On July 5, 2025, the FDIC finalized (and published in the Federal Register) its decision to rescind its 2024 Bank Merger Statement of Policy and reinstate its prior, long-standing version. We previously covered the proposed…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
The recent Supreme Court decision, that no single judge may block President Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship on a nationwide basis, was set to go into effect on July 27, 2025. But a court ruling in a class action…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Employers should take note, amendments to Washington state's Paid Family and Medical Leave law (PFML) included in HB 1213 significantly broaden job restoration rights, attempt to address leave stacking issues, alter benefits…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff Scraps False Ad Suit Claiming Joe Rogan's "Alpha Brain" Deceives Consumers -
So long, Alpha Brain false advertising lawsuit—we hardly knew ye. And now that the parties in the lawsuit alleging that controversial…
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/ Business Torts, Consumer Protection, Health
Single-family-only zoning has officially ended in the City of Seattle. On May 27, 2025, the Seattle City Council passed CB 120969 to comply with RCW 36.70A.635, which requires adoption of development regulations allowing for…
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/ Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Pole attachment legislation is moving through the state legislatures of both Pennsylvania and New York. In Pennsylvania, House Bill 825 would direct the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ("PUC") to conduct a rulemaking to…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Energy & Utilities
The long-standing third rail of California politics, the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), has finally been touched, in a major win for proponents of the anti-NIMBY "Yes In My Back Yard" movement ("YIMBY"). On…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Earlier today, the House passed President Trump's sweeping tax and spending legislation after overcoming resistance from some Republican members. A revised version of the legislation narrowly passed the Senate on July 1 in a…
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/ Elections & Politics, Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade, Taxation
As described in more detail below, by July 10, 2025, all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must prepare a list of important issues facing their communities of license and the programs…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Elections & Politics
Food Venture Financing Trends -
Seattle-based craft beverage company, Jones Soda Co., sold its cannabis beverage business to MJ Reg Disrupters for $3 million…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
Project W recently hosted the second Founder Fundamentals webinar for program alumnae —"Leveraging AI to Do More Good Work and Less Busy Work." Led by Nicole Kerson and Collected Company, the webinar offered a fresh and…
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/ Business Organizations, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 19, 2025, President Trump signed the "Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act" (the "Take It Down Act"), making a significant change to the regulatory…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Criminal Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 26, FERC approved a new reliability standard (CIP-015-1) proposed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") to enhance cybersecurity of the nation's bulk electric system ("BES"). In a related…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Science, Computers, & Technology
California employers often require their new hires and current employees to sign arbitration agreements ("agreements") as a condition of employment or continued employment. To be enforceable, these agreements require that the…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
During the final hours of the Biden Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released several rules and proposed rules and was in active litigation defending its earlier rules. We created this quick…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Consumer Protection
