Often, climate change lawsuits allege claims under constitutional provisions, human rights laws, or environmental statutes and regulations. Lawsuits filed in separate countries by Energy Transfer ("ET") and Greenpeace…
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/ Consumer Protection, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On December 18, 2024, the Montana Supreme Court ruled in the case of Held v. Montana, finding that the Montana Environmental Policy Act ("MEPA") violated the state's constitution. In the midst of great change to the federal…
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/ Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
The Patent Trial and Appeals Board (“PTAB”) recently denied institution of an inter partes review (“IPR”), exercising its discretion under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a)and Apple Inc. v. Fintiv Inc., IPR2020-00019 (PTAB Mar. 20, 2020)…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is hosting a roundtable discussion on disclosures just weeks after reports of significant increases in executive perks…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Securities Law
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
