The Data (Use and Access) Bill passed both Houses of UK Parliament and received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025, now becoming the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“DUA Act”). This is the final iteration of the Data Protection and…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
An Illinois federal district court judge presiding over a revived redlining case denied a joint motion to vacate a 2024 voluntary settlement between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and a Chicago-based non-bank…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
Welcome to our new client spotlight series, Founder Focus, in which we share insights from clients in our global Fintech practice. In this first issue, David Ajalat, Goodwin partner and Fintech practice co-chair, interviews…
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/ Business Organizations
As a firm deeply engaged in the aerospace and defense sector, and having recently spent time with key sector participants at the Paris Air Show, Goodwin is fortunate to have a front-row seat for viewing the forces shaping this…
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/ Government Contracting, International Law & Trade, Military Law
In a previous alert titled “UK Limited Partnership Reform Becomes Law: A Practical Guide of How Best to Get Ready to Comply,” we discussed the changes to limited partnership law ushered in by the Economic Crime and Corporate…
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/ Business Organizations, Criminal Law, Finance & Banking
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which both extends many soon-to-expire provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) and makes several additional changes to the Internal…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
On June 30, 2025, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., agreeing to resolve a circuit split over whether private parties have an implied right of action to…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
This Thursday, July 10, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $2.5 million settlement with a company that offers education financing products based in Delaware…
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/ Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
In two recent public panels, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted the first of three joint listening sessions mandated by Executive Order No. 14273, Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, Intellectual Property
In England and the United States, legal professional privilege or attorney-client privilege is considered fundamental to the administration of justice, allowing clients to make confidential, full, and frank disclosure to their…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
A majority of private fund managers set the clawback limit at 25%, but they calculate the clawback differently depending on fund type.
Limited partner (LP) clawback provisions enable fund managers to call back previously…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The Opportunity, Balance, and Better Budget Act (OBBBA), formerly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted on July 4, 2025, introduces the most significant changes to the tax landscape for tax-exempt organizations since…
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/ Education Law, Nonprofit Law, Taxation
On July 10, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced publication of over 200 complete response letters (CRLs) issued in response to applications submitted to FDA for approval of drugs or biologics between 2020…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
With the demise of the proposed federal moratorium on state-level AI regulations, which Congress eliminated at the last moment from the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” last week, state AI legislation takes center stage. The AI…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On 25 June 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its first comprehensive review of the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Pilot Regime, a regulatory sandbox designed to test blockchain-based…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
