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Second Circuit rejects strict liability but imposes reasonable care standard on disclosure of personal motor vehicle information
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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP If the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) determines that a petitioner has filed its IPR petition too late, can the petitioner appeal that…
India-US trade deal: Recent developments, impact and what lies ahead
Khaitan & Co On 6 February 2026 the India-United States of America (US) joint statement (Joint Statement) was released outlining a framework for an interim trade…
Artificial intelligence: top priorities for in-house teams in 2026
Lexology PRO Formal AI risk management, stricter transparency and safety requirements, and expanding data and cybersecurity risks are some of the issues businesses should prioritise in 2026, as major AI laws begin to take effect.
Updata: Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update
Eversheds Sutherland On December 2, 2025 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that the operator of an onlinemarketplace is a controller and responsible…
2026 AI Laws Update: Key Regulations and Practical Guidance
Gunderson Dettmer This client alert provides a high-level overview of key AI laws enacted or taking effect in 2026. With President Trump’s December 2025 Executive…
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Orsingher Ortu Avvocati Associati On 3 October 2025, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Italian DPA) announced a temporary limitation on the processing of Italian users’ personal…
Another “Nuclear” Verdict Against A California Employer — $52 Million!
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EU AI Act Implementation Project Plan: Key Compliance Steps and Risk Classifications
Prighter Artificial Intelligence is reshaping industries, business models, and societies at unprecedented speed. As AI systems increasingly influence…
Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Monday, February 9, 2026
Paul Hastings LLP The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), issued a request for information…
60 second read: can you spot a crisis before it hits?
Lexology Small signs, big problems. Lexology reveals how in-house teams detect crises before it’s too late.
White House Hosts Crypto Meetings, Treasury Secretary Addresses GENIUS Act Implementation, CFTC Withdraws Event Contracts Guidance and Updates Stablecoin Definition, SDNY Signals Focus on Prediction Markets and CME Unveils Tokenized Collateral
Paul Hastings LLP The White House Crypto Policy Council convened a meeting with executives and trade associations representing both the crypto industry and traditional…
India Introduces Digital e-Arrival Card for Foreign Travelers
LawQuest Starting October 1, 2025, India officially launched a new digital e-Arrival Card system for all foreign travelers. This online system replaces the…
Beastiality and Beastiality Porn Laws
Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia Earlier this year, NSW Police arrested a man described as the “State’s worst alleged beastiality offender” over a series of alleged acts of sexual…
AI Washing: The New Greenwashing — How the SEC’s Emerging Technologies Unit Is Rewriting the Compliance Landscape
McMillan LLP The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s creation of the Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU) marks a decisive shift in how…
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UAE Golden Visa for High-Net-Worth Investors (2025 Guide)
CYAUSE Audit Services Ltd The UAE Golden Visa is a long-term residence visa introduced to attract foreign investment, Entrepreneurship, and exceptional talent. Unlike standard…
AI Trends for 2026 - Copyright Litigation Shifts from Training Data to AI Outputs
Morrison Foerster LLP AI copyright litigation continues, and the total number of cases may see its peak in 2026. In 2025, we saw the earliest rulings on the fair-use…
US Department of State Releases February 2026 Visa Bulletin
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Dates for Filing Chart for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications in…
Employee or independent contractor?
Millar Kreklewetz LLP One area of Indirect Tax that is often underemphasized and underappreciated by businesses and tax professionals alike is the proper classification of…
Managing Export Control Risks in the AI Chip Ecosystem
Morrison Foerster LLP Recent actions by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) highlight how…
The CMA's new (draft) guidance on unfair terms: what you need to know
Lewis Silkin LLP The Competition and Markets Authority has issued a comprehensive update to its guidance on unfair contract terms. This matters for all businesses…
Weekly Blockchain Blog - Feburary 9, 2026
BakerHostetler Fireblocks, a major blockchain infrastructure platform, recently announced “the integration of the Canton Network, the privacy-enabled open…
International AI Safety Report 2026: what businesses should know
Hill Dickinson Published on 3 February 2026, the second International AI Safety Report brings together more than 100 independent experts and is chaired by Turing…
India-US trade deal: Recent developments, impact and what lies ahead
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Universal Music Group settles with recording artists over digital downloads
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Carried Interest Guide
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Second Circuit rejects strict liability but imposes reasonable care standard on disclosure of personal motor vehicle information
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Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, L.P.
