The U.S. Supreme Court recently reminded district courts that they may use Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7(a)(7)—a little-known rule—to screen out meritless complaints before discovery…
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/ Civil Procedure
The Civil Justice Council ("CJC") has published its final report, recommending that the UK government regulate litigation funding and pass legislation to enable funders to be remunerated by way of a percentage of any damages…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Insurance
European Commission ("EC") issues its first fining decision for a no-poach agreement, and also sanctions for the first time the exchange of sensitive information between a company and its competing, non-controlling minority…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Mergers & Acquisitions
The PTAB has published its monthly statistics wrap up for April 2025. As expected, those statistics show a significant decline in the institution rate compared to the first six months of the fiscal year. In those first six…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 21, 2025, the European Commission filed a proposal to postpone the implementation of the due diligence obligations in Regulation 2023/1542, concerning batteries and waste batteries (the “EUBR”). The proposal would push…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ("CMMI") is set to reshape value-based care. In the second of a three-part series highlighting this new direction, this summary is focused on CMMI's efforts regarding digital…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 29, 2025, a virtual public workshop held by the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") offered direction on how it interprets certain elements of California's climate disclosure laws. While CARB has a July 1, 2025,…
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/ Business Organizations, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Welcome to Vital Signs, a curated compilation of the latest legal and regulatory developments in digital health…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
U.S. House lawmakers introduced the bipartisan CLARITY Act of 2025 proposing a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets that would delineate agencies' oversight roles, establish a provisional registration regime for…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On May 16, 2025, USPTO Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart released the first four discretionary denial decisions under the PTAB’s new process. Under the new process, the parties separately brief discretionary denial issues and…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
This regular alert covers key policy and regulatory developments related to EU geopolitical risks, including in particular, economic security, Russia’s war against Ukraine, health threats, and cyber threats. It does not purport…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, International Law & Trade, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
A May 29, 2025, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Division of Corporation Finance statement explains that "Covered Crypto Assets"—crypto tokens without any inherent rights to passive income, business enterprise…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
Health care facilities' compliance with medical and hazardous waste disposal laws comes under scrutiny in recent—and costly—investigations in California…
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/ Environmental Law, Health
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ("CMMI") is set to reshape value-based care. In the first of a three-part series highlighting this new direction, this summary is focused on CMMI's efforts regarding health care…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
A 2024 CFTC enforcement action settlement that may have introduced a new test for when the Commodity Exchange Act and the agency's regulations apply on a cross-border basis concerned then-CFTC Commissioner and now Acting CFTC…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
