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Pore Some More: Current Legal Considerations of Pore Space Ownership in Texas

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Texas has been the leader in American energy independence for more than a century. Decades of industry innovation have provided Texas real property owners with new ways to extract value from minerals, water, and more...more

A&O Shearman

EC adopts Delegated Regulation to delay the application of Basel 3 market risk prudential requirements by an additional year

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a comprehensive set of principles, accompanied by a press release, aimed at strengthening the supervision of third-party risks across the EU financial sector....more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Senate Passes GENIUS Act

The recent advancement of the GENIUS Act marks a turning point in the regulatory treatment of stablecoins in the United States, establishing a federal framework for the issuance and supervision of payment stablecoins. The...more

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Long-Term Planning Among Regulated Natural Gas Utilities: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Report...

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (“NARUC”) has issued a report titled: Long-Term Planning among Regulated Natural Gas Utilities: A Review of State Requirements (“Report”)....more

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NAIC Proposes Reorganization of Subunits Addressing Insurance Company Investments

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NAIC PROPOSES REORGANIZATION OF SUBUNITS ADDRESSING INSURANCE COMPANY INVESTMENTS - The other shoe has finally dropped. On June 6, 2025, the Investment Framework Drafting Group of the NAIC’s Financial Condition (E)...more

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Why Do Federal Bank Regulators Create a Commercial Monopoly on Key Benchmark Data?

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Ever since the 1995 CRA rule was published bank regulators have mandated certain “community” and “market” benchmarks as the basis for rating bank performance under the CRA regulations. Most of that data is in the public...more

A&O Shearman

ECB Decision (EU) 2025/1148 on access by Non-Bank Payment Service Providers to TARGET published in OJ

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The Decision (EU) 2025/1148 of the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted on 2 June, has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This decision amends Decision (EU) 2025/222 concerning access by non-bank...more

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Industry associations urge ESMA to issue a no-action letter on EMIR 3 AAR implementation

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Four industry associations—EFAMA, EACP, ISDA, and FIA—have published a letter addressed to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Commission (EC), raising concerns about the implementation of...more

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EPA Releases Draft Charge Questions for SACC Meeting on Phthalates and Memorandum on Proposed Refinement for Estimating DBP Skin...

On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of the draft charge questions for discussion at the upcoming Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) meeting to review all...more

Hogan Lovells

FDA Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher program comes with questions surrounding implementation

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday a “Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher” (CNPV) program, which will provide a “limited number” of vouchers to sponsors of drug products that are “aligned with...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

EBA Publishes No Action Letter on Interaction Between MiCA and PSD2

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In the short term, firms are likely to face dual authorisation and significant regulatory requirements. On 10 June 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a No Action letter on the relationship between the...more

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Three Risks to Monitor in Private Credit

Private credit has become an essential source of financing globally, with fund sponsors enjoying strong demand from borrowers, market participants, and investors.  However, as the industry’s “golden age” continues, regulatory...more

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EBA opinion on PSD2 and MiCAR

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued an opinion (referred to as the No Action letter) in response to a request from the European Commission (EC) in December 2024, on the interplay between Payment Services Directive...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FDA Commissioner Launches Pilot Program To Speed Review of Certain Drugs

On June 17, 2025, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary announced that the agency is creating a new pilot program called the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (CNPV). The program is intended...more

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Further suite of technical standards supplementing MiCAR published in the OJ

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Three Commission Delegated Regulations supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (the EU Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation) (MiCAR) have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, namely: - Commission...more

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AI Update: Insurance Commissioners Challenge One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Definition of Artificial Intelligence

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBA”) which would impose a 10-year freeze on new state-level artificial intelligence regulations and suspend enforcement of existing ones is being challenged by several state insurance...more

Smart & Biggar

Canadian Intellectual Property Office “Next Generation Patents” update and status as of June 17, 2025

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On July 17, 2024, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) launched a new electronic system and portal, MyCIPO Patents, as part of its Next Generation Patents initiative. The launch has been fraught with difficulties,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New Dietary Ingredient Notifications: FDA Addresses Common Pitfalls and Shares New Educational Tools

On June 11, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released educational videos and a new fact sheet to facilitate compliance with the agency’s New Dietary Ingredient Notification (NDIN) review process. Under the...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Consumer Lending Compliance in Uncertain Times

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In recent months, virtually every regulated industry has witnessed announcements of significant regulatory changes, including the financial services sector....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Texas Senate Bill 3: A Sweeping Ban on Intoxicating Hemp-Derived Products — Implications for the Industry

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On May 27, the Texas Legislature sent Senate Bill 3 (SB3) to Gov. Greg Abbott for signature, marking a potentially seismic shift in the legal landscape for hemp-derived cannabinoid products in the state. If signed into law –...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

President Trump’s Budget Goes To Work Against Enforcement Agencies with Significant Cuts to DOL and NLRB

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President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 includes substantial reductions to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) budget and staff.  The proposed discretionary budget is slashed from $13.5 billion to $9...more

Morgan Lewis

China Issues New National Standard on Security Requirements for Sensitive Personal Information

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The State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of China have jointly issued a new national standard applicable to companies conducting business in China, GB/T 45574-2025, Data Security...more

Epstein Becker & Green

HealthBench: Exploring Its Implications and Future in Health Care

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As we noted in our previous blog post, HealthBench, an open-source benchmark developed by OpenAI, measures model performance across realistic health care conversations, providing a comprehensive assessment of both...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

God Only Knows: California Moves to Ban Hemp Products

As expected by many, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration proposed a permanent ban on many of the hemp products available in the state, as reported in SFGate (emphasis added): The California Department of Public Health...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Coming Soon: Amendments to Canada’s OTC Derivatives Trade Reporting Regime

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have released several updates in the last year to Canada’s trade reporting regime for over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives. In July 2024, all members of the CSA published final...more

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