A recent lawsuit involving an AI chatbot represents another indication of a possible shift in how courts will approach software under traditional strict products liability principles. Traditionally, courts have been hesitant to…
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/ Consumer Protection, Products Liability, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 11, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released educational videos and a new fact sheet to facilitate compliance with the agency’s New Dietary Ingredient Notification (NDIN) review process. Under the…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
This month’s bid protest spotlight features a trifecta of decisions from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
In MVL USA Inc. v. United States, a consolidated bid protest involving seven protesters, the Court rejected protesters’…
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/ Administrative Law, Construction Law, Government Contracting, Military Law
On May 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a recission of the Biden administration’s January 15, 2025 Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Interim Final Rule (“AI Diffusion Rule”)…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Military Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
From May 23, 2025, companies may transfer their domicile to Hong Kong under a new regime which will allow them to preserve their legal identity and will not interrupt business operations. To qualify, companies must meet several…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Taxation
On May 15, 2025, a federal district court in Texas vacated sections of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC or the “Commission”) 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (the “2024 Enforcement…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past month,…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
The financial services industry generally, and data aggregators specifically, have watched intently as the Trump administration has altered the course of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or “Bureau”), in an effort…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Consumer Protection
Last week, the Trump administration made its priorities clear for the nation’s cybersecurity posture in the form of the newly issued executive order entitled “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology, Government Contracting
On May 23, 2025, 10 days after President Trump announced his directive to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria during his visit to Saudia Arabia last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Tax Court issued its decision in Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo 2025-52) (“Soroban”), holding that “limited partners” of a management company organized as a Delaware limited…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Taxation
On June 10, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that, after nearly 20 years, it will be discontinuing its Accelerated Examination Program for utility applications on July 10, 2025.
The USPTO’s…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
The Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) is a successful initiative that increases the participation of small business concerns in federally funded research and development. Awards under Phases I and II of the…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Concept Release soliciting public comments on whether and how to revise the definition of a foreign private issuer (FPI) under the federal securities…
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/ International Law & Trade, Securities Law
On May 29, 2025, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement[1] (the “Staking Statement”) concluding that certain protocol staking…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
