On April 21, 2025, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law the Arkansas Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (Act), which will become effective on July 1, 2026. It draws inspiration from the federal…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
What Happened? On April 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued Circular 26-25-2 (the Circular), which announces that the VA’s Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program is winding down. As of May…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
Both chambers are in session this week. House Republicans will now begin their push to enact a single reconciliation package that includes President Trump’s key policy priorities, including immigration enforcement, tax cuts,…
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/ Elections & Politics, Immigration Law, International Law & Trade, Taxation
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and…
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/ Health
A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., No. 22-15815, could impact the scope of personal jurisdiction over e-commerce and other entities that utilize cookies to collect personal…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Our Financial Services Group reviews the Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act, which overrides the Office of Financial Regulation’s requirement that passive trusts holding Maryland loans in residential mortgage-backed…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
In the latest edition of the PFAS Primer Quarterly Update, our roundup of regulatory, litigation, and scientific actions involving PFAS, states exempt PFAS products – except the states that don’t, defendants can remove PFAS…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., et al., No. 2023-2437 (Fed. Cir. (D. Del.) Apr. 18, 2025). Opinion by Dyk, joined by Prost and Goldberg (sitting by designation). Recentive sued Fox for infringing four patents that claim…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
In a highly anticipated and welcome development, on April 22, 2025, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed into law the Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act of 2025 (emergency measures HB 1516 and its companion SB 1026) with an…
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/ Finance & Banking, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
On April 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published the finalized amendments (Amendments) to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) that would impose additional restrictions on website and online…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Our Industrials & Manufacturing and Products Liability Groups break down how Georgia’s new law alters the tort landscape…
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/ Civil Procedure, Personal Injury, Products Liability
Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group discusses what plan sponsors and fiduciaries need to know about the Internal Revenue Service’s proposed changes for employees 50 or older who make additional elective…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Eight years ago, on March 1, 2017, the New York Department of Financial Services enacted its landmark cybersecurity regulation covering financial services companies, 23 NYCRR Part 500, known as “Part 500.” Part 500 was the first…
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/ Finance & Banking, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and…
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/ Health
Welcome to the Intellectual Property Litigation Newsletter, our review of decisions and trends in the intellectual property arena.
In this edition, we learn that written description is required for a preamble, labor or…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
