The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its 2025 funding statement. It is targeted at DB schemes undergoing valuations with effective dates between 22 September 2024 and 21 September 2025. However, it is relevant to all DB…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
On 24 April 2025, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) launched new guidance for corporates on self-reporting, cooperation and deferred prosecution agreements (“DPAs”). Among other things, the new guidance states that, if a…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law
On April 24, 2025, US Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced a new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Automated Vehicle (AV) Framework as part of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) agenda to…
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/ Administrative Law, Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation
On April 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published substantial amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA), which will take effect on June 23, 2025. Businesses subject to COPPA must ensure…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Prezados e prezadas,
O “Brasília em Pauta” é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Superior Tribunal de…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
INTRODUCTION -
A county court case - Spirit Pub Company v Pridewell Properties - has provided an interesting illustration as to how courts are looking at applications under the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 (the “Act”). It…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On 14 February 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) issued the “Administrative Measures for Personal Information Protection Compliance Audits” (the "Measures"), which will take effect on 1 May 2025. The Measures…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, International Law & Trade, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
I. U.S. SANCTIONS -
White House Reportedly Considering Lifting Sanctions on Russian Energy Assets: On April 23, Politico reported that the White House is debating lifting sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
On April 23, 2025, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a public decision dismissing a reconsideration request filed by 4K Global-ACC JC, LLC. The decision is noteworthy because in rejecting the request for…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting
Between April 7 and 11, 2025, during the 83rd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) approved a new set of regulatory measures aimed at reducing greenhouse…
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/ Environmental Law, International Law & Trade, Maritime Law
Shortly after Mayer Brown published an update on legislation introduced to exempt passive trusts and other assignees of certain Maryland loans from licensing, Governor Wes Moore signed the legislation into law. The Maryland…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
Distressed entities seeking to sell assets often encounter commercial and legal challenges related to existing claims or resistant constituents. One possible solution to those challenges is to sell assets in bankruptcy through a…
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/ Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
In a recent opinion and order, the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied a secured lender’s motion for relief from the automatic stay in order for the lender to record a deed being held in escrow…
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/ Bankruptcy, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Commercial
The introduction of tariffs under the Trump Administration—and their subsequent partial (yet perhaps temporary) rollback—has added a new layer of complexity and a great deal of uncertainty to the high-stakes world of M&A…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
Prezados e prezadas,
O “Brasília em Pauta” é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Superior Tribunal de…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Energy & Utilities
