On April 30, 2026, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would amend 19 C.F.R. Part 210 to require all nongovernment parties in Section 337 investigations to disclose…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, International Law & Trade
On April 21, 2026, the Council of the European Union adopted a long-anticipated directive on combating corruption (the “Directive”) that will reshape anti-corruption enforcement across the EU. First proposed in May 2023 against…
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/ Business Organizations, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
On May 18, 2026, USPTO Director John Squires and Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart held a “listening session” with intellectual property practitioners, academics, and other industry professionals to discuss potential changes…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
The race to secure supply chains for rare earth elements ("REEs") has become one of the defining geopolitical and economic challenges of our time. REEs are essential to the manufacture of permanent magnets used in advanced…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Government Contracting, International Law & Trade
On March 20, 2026, the White House released a National AI Legislative Framework calling for Congress to create a comprehensive national standard for AI regulation. The Framework called out a variety of factors and considerations…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
In a pair of May 2026 decisions, the Federal Circuit offered important guidance on what rights a patent owner must retain in a licensed patent and still have standing to sue. In a precedential opinion involving A.L.M. Holding…
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/ Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property
Three recent patent rulings underscore courts’ increasing scrutiny of damages and equitable relief theories by emphasizing real‑world economic and evidentiary support over formalistic assumptions:…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Intellectual Property
The critical minerals sector continues to be shaped by government policy; with state-backed capital, offtake support and trade frameworks increasingly determining which projects get built, where they sell and on what terms…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
On May 27, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a False Claims Act settlement with psychiatric hospital operator Oglethorpe Inc. (Oglethorpe) and three executives resolving allegations that they violated the False…
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/ Civil Remedies, Government Contracting, Health
With the news out of the Western District of Texas, TalKing IP caught up with K&S’s own Judge (Ret.) Lee Yeakel to ask a few questions about the news and what he sees happening in the District. Judge Yeakel served on the United…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Saudi Arabia’s regulatory framework governing idle real estate has entered a new phase. Following the enactment of the White Land and Vacant Properties Fees Law (the “Amended Law”) by Royal Decree No. (M/244) in May 2025, the…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On May 28, 2026, CMS published a final rule (Final Rule) updating and revising the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model (the IOTA Model) for Performance Year (PY) 2 (and future performance years). The Final Rule, which…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
On May 28, 2026, CMS published a final rule (Final Rule) updating and revising the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model (the IOTA Model) for Performance Year (PY) 2 (and future performance years). The Final Rule, which…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
On May 28, 2026, CMS published a final rule (Final Rule) updating and revising the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model (the IOTA Model) for Performance Year (PY) 2 (and future performance years). The Final Rule, which…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
On 20 May 2026, a landmark free trade agreement (“FTA”) was concluded between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council (“GCC”), a trade bloc comprising of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates…
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/ Finance & Banking, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
