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Is Change Around the Corner? One Proposal to Forge Sweeping Changes to Defense Contracting

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 4/25/2025

At the end of 2024, Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) published a plan (“Restoring Freedom’s Forge: American Innovation Unleashed”) and introduced a bill (the Fostering Reform and Government Efficiency in Defense Act or FoRGED...more

SEC Staff Clarifies That Certain Dollar-Backed Stablecoins Do Not Implicate the Securities Laws

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/25/2025

The Staff noted that a stablecoin generally is not subject to SEC jurisdiction if it is not an investment and used solely for commercial activity....more

Reservation or Limitation on Warranty? Navigating the Fine Line — Lessons from Valence Operating Co. v. Davidson

Oliva Gibbs LLP on 4/25/2025

In Valence Operating Co. v. Davidson1, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana addressed whether the provision, “all Oil, Gas and other Minerals have been excepted and reserved by former...more

AI in Healthcare: Navigating Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Frontiers

Gardner Law on 4/25/2025

On March 22, 2025, Gardner Law, PLLC proudly co-hosted a thought-provoking continuing legal education (CLE) event with the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law Institute, titled “AI in Healthcare: Adapting to...more

Big Tech’s Decade of A.I. Shopping

Mogin Law LLP on 4/25/2025

Does anybody remember Napster? Launched in June 1999, the revolutionary peer-to-peer music sharing platform peaked at 80 million music lovers worldwide. It famously fell from greatness into bankruptcy three years later after...more

U.S. Sanctions Enforcement: 2024 Lessons Learned and 2025 Expectations

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/25/2025

As the third month of the second Trump administration comes to a close, the lack of any public enforcement action by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctions watchers...more

Generative AI Risks: Legal and Compliance Insights - Part 2

Ankura on 4/25/2025

The Bottomline: Five Practical Steps for Generative AI Risk Management - As the first line of defense, employees within business operations must own and manage risks related to the business, including risks resulting from...more

House Select Committee Publishes Report on DeepSeek, as Commerce Imposes New AI Chip Export Restrictions — AI: The Washington...

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints on 4/25/2025

On April 16, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) published a report on the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model with findings from the committee’s investigation into DeepSeek. The report...more

Artificial Intelligence/Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects: April 22nd U.S. GAO Report

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/25/2025

The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released on April 22nd a report titled: Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects (“Report”). See GAO-25-107172....more

Labor Shake-Up: Trump Reverses Biden Standards for Federally Funded EV and Clean Tech Projects

Fisher Phillips on 4/25/2025

In a sweeping rollback of Biden-era labor policy, the Trump administration recently rescinded a key executive order that tied federal funding for clean energy and infrastructure projects to pro-union commitments – signaling a...more

Tariffs and Chip Export Bans: Emerging Challenges for the Gaming Industry Under the Trump Administration

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 4/25/2025

The global video game industry with over $200 billion value thrives on cutting-edge hardware and innovative gaming content. However, recent trade policies introduced by the Trump administration in 2025, including new tariffs...more

Combatting Scams in Australia, Singapore, China and Hong Kong

K&L Gates LLP on 4/24/2025

The increased reliance on digital communication and online banking has created greater potential for digitally-enabled scams. If not appropriately addressed, scam losses may undermine confidence in digital systems, resulting...more

The Leaked OMB Passback Document: What It Is and Isn’t

McDermott+ on 4/24/2025

Last week, a sensitive internal government document was leaked to the public: the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) passback to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) laying out proposed...more

Navigating the UPC’s evidence minefield: when confidentiality issues clash with procedural deadlines

A&O Shearman on 4/24/2025

In July 2024, the UPC Court of Appeal (CoA) clarified its procedural rules surrounding evidence preservation and confidentiality. It confirmed that the deadline for bringing an action on the merits only starts to run after...more

DOJ Secures First-Ever Guilty Verdict in Criminal Labor Market Antitrust Case: Conviction Also Highlights Fraud Risks in M&A Sale...

White & Case LLP on 4/24/2025

A federal jury in Las Vegas has convicted Eduardo "Eddie" Lopez, a former executive of a home healthcare staffing company, on charges of wage-fixing and wire fraud. The conviction marks the first successful jury verdict for...more

French client-attorney privilege: threats on the horizon?

A&O Shearman on 4/24/2025

On March 11, the Criminal Chamber of the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) handed down four rulings that drastically narrow the scope of French legal privilege. Under French law, when a dawn raid is carried out in a...more

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 4, April 2025

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/24/2025

Welcome to our fourth issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We hope you enjoy this issue and thank you for reading. Sector by Sector: How Data Breaches are Wrecking Bottom Lines - “Data...more

A Review of Early Antitrust Enforcement Under Trump 2.0

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 4/24/2025

In the months before the 2024 presidential election, we reported on the stated antitrust agendas of candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Now a few months into the second Trump administration, we review recent...more

“Just do it” May Sell Shoes, but Can It Revolutionize Bureaucracy?

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 4/24/2025

There are a variety of accounts on the progress and success of the first days of the Trump Administration. Some put special significance on a new administration’s first 100 days, but is this the first 100 days or four years +...more

Drug Pricing & Access in 2025: Issues to Watch and Developing Strategies

Morgan Lewis - As Prescribed on 4/24/2025

The pharmaceutical industry is a critical component of the global economy, impacting public health, national security, and economic stability. Recent developments—including investigations into the national security...more

From Hire to Retire: The Role of Background Checks Throughout the Employee Lifecycle

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 4/24/2025

Explore how background checks play a crucial role throughout the entire employee lifecycle, from hiring to retirement. Learn how they mitigate risk, ensure compliance, and build a trustworthy workplace....more

EEOC Preparing to Open EEO-1 Reporting on May 20 – With No Option for Non-Binary Workers: What Employers Can Do to Prepare

Fisher Phillips on 4/24/2025

According to recent administrative documents filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), this year’s collection of EEO-1 reports will begin in less than a month – and will not allow employers to categorize...more

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