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A Lesson on Contractual Interpretation From the Court of Appeal
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Five common contract weaknesses - and how to fix them
Kingsley Napley LLP Most commercial disputes don’t come from exotic legal issues - they come from everyday contract weaknesses that could have been avoided with a few…
Manufacturing Horizon Scanner - February 2026
Walker Morris LLP “International efforts to secure critical supply chains and materials continue to shape developments across the manufacturing sector’s legal horizon…
Love Was Not in the Air — and the EEOC and a Jury Took Notice
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP On January 16, 2026, a federal jury in Atlanta awarded $5.5 million to a security guard who alleged that her security company’s Vice President of…
Fifth Circuit is the Latest Federal Appellate Court To Find ERISA Plan Arbitration Clause Unenforceable
Mayer Brown On February 10, 2026, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit became the eighth federal appellate court to apply the judicially created…
Fifth Circuit clarifies overtime liability: Employer knowledge is still required
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently reaffirmed that employers are not liable for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards…
UK/EU Investment Management Update (February 2026)
Sidley Austin LLP In this Sidley Update, we cover, on the UK side, the first edition of the Enforcement Watch from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), an…
Major Legal Changes for Employers and Human Resources Departments in 2025
Hall Benefits Law Employers and Human Resources (HR) departments have seen major changes in employment law throughout 2025. These rapid changes underscore the need for…
A Cautionary Tale for Insolvency Practitioners Seeking Possession of Company Property (UK)
Squire Patton Boggs The recent High Court decision in Maher and another v Investalet Ltd [2025] EWHC 3133 (Ch) serves as a critical reminder for insolvency practitioners…
I‑C‑Oh‑no: Saying goodbye to the Information Commissioner's Office
Reed Smith LLP You don’t often get to attend a regulator’s “wake”, but the UK privacy world will soon begin to mourn the loss of the Information Commissioner's…
Updata: Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update
Eversheds Sutherland On December 2, 2025 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that the operator of an onlinemarketplace is a controller and responsible…
CJEU paves the way for direct challenges to EDPB decisions
Freshfields In a pivotal ruling delivered on 10 February 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) overturned an earlier order by the General Court…
One Hyde Park Ltd v Laing O’Rourke Construction South Ltd - liability for defects and workmanship failures
Watson Farley & Williams LLP In One Hyde Park Ltd v Laing O’Rourke Construction South Ltd, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC), the court delivered a judgment addressing…
Insurance and Risk Management Checklist for 2026
Reed Smith LLP Climate and cyber risks are Accelerating, with $60 billion-plus in L.A. Wildfire losses colliding with ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure.
Blackbeard’s revenge: State sovereign immunity ends long running copyright battle
McDermott Will & Schulte LLP The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a 2021 district court ruling and vacated a subsequent 2024 ruling in a decade-long legal…
FLSA Releases: When Employers Might Get the Benefit of Their Bargain
Seyfarth Shaw LLP Seyfarth Synopsis: It has long been established that, to be enforceable, a release of a FLSA claim must be approved by either the Department of Labor…
Forced labor due diligence - When regulation meets geopolitics
Hogan Lovells Despite the ESG backlash, forced labor remains top of the agenda - driven by geopolitics and cross-partisan support for human rig…
MiCA & EMTs: EBA advises industry as grace period is ending
Ganado Advocates MiCA established a harmonised EU framework for crypto asset services - but left uncertainty where activities involving electronic money tokens (EMTs)…
AI Basic Act Update: Enforcement and Key Implications
Shin & Kim Among countless imaginings and narratives, perhaps no phrase resonates more profoundly today than “The world has truly changed. What will the future…
Pay transparency revolution: An implementation snapshot across EU, with a focus on Ireland*
Freshfields As the 7 June 2026 transposition deadline approaches, countries across the EU are at various stages of implementation, leading to a dynamic and…
New False Claims Act amendments may change the way research institutions respond to discovery of overpayments on their federal grants and contracts
Hogan Lovells On May 20, 2009, President Obama signed legislation containing a number of significant amendments to the federal civil False Claims Act (FCA) and its whistleblower or qui tam provisions, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729, et seq.
Mexico Is First to Ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement
Thompson Hine LLP On June 19, 2019, Mexico became the first of the three involved countries to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA), which is intended…
Soliris® (eculizumab) Interchangeable Biosimilar Launches: Bkemv™ and Epysqli®
Venable LLP On April 7, 2025, Samsung Bioepis and Teva announced the launch of Epysqli® (eculizumab-aagh), a provisionally interchangeable biosimilar of Alexion…
New federal food safety act promises to pest[er] companies
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Are you in a food services business?
