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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The USPTO Is Issuing Patents Faster — Here’s Why That Matters

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Beginning May 13, 2025, the window between paying the issue fee and your patent officially issuing will become much shorter....more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: SEC Codes - Form D, Section 16 Filers and Schedule 213D and 13G

On September 27, 2024, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted “EDGAR Next,” a collection of rule and form amendments intended to streamline access to, and management of, accounts on the SEC’s...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Pushback of Deadline for SNFs to Submit Significantly More Detailed Ownership and Control Information in New “SNF Attachment” to...

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With newly confirmed Dr. Mehemet Oz at its helm, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) maintained but delayed the deadline for its requirement that Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) to report significantly...more

McDermott Will & Emery

PTO Accelerates Patent Issuance Timeline

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The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) announced that it has shortened the time between the issue notification and the issue date for patents. Historically, the time between these two events averaged about three weeks....more

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Practical Implications of the Interim Final Rule for BOI Reporting Under the CTA

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As we previously discussed, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published an interim final rule (IFR) on March 26 that narrowed the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Announces It Will Not Prioritize Oversight of Repeat Offender Registry

On April 11, the CFPB announced that it will not prioritize enforcement or supervision against nonbank financial companies that miss registration deadlines under its Repeat Offender Registry. The Bureau also stated that it is...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

USPTO Moves to Expedite Patent Issuance

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The USPTO recently announced that they would expedite patent issuance by reducing the time between Issue Notification and Issue Date. Effective May 13, 2025, patents will now issue approximately two weeks after receiving the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Government Contractors Need to Be Prepared for Significant Reforms to the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Associated Agency...

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On April 15, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement (EO 14275). EO 14275’s purpose is to reform the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and associated agency...more

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USPTO Announces Changes to Patent Issue Timelines and Design Application Examinations

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This week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) made two announcements of interest to patent holders and practitioners as part of modernization and efficiency efforts...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Out with a Whimper: FinCEN Issues Interim Final Rule on Corporate Transparency Act, Narrows BOI Reporting Requirements

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced an interim final rule, which was officially published in the Federal Register on March 26, 2025, removing the requirement for U.S. companies and...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

USPTO to Expedite Patent Issuance

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that effective May 13, 2025, the time between an Issue Notification and issue date of a U.S. patent will be reduced to about one week. Currently, it takes three...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

USPTO Efforts at Modernity Speeds Patent Issuance

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On May 13, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will expedite Issue Dates for patents. This will reduce the average time from three weeks to about two, so patent holders can bring their investments to market...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

OMB Seeks Public Input on Deregulation Under New Executive Order

The deadline to submit comments in response to the OMB’s solicitation is May 12, 2025. On April 11 the Office of Management and Budget published a request that interested parties “identify rules to be rescinded and provide...more

Snell & Wilmer

The (Almost) End of the Corporate Transparency Act

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In a whirlwind attempt to follow the roller coaster actions in the courts, the U.S. Congress, and FinCEN’s administrative efforts, Snell & Wilmer has worked to keep clients updated with the drama-filled developments of the...more

Stinson LLP

The End of Section 1071 as We Know It: CFPB to Reopen Rulemaking

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In a recent filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) disclosed that its new leadership has directed staff to initiate a fresh rulemaking process...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

FinCEN Removes Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements for U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons Under the CTA

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule (IFR) removing the requirement for U.S. domestic reporting companies and U.S. persons to report Beneficial Ownership...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

EU Parliament Votes To Delay Implementation of Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Obligations

On 3 April 2025, the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted to delay the implementation of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The...more

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On Again, Off Again: FinCEN's New Interim Final Rule on the Corporate Transparency Act – U.S. Entities and Citizens Exempt from...

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Anyone who has followed the on-again, off-again history of the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) Beneficial Owner Information (BOI) reporting requirements will not be surprised that, effective March 26, the Financial Crimes...more

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Italy postpones compulsory Nat Cat insurance requirement for SMEs

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To address concerns over the implementation timeline of compulsory natural catastrophe (Nat Cat) insurance introduced for Italian businesses with the 2024 Italian Budget Law, the Italian government has issued a Decree-Law...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

CSRD and CSDDD Officially Delayed, With Huge Majority of MEPs in Support

On 3 April 2025, the European Parliament voted to postpone the implementation dates for corporate sustainability due diligence and reporting requirements, as the first step in the European Commission’s “Omnibus”...more

Hogan Lovells

EU Omnibus simplification package update – what's next in terms of timing and process for the Council and Parliament?

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On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its proposals for to postpone the application of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D)...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Kentucky Legislature Prohibits State’s Enforcement of Workforce Safety Standards That Are Stricter Than Federal OSHA’s, and...

On March 27, 2025, by overriding Governor Andy Beshear’s veto, the Kentucky General Assembly adopted HB 398 into law, thereby limiting Kentucky’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health Compliance’s (KY OSH) ability to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

USPTO Procedure Adds New Hurdle to PTAB Trial Institution

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On March 26, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced changes to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trial institution process, creating a new bifurcated approach to institution decisions....more

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FinCEN Exempts U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons from Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements

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An interim final rule issued by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), makes the following significant changes to beneficial ownership information reporting (BOIR) requirements: defines a “reporting company”...more

Kilpatrick

Pre-Institution Overhaul: Unpacking the PTAB’s New Briefing Procedures

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Hot on the heels of rescinding former Director Vidal’s June 2022 memo providing guidance on discretionary denials, Acting Director of the USPTO, Coke Morgan Stewart, issued a memo yesterday outlining new “Interim Processes...more

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