On May 23, 2025, 10 days after President Trump announced his directive to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria during his visit to Saudia Arabia last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Tax Court issued its decision in Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo 2025-52) (“Soroban”), holding that “limited partners” of a management company organized as a Delaware limited…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Taxation
On June 10, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that, after nearly 20 years, it will be discontinuing its Accelerated Examination Program for utility applications on July 10, 2025.
The USPTO’s…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
The Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) is a successful initiative that increases the participation of small business concerns in federally funded research and development. Awards under Phases I and II of the…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Concept Release soliciting public comments on whether and how to revise the definition of a foreign private issuer (FPI) under the federal securities…
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/ International Law & Trade, Securities Law
On May 29, 2025, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement[1] (the “Staking Statement”) concluding that certain protocol staking…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that President Trump lacks authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose his most sweeping tariffs against U.S. trading…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
China rolled out its “new,” streamlined cross-border data transfer (CBDT) regime on March 22, 2024, with the issuance by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) of the Provisions on Facilitating and Regulating Cross-Border…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, rejecting the “background circumstances” requirement multiple circuit courts of appeals have applied to Title VII…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In November 2024, in the first successful private cause of action under the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law (AFSL), a Chinese court adjudicated a civil claim by a Chinese company against its overseas customer for failure to pay after…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Maritime Law
A coalition of 40 State AGs sent a letter to Congressional leaders opposing a proposed ten-year ban on states enforcing any state law or regulation addressing AI. The ban was included by the House Energy and Commerce Committee…
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/ Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
In the current economic environment, where tariffs are being discussed, proposed, or implemented, with potential impact on many industries, companies are feeling pressure to rethink or adjust their pricing strategies. Companies…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, International Law & Trade
Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Enforcement team is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general (“State AGs”) across…
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/ Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become a springboard for breakthroughs in personalized medicine, enhanced medical imaging, and predictive modeling for drug development. And given the role it played in two recent Nobel…
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/ Health, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) revised its Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP) and Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (Whistleblower Program)…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