“New Deal for Consumers” - draft package adopted by the European Commission
Hogan Lovells The European Commission has adopted a “New Deal for Consumers” package which aims to empower consumers, promote fairness and build trust across the…
Plan-provided limitations period and accrual provisions
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Recent appellate and district court opinions have upheld the enforceability of contractual limitations periods and accrual provisions in benefit…
Target Not Permitted to Deduct Finder’s Fee Incurred in Connection with Its Acquisition
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP Transaction expenses, including fees for legal counsel, accountants, financial advisors, brokers and other third parties, are an ineluctable aspect…
Changes to the Northern District of California Patent Local Rules
Paul Hastings LLP Effective January 17, 2017, the Northern District of California’s Patent Local Rules now require earlier disclosure of damages theories and…
FinCEN fines trust company $1.5 million for BSA violations
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP On April 26, FinCEN announced its first enforcement action against a trust company, in which it assessed a $1.5 million civil money penalty against a…
EU Council proposal for a DEBRA Directive on notional interest deductions
Taylor Wessing On 11 May 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a new Council Directive providing for a tax deductibility of notional interest on…
AmerisourceBergen pays DoJ US$625m over repackaging claims
Pharma Law News US drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen and four of its subsidiaries have struck a deal with the Department of Justice to settle claims they illegally pooled and repackaged cancer drugs.
Seventh Circuit rules laches no bar to breach of contract for failure to remove contaminants
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a landowner who sold property to The Nature Conservancy but failed to remove contaminants as required by the sales contract cannot bar a breach of contract claim by asserting laches as a defense.
Secured creditors and unfair preference claims - appeal allowed from Tap Inn decision
Hall & Wilcox On 1 December 2015, we wrote about the decision of His Honour Judge Chivell of the District Court of South Australia in Matthews v The Tap Inn Pty…
New Indication Alert: J&J’s Darzalex® (Daratumumab) Quadruplet Regimen for Multiple Myeloma Approved in the EU
Pearce IP On 23 October 2024, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced that the European Commission has approved an indication extension for Darzalex® (daratumumab)…
Not as Simple as Clicking Your Mouse: A Look at the FTC’s “Click to Cancel” Rule
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP On Oct. 16, the Federal Trade Commission announced its final “click to cancel” rule. The rule is part of the FTC’s broader “Rule Concerning…
O3b satellite venture completes $1.2 billion funding plan
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP O3b Networks Limited, the broadband satellite venture led by SES and backed by Google, confirmed on Monday that it has finalized its $1.2 billion funding plan with the receipt of $230 million in new equity investment that will enable the venture to deploy its first satellite in 2013.
Legal developments in construction law: November 2023- First-tier Tribunal makes BSA s123 Remediation order
Mayer Brown In January the First-tier Tribunal made a Remediation contribution order under s124 of the Building Safety Act. It has also made a Remediation order…
PRA publishes updated version of its approach document to insurance supervision
A&L Goodbody On 19 June 2014, the PRA published an updated version of the document setting out its approach to insurance supervision. Key changes include (a)…
PH Money Matters: This Week in Washington - May 27, 2019
Paul Hastings LLP A meeting between Democratic leaders and the President on infrastructure was cut short on Wednesday, after the President took issue…
Supreme Court declines to review CEO's personal liability
Epstein Becker Green The United States Supreme Court declined to review the Second Circuit's decision in Irizarry v. Catsimatidis, in which the Court of Appeals affirmed…
Feedstocks rule withdrawn
Mintz The Environmental Protection Agency withdrew a direct final rule March 5 that would have approved a number of new fuel feedstocks and processes under its renewable fuels program.
Space Brief - Sustainability| The long-term sustainability of outer space
VdA For the space sector to continue for the years to come as the same bustling innovative sector enabling growth and transformational changes to life on…
European Commission consultations
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek NV The Commission wants to tighten the rules for and the supervision of depositaries.
Seventh Circuit Decision Rejecting Class Action Waiver Sets Stage for Supreme Court Review
FordHarrison LLP On May 26, 2016, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a class and/or collective action waiver contained…
WTR Global Leaders 2020: Vladimir Marenovic
World Trademark Review I come from a country in which the protection and enforcement of IP rights was not as developed as it was in most European countries…
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