What Happened? On June 26, Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) Director William Pulte told Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the “government sponsored entities”) to draft policies that would consider a borrower’s cryptocurrency…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
What Happened? On June 12, 2025, the New York State legislature passed the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act, which awaits Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature or veto. The RAISE Act addresses developers of…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
Both the House and Senate are in session this week, with the upper chamber scheduled to begin a vote-a-rama on amendments to the reconciliation bill on Monday morning. During the vote-a-rama, senators may offer unlimited germane…
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/ Elections & Politics, 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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Our Immigration Team inspects how the Department of Justice (DOJ) is using its new whistleblower incentives to prioritize investigating employers’ potential criminal immigration activity…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Overview - On June 23, 2025, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued an industry letter encouraging all regulated entities to review their cybersecurity and sanctions compliance programs in light of…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
A Texas federal court has vacated a 2024 HIPAA rule that created special protections for reproductive health care information. Our Health Care Group examines the ruling and its impact on health care providers and plan sponsors…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Privacy
Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team discusses how to overcome five challenges companies face in the wake of a data security incident when reviewing impacted data to comply with legal obligations…
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/ Electronic Discovery, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Ancora Technologies, Inc. v. Roku, Inc., et al., Nos. 2023-1674, -1701 (Fed. Cir. (PTAB) June 16, 2025). Per curiam opinion, before Louri, Reyna, and Hughes. Ancora owns a patent directed to restricting unauthorized use of…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
In an effort to increase housing affordability, New York State has implemented new regulations limiting institutional investor purchases of single- and two-family residences. Our Investment Funds Team breaks down who is impacted…
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/ Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2025.
In this edition, two UK actions fail to clear a low bar, a movie isn’t a video, and spam isn’t free…
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/ Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Labor & Employment Law, Products Liability, Toxic Torts
Welcome to the latest issue of Insurance Insights, a gathering of notable legal developments and trends relevant to the insurance industry.
In this issue, California and New York layer on privacy protections, tort reform…
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/ Consumer Protection, Insurance, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Separately, President Trump is expected to travel to the Netherlands to participate in NATO’s annual summit – this following U.S. targeted strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear…
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/ Elections & Politics, Health, Taxation
On July 8, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) is set to lift its self-imposed pause on enforcing certain violations of its Rule Preventing Access to US Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Privacy
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are vulnerable to more than just threat actors. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Group examines joint guidance issued by U.S. and international cybersecurity agencies that provides best…
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/ International Law & Trade, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
