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The FDA Opens a Wider Door for Wellness Wearables

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As Americans kick off the new year with resolutions to get fit, sleep better, and take better care of themselves, the FDA has broadened access to the wearable wellness device market to a greater number of products. In a...more

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Governing Health AI Development and Adoption: Insights from HHS’s Recently Announced Strategy to Promote AI in Healthcare

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The Trump Administration continues to pursue a policy of AI dominance, which began with its January 23, 2025 executive order to remove “barriers” to Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) innovation to promote “human flourishing,...more

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Global Employment Law in 2026: Three Trends Set to Define the Year Ahead

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The year 2026 is set to be a pivotal one for global employment law, with sweeping labour reforms, new EU-wide pay transparency obligations, and continued progress on AI regulation all driving significant change in the world...more

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Biotech Insights - December 2025

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A client calls and says, “We’re cooking up a bispecific antibody. We want to mix and match binding sequences like a molecular gastronomy tasting menu. Some will go into CAR-T dishes. And of course, we want patents...more

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Book Review: Jim Sullivan, “The Book on AI Doc Review”

The thesis of the book is that “computers are capable of reviewing and classifying document better than humans. And that’s a big deal in eDiscovery.”...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Sector Spotlights

M&A in the AI Era: What Buyers Can Do to Confirm and Protect Value. Don’t Believe the Hype: Government Regulation of AI Continues to Advance. Structured Finance Is Playing a Key Role as the Capital Demands of Data Center and...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

2026 Healthcare Private Equity Outlook & Trends

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As we step into 2026, the healthcare private equity landscape is defined by both powerful momentum and meaningful constraints. Record levels of dry powder and a growing pipeline of high‑quality assets suggest increased deal...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2026 Insights

As the new year begins, we’re excited to share our 2026 Insights. This issue is packed with analysis and forward-looking commentary on some of the key topics we see shaping the global business landscape....more

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India’s Data Privacy Rules: What Your Business Needs to Know

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On November 13, 2025, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology finalized the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP) Rules (Rules), allowing the DPDP to come into effect....more

Morgan Lewis

Straight to the Source: What Direct Drug Models Mean for Employer Plan Sponsors in 2026

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Alternative prescription drug access models—including direct-to-employer (DTE) and direct-to-consumer (DTC)—are gaining traction as employers reassess traditional pharmacy benefit manager (PBM)-based pricing structures. As...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC v. Ford Motor Co. (Fed. Cir. 2025)

The preclusive scope of 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) regarding decisions on instituting post grant review proceedings (specifically, inter partes review or IPR) has been decided several times by the Supreme Court since enactment of the...more

Hogan Lovells

No shortcuts online: SFC cracks down on suitability failures

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On 6 January 2026, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) reprimanded and fined Saxo Capital Markets HK Limited (SCMHK) HK$4 million fine for failures in relation to the distribution of virtual asset-related products on...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – xAI’s Grok restricted after scrutiny of photo “undressing” features, OpenAI to back AI regulation ballot measure...

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Common HIPAA Pitfalls

All readers of The Health Record understand the importance of complying with HIPAA’s Privacy, Security and Breach notification rules. But where do violations most often occur?...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | January 12, 2026

Congress rang in the new year by unveiling a three-bill minibus funding package that rejects many of the administration’s proposed space and science cuts, the White House published an EO threatening restrictions on defense...more

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FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for January 2026 Open Meeting

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is off to a busy start for the new year, with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr releasing a tentative agenda on January 8 for the Commission’s January Open Meeting, which is scheduled to...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

New Jersey High Court Calls for CLE on Artificial Intelligence

The New Jersey Supreme Court is being very specific about the educational courses that will qualify as “technology-related subjects” under recently revised continuing legal education requirements for New Jersey licensed...more

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Year in Review: Big Deals of 2025

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As we head into what is anticipated to be a strong year for biopharma dealmaking, we look back at some of the biggest deals in 2025 that focus on biologics and biosimilars....more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

CMS Expands Hospice Oversight to Georgia and Ohio as DEA Extends Telemedicine Flexibilities

Recent regulatory actions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) highlight heightened federal scrutiny...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

DEA Extends Telemedicine Flexibilities for Ketamine Prescribing: What Clinics Need to Know in 2026

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In my November 2025 blog post, I discussed the uncertainty surrounding the DEA’s then-pending telemedicine rule and its implications for ketamine clinics. At that time, the future of pandemic-era telehealth prescribing...more

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Eyes on AI: Looking ahead to potential AI antitrust enforcement in the Trump administration

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At a time when headlines about artificial intelligence seem to dominate everything from boardrooms to breakfast tables, clients and practitioners may be wondering whether the expanded use of AI will bring expanded antitrust...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Utah Authorizes AI-Based Prescription Renewals

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Utah has issued a policy, through the Utah Department of Commerce and its Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy, authorizing a pilot program that allows an artificial intelligence (AI) system to autonomously renew certain...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

New Warning on Mobile Spyware: What Companies Must Do to Protect Employee Devices

On November 25, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) issued an alert regarding advanced spyware campaigns targeting mobile devices. The warning identifies messaging apps and social media...more

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Privacy and Data Security Recap 2025—National Security

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2025 saw a range of activity at the intersection of privacy, data security, and national security, including new types of threats, significant U.S. regulatory actions by multiple agencies, legislative lapses and new...more

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