As we predicted before the inauguration, Trump 2.0 antitrust enforcers have shown continued support for the pro-worker, anti-tech antitrust agenda that has permeated recent antitrust enforcement through the last two…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law, Labor & Employment Law
The second Trump administration has come flying out of the starting blocks on international trade policy actions—imposing and rescinding, shaping and reshaping tariffs, sanctions, and export controls. The executive orders and…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
The implementation of new 25% Section 232 duties on steel, aluminum, and certain derivatives, effective March 12, 2025, which are in addition to any special rate of duty otherwise applicable, are affecting importers globally…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
The number of U.S. states implementing or considering new antitrust laws (or supplementing existing laws) targeting proposed transactions continues to grow. As detailed in our healthcare merger matrix, many states have focused…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, Mergers & Acquisitions
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively, Services) proposed last week to rescind the regulatory definition of “harm” under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA),…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
As we stride further into 2025, the pharmacy industry faces a landscape teeming with challenges and opportunities. From tackling drug price transparency to juggling implementation of artificial intelligence, the industry is…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
The second Trump administration has come flying out of the starting blocks on international trade policy actions—imposing and rescinding, shaping and reshaping tariffs, sanctions, and export controls. The executive orders and…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s summary judgement of noninfringement, finding that the lower court had improperly construed the claim term “pull cord.” The district court had erroneously limited the…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
On April 9, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City published a research briefing examining how video game platforms are reshaping the digital payments landscape. As in-game purchases and platform-based transactions grow in…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On April 14, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced two separate lawsuits against earned wage access providers—one against a company that issues advances directly to consumers, and another targeting a provider that…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
On April 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued a statement clarifying that reserve-backed U.S. dollar stablecoins are not securities, at least under current law and…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On April 11, the CFPB announced that it will not prioritize enforcement or supervision against nonbank financial companies that miss registration deadlines under its Repeat Offender Registry. The Bureau also stated that it is…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
On April 4, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the contract year (“CY”) 2026 final rule for the Medicare Advantage (“MA”) program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (“Part D”), Medicare…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
As further implementation of the January 20, 2025 Executive Orders, DHS recently published an interim final rule regarding the requirement that certain non-citizens register with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
While the Commercial Division Rules are closer to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure than any other set of court rules in New York (including the base requirements of the CPLR), they are far from identical. One area where the…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts
