Most major universities have developed extremely lucrative business empires by exploiting the use of their trademarks and trade dress on apparel and merchandise, among other things. They have done so on the theory that the…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Consumer Protection, Intellectual Property
Amongst the issues discussed in a Delaware Chancery Court opinion in a case captioned In re Plug Power Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litigation, was whether SEC comment letters formed a basis for a Caremark Claim…
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Sweepstakes casinos have become a force in online gaming, offering casino-style games without navigating the complex regulatory scrutiny of gaming regulators or legislators. Sweepstakes casinos use creative business models,…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
On May 1, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2025-19, which provides the 2026 inflation adjusted limits related to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs)…
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/ Finance & Banking, Health, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Govern Walz has signed legislation that includes the following changes to the Minnesota Business Corporation Act:
Provides that bylaws may address emergency powers of a corporation where it is impracticable for the…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions
In April 2025, both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced significant changes to their supervisory and enforcement approaches, signaling a shift in…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
Legislatures in several states have recently introduced bills that would require certain parties who submit Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger filings to the federal government to provide that same information to the state. On…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions
On April 4, 2025, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) issued proposed regulations to implement certain aspects of the state’s Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL), which establishes a licensing…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
As part of an effort to provide greater clarity on the application of the federal securities laws to crypto assets, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance has provided its views about the application of certain disclosure…
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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 for…
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The SEC staff has promulgated new views on stablecoins. Specifically, the staff statement addresses stablecoins that are designed to maintain a stable value relative to the United States Dollar, or “USD,” on a one-for-one…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
The SEC announced that the Commission had voted to end its defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Securities Law
On March 17, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that the agency granted conditional approval for a leading FinTech company to indirectly acquire a nationally chartered bank, enabling the FinTech…
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/ Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
On March 26, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury published its revised Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting rule, also known as…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
On March 14, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stayed the nationwide injunction a federal district court had issued in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
