An internal team, aiming to streamline the chief executive officer’s (CEO) talking points, employed an artificial...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | March 9, 2026

There has been a lot of orbital maneuvering in Washington over the past two weeks as the House Science Committee leadership rebuffed a proposed FCC rulemaking focused on space safety and admonished the commission not to drift...more

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Bonnie and Claude: The Court Ruling That Could Expose Fraudster’s AI Conversations

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To use a legal term: Nope. The decision gives lenders a new weapon when chasing borrowers who engage in behavior to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors. The case involved the target of a federal investigation who used a...more

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Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – March 2026 #2

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week. ...more

Baker Donelson

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter: AI Cannot Be an Author Under the Copyright Act

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The Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 2026, denied certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter, leaving intact the D.C. Circuit's ruling that the Copyright Act requires copyrightable works to be authored by a human being....more

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Shift in U.S. Cyber Strategy: What the White House's New Offensive Cyber Posture Signals for Businesses

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For years, U.S. cybersecurity policy has largely followed a familiar formula: strengthen defenses, share threat intelligence, and improve resilience after attacks occur. But as ransomware gangs cripple hospitals, nation-state...more

DLA Piper

U.S. Privacy Laws Legislative Update

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After a legislative lull last year, 2026 has brought a new wave of state privacy lawmaking activity. ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

IRS Releases Proposed Regulations on Crypto Information Reporting

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On March 5, 2026, the IRS issued proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) setting forth an alternative process for digital asset brokers to obtain consent from customers to receive Form 1099-DA statements...more

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Germany: Update On Product Liability Law

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On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, the German Bundestag held its first reading of the Draft Act on the Modernisation of Product Liability Law (BT-Drs. 21/4297). The draft legislation serves to transpose the EU Product Liability...more

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NCUA Proposes GENIUS Act Licensing Framework for Credit Union Stablecoin Issuers

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On February 11, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) released a proposed rule to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the GENIUS Act) for federally insured credit...more

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BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection - February 2026

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Welcome to Venable’s BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection - February 2026....more

Kilpatrick

6 Key Takeaways | A Trademark Practitioner’s Guide to Using AI: Guidelines, Use Cases, and Ethical Considerations

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Kilpatrick’s Betsy Bengtson, Darin Brown, and Andrea LaFrance recently presented “A Trademark Practitioner’s Guide to Using AI: Guidelines, Use Cases, and Ethical Considerations” during the firm’s annual “SKI-LE” in...more

A&O Shearman

DOJ And USPTO Urge Courts To Consider Injunctions For Non‑Practicing Patentees Under eBay; Emphasize Irreparable Harm And The...

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On February 27, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed a Statement of Interest in Collision Communications, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., pending in...more

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