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Oklahoma and Alabama Headline a Busy Spring for Privacy Legislation

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Spring has arrived, and privacy laws are sprouting alongside the crocuses. Oklahoma and Alabama became the 20th and 21st states to enact comprehensive consumer privacy laws in March and April. ...more

TNG Consulting

Love, Breakups, and Harm in the Digital Age

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Technology has significantly expanded the reach, permanence, and amplification of student harm. As students navigate relationships in digital spaces, emerging concerns such as online threats, image-based sexual abuse (IBSA),...more

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Our Takeaways from the 2026 FDLI Annual Conference

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Another Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Annual Conference is in the books, and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) messaging at the 2026 edition blended big-picture aspirations with clear near-term change. Right from...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

When is a transaction that avoids HSR a transaction for avoidance?

On March 19, 2026, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Jensen Huang, Chief Executive Officer of NVIDIA, suggesting that NVIDIA may have engaged in a transaction for avoidance in violation of the...more

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5 Key Takeaways | Authenticity on Trial: AI, Synthetic Evidence, and the Future of Proof

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The Atlanta Bar Association Litigation Section hosted a May 8, 2026, panel discussion examining how artificial intelligence is beginning to challenge traditional assumptions about authenticity, reliability, admissibility, and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – White House weighs vetting AI models before release, AI energy demands revive infamous Three Mile Island nuclear...

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

Fisher Phillips

Colorado Moves to Replace AI Bias Audit Law With New Transparency Framework: Your Guide to Understanding the Changes

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Colorado lawmakers are moving to repeal the state’s first-in-the-nation AI antidiscrimination law and replace the mandatory bias audit and risk impact assessment requirements with a streamlined transparency-and-notice...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

ADA Title II Web Accessibility Compliance Deadlines Extended by One Year

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On April 24, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a final rule to adopt the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.1 Level AA (WCAG 2.1) as the compliance standard for web and mobile app accessibility for...more

Goodwin

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Safety Testing for Gene Editing Therapies

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On April 14, 2026, the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a draft guidance for sponsors seeking approval of human gene-editing therapy products involving gene-editing technologies. ...more

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Laptops at the Ballpark: Concerns for Employers Managing Remote Workers

Baseball is often referred to as “America’s pastime,” but for some baseball fans, it may double as worktime. While employers have long known that workers occasionally play hooky to attend afternoon ballgames, viral videos and...more

Venable LLP

Spotlight On: Rituxan® (rituximab) / Truxima® (rituximab-abbs) / Ruxience® (rituximab-pvvr) / Riabni™ (rituximab-arrx) - May 2026

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Rituximab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more

White & Case LLP

AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - OECD : The OECD's Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence encourages Member States to...

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The OECD Council's Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence (the "Recommendation") adopted by 49 adherents as of April 2026 (the "Adherents"), contains: The OECD's AI Principles (the "Principles") , which were the first...more

Venable LLP

Spotlight On: Biosimilar Litigations - May 2026

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Biosimilar Litigations include litigations relating to biosimilar/follow-on products of CDER-listed reference products. Litigations between biosimilar applicants/manufacturers and reference product sponsors as well as...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Deconstructing the Canvas (Instructure) Data Breach: What Happened and What Should Your Institution Do Next?

On May 7, 2026, Canvas, a popular cloud-based education platform used by over 8,000 K-12 schools and higher education institutions across the United States, was shut down by a cyberattack. Universities, colleges and school...more

Goodwin

FDA Approves Lannett, Lanexa Biologics, and Sunshine Lake Pharma’s Interchangeable Insulin Glargine Biosimilar

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On May 4, 2026, the FDA approved Lannett Company, Inc. (“Lannett”), Lanexa Biologics LLC (“Lanexa”), and Sunshine Lake Pharma’s LANGLARA (insulin glargine-aldy) as an interchangeable biosimilar to Sanofi’s LANTUS (insulin...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Part II: Déjà Vu at the CRU: Strategy Under the New Pre-Order Paper Procedure

As covered in our prior alert, the USPTO’s new pre-order paper procedure allows a patent owner to file a 30-page paper within 30 days after being served with an ex parte reexamination (EPR) request filed with the Central...more

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FTC Workshop Signals More “Empirical” Focus on Consumer Harms and Benefits in the Digital Marketplace

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in its ongoing efforts to refine its approach to data privacy enforcement, convened a workshop earlier this year titled “Measuring Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy,” a...more

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McDermott+ Check-Up: May 8, 2026

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Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Cassidy convened two healthcare hearings in Louisiana in advance of his Senate primary on May 16, 2026. He was the only committee member in attendance....more

Butler Snow LLP

AI in Health Care Is Scaling Quickly—As Regulation Lags, Internal Controls Need to Keep Pace

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Recent developments suggest that major health care and life sciences organizations are expanding their use of AI beyond trial initiatives and targeted applications, while federal and state policymakers struggle to develop...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

AI Regulatory Roundup: Recent Developments in Colorado, Connecticut, and California

State legislatures continue to move aggressively on artificial intelligence regulation in 2026, with Colorado, Connecticut, and California each advancing significant and distinct AI governance frameworks....more

Cooley LLP

How You Can Use AI to Help Your Proxy Drafting Process: Six Things

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Recently, I blogged about how you should remain vigilant when using AI to help draft disclosure – and I parsed an example to scare you into not over relying on AI....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2026 #1

News Briefs - Administration Exempts Foreign Doctors From Travel Ban - Foreign doctors will be able to receive visas allowing them to practice in the United States, after the Trump administration quietly changed a policy to...more

Integreon

The ALSP Platform: A Smarter Model for Modern Legal Departments

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Discover how an Alternative Legal Services Provider (ALSP) Platform transforms delivery of legal services through artificial intelligence (AI), process optimization, and outcome-driven delivery models....more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

How EPA Reviews Mixed Metal Oxides Used in Battery Cathode Active Materials

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided new insight into how it reviews mixed metal oxides (MMOs), including cathode active materials (CAMs) and modified or doped CAMs, under the Toxic Substances Control...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

The Accountability Baseline: Why the "Human-in-the-Loop" is Your Newest Discovery Risk in Insurance Claims Handling

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This is the first installment of a new insurance claims-focused series within Defending the Algorithm™, written and edited by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Insurance and Commercial Litigation Attorney Christopher M. Jacobs, Esq.,...more

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