The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates has unanimously adopted Resolution 503, “Safeguarding Neural Data Collected by Neurotechnologies.” This new policy cements the AMA’s support for comprehensive protections…
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/ Health, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In a landmark development for lawsuits brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), on June 20, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued its widely anticipated decision in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
Last week, Glass Lewis issued the client communication below previewing changes to its quantitative pay-for-performance (P4P) model that will become effective for shareholder meetings starting in 2026. The announcement signals…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
On May 22, the US House of Representatives passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA). Among other things, the House bill proposed to add Section 899 to the Internal Revenue Code, which would have increased US tax rates on…
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/ International Law & Trade, Taxation
The US Supreme Court, in a 6 – 3 decision, has upheld the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) system for determining and collecting universal service contributions. In overturning the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law
As previewed in this May 22 Cooley alert, on Thursday, June 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hosted a roundtable meeting to discuss potential updates to the existing executive compensation disclosure…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Securities Law
The UK will introduce a new corporate offence of ‘failing to prevent fraud’ on 1 September 2025. The new law will make it much easier for the leading UK enforcement agencies to successfully prosecute large companies where they…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Criminal Law
Last month, I blogged that the PCAOB may be absorbed by the SEC under the budget reconciliation bill that is making its way towards the finish line. In that blog, I indicated that the only thing that might stop the merger of the…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Securities Law
Following the Federal Trade Commission’s largely unsuccessful attempt to implement a nationwide ban on most post-employment noncompete agreements last year, states have stepped in to fill the legislative gap. The result has been…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
On June 16, the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) released revisions to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) passed by the US House of Representatives on May 22. As described in this June 4 Cooley client alert, the OBBBA…
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/ Taxation
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a new decision – G 1/24 – addressing the diverging approaches to claim interpretation when assessing patentability. Following this decision, the…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Next month ushers in two new US state comprehensive consumer privacy laws in Tennessee and Minnesota, which become effective on July 1 and July 31, respectively. While these laws track the current plethora of US state…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy
As we previously reported, in November 2023, two corporate executives were convicted of conspiracy and failure to report defective dehumidifiers in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). This groundbreaking…
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/ Criminal Law, Consumer Protection
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued an interim final rule (2025 interim final rule) delaying compliance deadlines for a second time for its small business lending data collection rule, which amended…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
There have been recent developments in the continually evolving legal landscape for employers utilizing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and policies. Below is a brief overview of those recent developments and how…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
