On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee released draft legislative language for its version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a comprehensive budget reconciliation proposal that includes significant changes to…
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/ Elections & Politics, Health, Taxation
After multiple attempts by successive governments over the last few years to bring about regulatory changes that would enhance and promote the use of data in the UK, an often heavily debated law has finally arrived in the form…
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/ Intellectual Property, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have long played a role in the GCC’s infrastructure landscape, particularly in the utilities sector. However, the region is now experiencing a third wave of PPP activity—one that is expanding…
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/ Education Law, Finance & Banking, Health, Transportation
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in the closely watched case of United States v. Skrmetti. In this 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s legislation blocking gender-affirming care, holding…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health
The European Union’s ("EU") NIS2 Directive (Directive (EU) 2022/2555) capitalizes on the success of its predecessor, NIS, the first horizontal minimum harmonization cyber security and resilience frameworks at the EU level. NIS2…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 25, 2025, the European Commission published the long-anticipated draft EU Space Act (“Act”), a potentially landmark regulation that will apply to both EU and non-EU operators providing space services in Europe. The…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade
On June 12, 2025, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed into law two major healthcare reform bills — H.266 and S.126 — marking a coordinated legislative effort to curb healthcare spending and enhance regulatory oversight in the…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health
Last week, Oregon enacted into law SB951, which strengthens Oregon’s corporate practice of medicine doctrine by implementing greater restrictions on arrangements between medical practices and management services organizations…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Health
On June 13, 2025, OIG announced the results of an audit it conducted of 30 hospitals that received provider relief fund (PRF) payments during COVID-19 (the Audit). OIG found that 11 of the 30 audited hospitals failed to comply…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Health
U.S. sanctions enforcement is evolving to adopt a “control” analysis similar to the analysis employed by the European Union and United Kingdom based on a recent major enforcement action by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
On Thursday, June 12, 2025, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued two rulings construing parts of the No Surprises Act (NSA) to limit judicial review of arbitration awards issued under the…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Health, Insurance
On June 19, 2025, the European Commission (“EU Commission”) adopted Regulation 2025/1197 imposing restrictive measures on Chinese medical devices in its first use of the European Union’s International Procurement Instrument…
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/ Government Contracting, Health, International Law & Trade
On June 11, 2025, FINRA proposed amendments to Rule 3220 (Influencing or Rewarding Employees of Others) (the “Gifts Rule”) that would raise the annual gift limit per recipient to $250 from $100, as well as codifying additional…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Already highly regulated with a risk-based approach at their core, AI-powered medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices face new regulatory constraints stemming from the EU AI Act, a horizontal legal instrument…
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/ Health, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
Saudi Arabia's bankruptcy framework has undergone significant modernization in recent years, drawing heavily from the US Bankruptcy Code while incorporating unique features tailored to the Kingdom's regulatory and business…
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/ Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
