Los Cabos, renowned for its luxury resorts and sun-drenched beaches, has become an increasingly dangerous hotspot for sophisticated timeshare scams that disproportionately target American and Canadian property owners and…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
Although English and French are both recognized as official languages of Canada, Quebec continues to enact laws which are directed to maintaining its unique cultural identity through the use of the Charter of the French language…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
Arizona Senate Bill 1611 (SB1611), signed into law during the 2025 legislative session, introduces sweeping changes to Arizona’s groundwater and land use framework that could significantly benefit real estate developers…
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/ Agriculture, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued unprecedented orders under the newly enacted 21 U.S.C. § 2313a authority, targeting three Mexico-based financial institutions: CIBanco,…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
The California legislature may be providing California small businesses with another tool to combat construction-related accessibility claims through Senate Bill 84 (SB 84) which advanced to the State Assembly on June 4, 2025…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Civil Rights, Construction Law
On June 12, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response” (EO) setting out new directives to reshape the federal government’s approach to wildfire…
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/ Agriculture, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Employers regularly face legal challenges, many of which their employees create. Leave can be especially problematic for both employees and employers. Perhaps what causes employers the most tension is an unlimited leave of…
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/ Civil Rights, Health, Labor & Employment Law
What Happened Employers may incur new fines for misclassifying employees as independent contractors under a new Colorado law. On May 22, 2025, Governor Polis signed HB25-1001, which creates new fines starting at $5,000 per…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
A unanimous Supreme Court decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services clarified that Title VII plaintiffs who are members of a majority group have the same standard for establishing their claim as a plaintiff who is a…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision requiring a plaintiff seeking to confirm an arbitration award against a foreign state to prove minimum contacts with the…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade
On January 17, 2025, the ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit asking the court to hold various key provisions under the 2024 Mental Health Parity Addiction Equity Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Labor & Employment Law
Insurance has always been a critical backdrop in risk analysis. This is because when buying insurance, “an insured usually does not seek to realize a commercial advantage but, instead, seeks protection and security from economic…
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/ Consumer Protection, Insurance, Real Estate - Residential
Owners with a 25 percent or greater stake in an employer-entity, regardless of company form, may have liability for the employer-entity’s wage and hour matters under a new Colorado law. On May 22, 2025, Governor Polis signed…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Remedies, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Recent events around the country indicate that online sweepstakes are facing increasing scrutiny and concerns from legislatures, regulators and others.
“Montana just criminalized everyday digital promotions with a law so…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Criminal Law
On June 3, 2025, the Trump administration announced (the Announcement) that it would no longer follow Biden-era guidance (the Guidance) that directed hospitals to provide emergency abortions to pregnant women in emergency…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Health