The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it had identified “significant data integrity and study conduct concerns” with bioequivalence studies conducted by the India-based contract research organization…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
On April 30, 2025, the National Security Division (NSD) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the declination of prosecution against the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a federal government contractor, for…
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/ Business Organizations, Criminal Law, Government Contracting
The complex and evolving AI regulatory landscape for insurers is again on the move. The Colorado Division of Insurance (the Division) has commenced the formal rulemaking process to amend and expand the reach of current…
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/ Administrative Law, Insurance, Science, Computers, & Technology
Digital Assets: From Enforcement to Opportunity -
In March 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) removed its advisory, Review of Risks Associated With Expansion of DCO Clearing of Digital Assets, with…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Finance & Banking
The FTSA -
The FTSA (Fla. Stat. § 501.059), often referred to as Florida’s mini-TCPA, regulates how and when solicitors can call and text consumers. Most notably for present purposes, it prohibits telephonic solicitations…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Nonprofit Law
A recent decision out of the Eastern District of Virginia, Matthews v. Senior Life Ins. Co., provides a helpful reminder that TCPA complaints do not satisfy Rule 8’s pleading standard if they do not plausibly link the defendant…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
At a Glance -
Should the U.S. government declare that the environmental and/or sustainable commodities that have been generated under a state law regime are illegal, lenders and borrowers using state-generated carbon credits…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Finance & Banking
On April 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Feliciano v. Department of Transportation, No. 23-861, holding that federally employed military reservists called to active duty during wartime or a national emergency are…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order called “Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education” along with a fact sheet about the EO and six other EOs relating to education…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law
On April 28, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a long-anticipated suite of actions aimed at PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Closely watched by stakeholders across industries,…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
This month’s briefing covers DOJ’s approach to implementing its final rule on what’s now called the Data Security Program. The Trump administration also published a final rule on Medicare Advantage (MA), choosing not to define…
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/ Health, Insurance, Science, Computers, & Technology
In response to the Trump administration’s announcement of a fentanyl-related tariff on products from China at 10%, China took the following actions on February 4, 2025:
New Tariff: PRC State Council Tariff Commission…
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/ Agriculture, International Law & Trade
The annual reporting requirements for Pennsylvania entities and associations have changed with some upcoming deadlines. On or before June 30, 2025, Pennsylvania domestic or foreign corporations, including both for-profit and…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Nonprofit Law
On April 29, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. v. Kennedy, No. 23-715, holding that for purposes of calculating the Medicare fraction, an individual is entitled to supplemental security…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
Summary -
Courts across the country have found that the DTSA can reach a foreign defendant’s conduct when — in the words of 18 U.S.C. § 1837(2) — “an act in furtherance” of the misappropriation was committed in the United…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
