In a Press Release issued April 11, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) indicated that it would prioritize “facilitating compliance” over civil enforcement actions for the first 90 days of its new US-China data export…
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/ International Law & Trade, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases:
Ellingburg v. United States, No. 23-3129: This case addresses the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which the government violates…
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/ Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
Given that litigation in the United States can take years from start to finish, we rarely see a conclusion to the cases we follow. In a prior blog post, we looked at the potential recusal requirements of the U.S. Supreme Court…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
On April 2, 2025, President Trump announced a new 10% global “reciprocal” tariff on U.S. imports from all countries, with higher tariff rates for a large number of countries that range from 11 to 50% ad valorem (the “Reciprocal…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade
For years now we’ve been blogging about how much the FTC and even the SEC on occasion love scrolling Instagram posts to see what influencer are up to. This post is about another three letter organization who likes to scroll to…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Communications & Media Law
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today:
FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C., No. 23-1038: This case concerns the validity of the FDA’s denial of electronic cigarette manufacturers’…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law
The SEC has updated the EDGAR system’s login, password, and access protocols which will affect Canadian SEC reporting companies and other individuals and entities with EDGAR filing codes, including non-reporting companies that…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
Over the last 15 years, the discussion over the types of subject matter that are considered patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 has been mostly focused on the software and biological fields. Several years ago, the Federal…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions:
Bondi v. VanDerStok, No. 23-852: This case addresses a statutory challenge to ATF regulations designed to prohibit ghost guns—privately made firearms…
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/ Administrative Law, Bankruptcy, Constitutional Law
Identical trademarks can coexist, as the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board once again emphasized when it overturned the refusal of a COMPASSION IN ACTION mark…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
On Friday, March 21, 2025, the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued for publication in the Federal Register an “interim final rule” (the “Revised Rule”) that effectively exempts all domestic U.S…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
On September 27, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a new filer access and account management system called EDGAR Next, via significant amendments to Rules 10 and 11 of Regulation S-T, along with updates…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a joint press release announcing the release of two technical assistance documents designed to…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions on March 21st:
Delligatti v. United States, No. 23-825: This case interprets 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), which imposes a five-year mandatory minimum sentence when a person…
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/ Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Finance & Banking
