In an announcement that had been anticipated for the past few days and will be welcomed by many industry stakeholders, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said late on June 26, 2025, that he has asked leaders in the U.S. House…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Taxation
The CFPB has continued to announce additional procedural, rulemaking and administrative changes, with the latest being three postings to the Federal Register on June 18, 2025: 1) a final rule rescinding the Procedure Relating to…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
El Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público de Colombia expidió el pasado 28 de mayo de 2025, el Decreto 573 del 2025, por medio del cual se modificó el tratamiento otorgado a los créditos de libranza en relación con su…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
The D.C. Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) issued a second proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) on May 30, 2025, to amend the District's Stormwater Management and Soil Erosion and Sediment Rules (Stormwater Rules)…
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/ Construction Law, Environmental Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
U.S. District Court Judge Barbara J. Rothstein granted, in part, the CFPB's motion to withdraw its amicus brief filed by the Biden-era CFPB regarding the "proper interpretation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act's…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
The IRS released additional guidance on June 23, 2025, in the form of Notice 2025-31 (Notice) regarding the energy community bonus credit under Sections 45, 48, 45Y and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code. The Notice follows prior…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Taxation
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill (HB) 700 into law on June 20, 2025, despite significant opposition from industry with respect to one critical legislative provision. This follows the legislation's approval by the Texas…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) published a press release on May 9, 2025, announcing an updated Standard Form 328 (SF-328), Certificate Pertaining to Foreign Interest. The updated form was approved on…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Government Contracting, International Law & Trade
Staff from U.S. Senate committees held meetings with the Senate parliamentarian over the weekend of June 20-22, 2025, to complete the "Byrd bath," a process by which committee staff make their case to the Senate parliamentarian…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Health
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that the Trump Administration and congressional Republicans cannot use the pending budget reconciliation bill to eliminate funding to the CFPB in a June 23, 2025, announcement…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
The Florida Legislature passed CS/SB 316 and CS/HB 403 to add Protected Series LLC provisions to the Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act, aligning with the Uniform Protected Series Act. This makes Florida one of the…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Conflict of Laws
En este episodio de "A Lo Legal En Par Minutos", Edwin Cortés, socio, conversa con Juana Cajiao Reina, abogada del área de propiedad intelectual, sobre la importancia del derecho marcario y el derecho de autor para proteger a…
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/ Intellectual Property
In this episode of "Clearly Conspicuous," consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta explores the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) increasing scrutiny of deceptive claims related to artificial intelligence (AI). He outlines…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on June 20, 2025, signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 1318, which creates greater restrictions on physician non-compete agreements in Texas and, for the first time, extends such restrictions to non-compete…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Health, Labor & Employment Law
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions in EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining and Oklahoma v. EPA on June 18, 2025, resolving two related circuit splits regarding proper venue for challenging certain U.S. Environmental…
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/ Civil Procedure, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
