Due to go into effect on July 14, the Negative Option Rule has been struck down by the Eighth Circuit. Our Consumer Protection/FTC Group examines the Federal Trade Commission’s options going forward…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection
Eye Therapies, LLC v. Slayback Pharma, LLC, No. 2023-2173 (Fed. Cir. (PTAB) June 30, 2025). Opinion by Scarsi, joined by Taranto and Stoll. Eye Therapies owns a patent that claims a method for reducing eye redness “consisting…
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/ Intellectual Property
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a massive bill that overhauls much of the U.S. tax system. Our Federal & International Tax and State & Local Tax teams cover the Act’s key tax provisions for individuals and businesses…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Taxation
Our Antitrust Team summarizes the most recent focus of European Competition Authorities on restrictive practices in labor markets…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law
The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation and enforcement involving the payments industry, features the CFPB dropping most of its caseload, several states’ decisions to pick up the slack, and fees…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
On the Monday after Independence Day weekend, President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs returned to the spotlight as the suspension of country-specific reciprocal tariffs is set to expire on July 9. The President issued an…
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/ International Law & Trade
What Happened? On June 30, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law, with an immediate effective date, California Assembly Bill 130, a significant housing bill that, notably renders certain mortgage servicer…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 149, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (“TRAIGA”), into law…
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/ Civil Rights, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 27, 2025, the District Court for the Middle District of Florida, on remand from the Eleventh Circuit, reversed course when it denied class certification to a group of plaintiffs who were purportedly impacted by a spring…
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/ Civil Procedure, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Senate is in session this week, but the House was granted an unscheduled recess week after narrowly passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act before July 4 (H.R. 1). President Trump signed the bill into law over the weekend,…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, International Law & Trade
Two newly enacted California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reform laws (AB 130 and SB 131) would significantly impact California’s infill housing sector. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group unpacks what…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
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
On June 5, 2025, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined 23andMe £2.31 million (~$3.1 million). The fine was for failing to implement adequate security measures to protect the personal data of over 155,000 UK…
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/ Bankruptcy, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has updated its listings of jurisdictions under increased monitoring (the “grey list”) and high-risk jurisdictions subject to a call for action (the “black list”). Our Investment Funds Team…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
CrowdStrike, Inc. v. GoSecure, Inc., Nos. IPR2025-00068, -00070 (June 25, 2025) (designated informative on June 26, 2025). Order by Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the…
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/ Intellectual Property
