With the passage of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act (the GENIUS Act or the Act) on 18 July 2025, Congress established a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins. The Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
On 4 March 2026, the European Commission adopted two complementary policy initiatives: the EU Industrial Maritime Strategy and the EU Ports Strategy. Together, the initiatives set out the EU’s policy roadmap for strengthening…
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/ Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade, Maritime Law
On 25 February 2026,1 the SEC, in one of the few cases brought to-date against a private fund adviser under Chair Atkins, settled charges with a private fund adviser regarding its valuation practices. This case involved conduct…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On 13 February 2026, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued Order FIN-2026-R001 (the Order), granting exceptive relief from FinCEN’s requirement that covered financial institutions identify the beneficial…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking
A recent final determination in Investigation No. 337-TA-1400 issued by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) may have some clients saying, “I don’t always seek ITC enforcement. But when I do, I prefer to include a design…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
The Federal Court of Australia has delivered a landmark decision in McCallum v Projector Films, finding that general moral rights waivers for copyright works are not enforceable.
The decision follows an urgent interlocutory…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
As previously discussed in our client alert, the industry celebrated the no-action relief from registration as a commodity pool operator (CPO) (the Relief). The Relief, however, raised certain questions in connection with the…
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On 17 February 2026 in U.S. v. Heppner, 1:25-cr-503 (S.D.N.Y., Feb. 17, 2026), Judge Rakoff held that a defendant’s written exchanges with a public generative AI platform were not protected by the attorney-client privilege or…
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/ Electronic Discovery, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Texas is home to 31.3 million people, and with two of the country’s leading metropolitan areas by economic output, Texas is the world’s eighth largest economy at US$2.7 trillion. Texas leads its fellow states in energy…
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/ Elections & Politics
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) recently issued an important industry reminder regarding implementation of the California Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL). The DFPI noted that it will…
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IN BRIEF -
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released its compliance and enforcement priorities for 2026–2027 (the 2026–2027 Priorities).
While many of the ACCC's 2026–2027 Priorities have…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection
On 1 June 2026, Federal Decree Law No. 25 of 2025, Issuing the Civil Transactions Law (New Civil Code), will come into effect, replacing Federal Law No. 5 of 1985 (Old Civil Code). Under the Old Civil Code, muqawala…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law
On 26 February 2026, the US Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) that would again modify the framework to determine whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Labor & Employment Law
Hospitals reimbursed under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) must decide by the end of March whether to respond to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) OPPS Drug Acquisition Cost Survey (ODACS), a…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Remedies, Health
In this episode, Limo Cherian, Rebecca Schaefer, and Clarita Sullivan break down the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) recent Request for Information on Accelerating the Adoption and Use of Artificial Intelligence…
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