Indiana’s Consumer Data Protection Act (“INCDPA”), passed in 2023, took effect on January 1, 2026. Businesses that fall within the scope of the law are now required to comply with new obligations designed to give Hoosiers…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Privacy
State privacy law continues to move quickly, and 2026 is no exception. While July 1, 2026, is the next major compliance milestone, it is not the only one. Several laws and amendments take effect on that date, with additional…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
After nearly 55 years of consistent practice, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rescinded its no-deny settlement policy. SEC Rule 202.5(e) has long made the Commission an outlier among federal…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Recent reporting highlights a real-world incident where an AI-enabled system was linked to the deletion of a company’s production data and its backups in seconds, a growing risk in modern enterprise environments…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On February 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a new rule that would rescind the Biden-era 2024 independent contractor regulation and replace it with a framework more closely aligned with the DOL’s 2021…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new policy memorandum that reinforces an important principle: approval of an adjustment of status (AOS) application requires USCIS to exercise “discretion and…
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/ Immigration Law
New Rules Are Here - Is Your Pension System Ready?
Recent National Automated Clearinghouse Association rule changes have established foundational risk management requirements designed to prevent fund transfer fraud. But here's…
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/ Finance & Banking
Noncompete agreements have become one of the most rapidly evolving areas of employment law. Employers rely on noncompete, nonsolicitation, and confidentiality agreements (collectively, “restrictive covenant agreements”) to…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Conflict of Laws, Labor & Employment Law
A divided panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a decision in the combined cases of The State of Oregon v. United States and Burlap and Barrel, Inc. v. United States, on May 7, 2026, holding that President…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
The rapid expansion of legalized sports betting across the United States has triggered a debate among regulators: should consumers be allowed to sports wager using borrowed money?…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) contains an exemption in Section 25(e) of the Act that provides BIPA does not apply to a government contractor (the “Government Contractor Exemption.”)…
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/ Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
On April 22, 2026, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule titled “Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Franchise Law, Labor & Employment Law
For decades, cannabis has occupied one of the most restrictive positions in federal drug policy, classified as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), alongside drugs deemed to have no accepted medical…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Health
The Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act, (GIPA) has become one of the plaintiff class action bar’s favorite causes of action. GIPA regulates the collection, use, disclosure, and storage of genetic information…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
On March 25, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment that significantly narrows the circumstances under which online service providers can…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
