This is the second article in a new Womble Bond Dickinson thought leadership series on the intersection of clean energy and the federal government. The focus of this series will be on how companies can safeguard their interests…
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/ Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade, Taxation
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has released a Policy Notice modifying and replacing certain requirements outlined in the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) and Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) have published a Public Notice seeking input on adding certain…
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/ International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau adopted a Declaratory Ruling, adding demand response alerts to a list of utility communications deemed “closely related” to utility services…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Energy & Utilities
On Friday evening, Northern District of California Senior District Court Judge Claudia Wilken granted final approval in the highly publicized House v. NCAA antirust class action litigation. The settlement agreement provides for…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Education Law
Last week, the Supreme Court issued its eagerly awaited National Environmental Policy Act decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County. We were not disappointed…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
The Trump Administration announced a new travel ban impacting 19 countries earlier this week, effective Monday, June 9 at 12:01 a.m…
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/ Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
As the Trump administration actively works to streamline federal operations, its ambitious efforts to divest surplus property holdings present new buying opportunities for commercial real estate investors and developers. This…
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/ Government Contracting, Real Estate - Commercial
Artificial Intelligence is taking society by storm and has even made a name for itself in the courtroom. With the ease of utilizing AI to generate various forms of data, presenting evidence at trial can be a much less arduous…
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/ Civil Procedure, Law Practice Products & Services, Science, Computers, & Technology
Federal Communications Commission Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Nathan Simington have each announced that they are departing from the FCC on Friday, June 6. Effective with their departures, the FCC will be down to only two…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law
On May 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued four Executive Orders – Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base, Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security, Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Government Contracting
As data breach litigation continues to increase, companies need to worry about a new point of vulnerability - overseas employees. Many large companies outsource customer services to India and other low-cost providers to take…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
How can trademark owners transition from a national or regional registration to an international registration in a designated territory without prejudice or loss of priority dates? The principle of “replacement” allows a…
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/ Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission held its annual SEC Speaks conference on May 19 and 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. On the second day of the conference, the Staff of the Division of Enforcement hosted two panel…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Last summer, I embarked on a weekend tour of upstate New York with a law school classmate to visit his childhood home. We met at Syracuse airport and drove north, reaching Gouverneur, where his home is located, about 30 miles…
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/ Agriculture, Communications & Media Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
