Each year, upwards of 100,000 music fans pay up to $599 for the ticket price of weekend-long admission to the Coachella Music and Arts festival outside of Palm Springs, California. In 2025, however, nearly 60% of Coachella’s…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Privacy
In a pivotal ruling for patent damages and standard-essential patent (SEP) litigation, the Federal Circuit vacated a $300 million award against Apple in a long-standing dispute with Optis Cellular Technology, LLC. See Optis…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
As we have previously reported here and here, “nuclear” verdicts from California juries in employment discrimination and harassment cases have become increasingly common over the past few years. Although these massive verdicts…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In today's digital age, artificial intelligence has become a household utility.
It is hard to imagine anyone who hasn't heard of ChatGPT — from the pundit lamenting the impending obsolesce of the human workforce; to the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Science, Computers, & Technology
A new extended timetable is now in play for the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (“EFRAG”) following a letter sent by the EU Commissioner Albuquerque on 1 July 2025. EFRAG is tasked with the responsibility to…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Finance & Banking
On June 27, 2025, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) Director Catherine Eschbach issued a letter announcing that OFCCP is “providing all federal contractors withthe opportunity to volunteer informationin…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
On July 7, 2025, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer issued Order 08-2025 (the “Order”) impacting OFCCP’s enforcement of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Section 503”) and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The July 2025 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.00%, which is the same as the June 2025 Section 7520 rate..…
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/ Education Law, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Welcome to the June edition of our UK Tax Round Up, which discusses HMRC’s response to its consultation on the new UK carried interest regime to be introduced next year and interesting cases on the main purpose test in the…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law, Taxation
The U.S. Court of Appeals’ decisions reviewing National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) orders continue to roll in.
Most recently, on June 27, 2025, the D.C. Circuit upheld an NLRB ruling that George Washington University…
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/ Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law
On 1 September 2025, the new UK corporate offence of “failure to prevent fraud” will come into force, as introduced under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the “Act”)…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law
The Ninth Circuit court of appeals reviewed three separate proposed class actions against Papa John’s International Inc., Converse Inc., and Bloomingdale’s, all centered on whether certain website tracking activities violated…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Eye Therapies, LLC v. Slayback Pharma, LLC provides further insight into the tools available for patent claim construction. The Federal Circuit had previously held that a patent’s specification…
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/ Intellectual Property
On June 25, 2025, William B. Cowen, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), issued GC Memorandum 25-07 to the Board’s 26 regional offices arguing that if an employer or union…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
Despite the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) continuing lack of quorum, federal courts of appeal have been busy reviewing its decisions…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
