The US government’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, unveiled on April 2, 2025 to force a rebalancing of global trade in favor of the United States, have unleashed significant market volatility and global economic disruption. The…
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In March 2025, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) in China published a newsletter detailing the government's 2024 enforcement actions against illegal advertisements. According to official statistics, in 2024,…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) announced the approval of updates made to the Certificate Pertaining to Foreign Interests, or Standard Form (SF) 328, on May 7, 2025. This revised form requires more…
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/ Business Organizations, Education Law, Government Contracting, International Law & Trade
On May 12, 2025, the House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) released an amended 389-page bill, entitled “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation released a companion…
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/ Education Law, International Law & Trade, Taxation
This guidance follows a number of Executive Orders (EOs) and other memoranda from the DOJ, including (1) the February 10, 2025 EO pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for 180 days, pending the release…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, Government Contracting, Health, Securities Law
The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare in Chile recently published Exempt Resolution No. 541, which created a new procedure for identifying corporations or companies in which the right to strike may not be exercised…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
On May 7, 2025, the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a significant decision in Daly v. The Wonderful Company LLC, No. 24 C 1267 (N.D. Ill.). The court dismissed with prejudice a putative class…
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/ Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Products Liability
President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) titled “Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients” aimed at reducing prescription drug prices for Americans by ensuring they do not pay…
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India’s capital markets have experienced a significant surge in initial public offering (IPO) activity in 2024, positioning the country as a global leader in public offerings. With 327 IPOs raising approximately USD19.9 billion…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Law
The European Commission has shortly published its “AI Continent Action Plan” and, doing so, set itself no less a task than winning the global race for AI leadership and making Europe the leading AI continent. This shall be…
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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently granted the Motion to Hold Case in Abeyance (the Motion) in Iowa v. US Securities and Exchange Commission – the case challenging the SEC’s 2024 climate disclosure rules –…
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On May 9, 2025, House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) released a proposed 28-page tax bill, which is scheduled for markup by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 13, 2025. Below, we highlight the…
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/ Finance & Banking, Taxation
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on May 9, 2025 that it will delay full implementation of the amended Negative Option Rule and begin enforcing it on July 14, 2025…
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/ Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
In October 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized significant updates to the Negative Option Rule, which are slated to take effect on May 14, 2025. A negative option is a contract term under which a buyer agrees that…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection
This regular publication from DLA Piper focuses on helping banking and financial services clients navigate the ever-changing regulatory landscape…
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