In Various Claimants v Standard Chartered plc [2025] EWCA Civ 1581, the English Court of Appeal considered when a party is entitled to withhold disclosure on the basis that documents are subject to foreign regulatory…
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/ Civil Procedure, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
Aerospace startups often begin with a dream to provide cheaper, better, or faster solutions for aviation and space flight, and the ambition to make that dream a reality. Although optimism fuels innovation, as aerospace startups…
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/ Securities Law
The United Kingdom Public Documents Pilot Scheme (the “Pilot”) will come into force on January 1, 2026 and will be introduced under the new Practice Direction 51ZH “Access to Public Domain Documents” (“PD 51ZH”). The Pilot will…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Privacy
On September 25, in a landmark resolution that underscores the FTC’s renewed focus on digital consumer protection, Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion—including a $1 billion civil penalty and $1.5 billion in consumer refunds—under…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released a shutdown plan dated September 29, 2025, outlining how it will operate during this lapse in appropriations.
FTC Commissioners are presidential appointees and are excepted from…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions
The rapid expansion of biometric technologies in sports has created both significant opportunities and complex legal challenges. The proliferation of wearable devices and data collection tools has ushered in what amounts to a…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
For many consumers, understanding the composition of food products is key to making informed decisions about healthy eating. As ultra-processed foods (“UPFs) occupy a growing share of grocery stores and American diets, UPFs have…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Products Liability
The practice of serially filing continuation applications through a patent’s lifetime has come under increased pressure in recent years from newly implemented continuing application fees to expanded case law on non-statutory…
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/ Intellectual Property
The California legislature’s efforts to streamline the discovery process, promote transparency and fairness in civil proceedings, and reduce discovery abuse began in 2019, when California Code of Civil Procedure (C.C.P.)…
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/ Civil Procedure, Electronic Discovery
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division launched its first monetary whistleblower rewards program in partnership with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The program offers potential monetary rewards to…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law, Government Contracting
The forum defendant rule normally bars removing a state case to federal court when there is a forum defendant, even if the parties are otherwise diverse. A rarely-used method is the exception to this rule. Using a procedure…
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/ Civil Procedure
The new Paris Court of Appeal chamber specializing in “emerging litigation (i.e., Chamber 5-12, which held its first hearings in March 2024) issued a ruling on June 17, 2025, in the so-called La Poste case (No. RG 24/05193), in…
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/ Business Organizations, Environmental Law, Labor & Employment Law
On July 9, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) commenced enforcement of its new Data Security Program (“DSP”) to prevent foreign adversaries from accessing sensitive U.S. data. Created earlier this year, the program seeks to…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The skies are darkening over the “walled garden” of Apple’s operating system. A Northern District of California court cleared the way for antitrust claims against Apple over its iCloud storage service on mobile devices. The…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Science, Computers, & Technology
Some of the most critical evidence at trial comes in the form of deposition testimony from witnesses who are unable to testify live at trial. Done right, deposition designations can powerfully support your case. Done poorly,…
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