The lone holdout is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bill, which remains stalled amid ongoing political disputes.

This week, the full committee marked-up the State and Foreign Ops, Homeland Security, Defense, Financial Services, and Legislative Branch bills.

The Senate issued its fiscal year (FY) 2027 appropriations guidance this week, officially launching the process in the upper chamber and putting subcommittee deadlines on the calendar.

Congressional appropriators face mounting challenges as FY27 budget negotiations stall while the federal debt surpasses $40 trillion. The White House's attempt to reshape NIH grant decisions through political appointees sparked immediate pushback from key lawmakers, raising fundamental questions about executive authority over congressionally mandated funding processes.

On March 14, 2025, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the federal government's request for a stay pending appeal of a Maryland federal district court's preliminary injunction.

In Reid v. Mercury Insurance Company, No. B241154, --- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, 2013 WL 5517979 (Cal. App. 2 Dist. Oct. 7, 2013), the California Court of Appeals, Second Appellate District, held that, under California law, an insurer has no duty to initiate settlement negotiations or offer policy limits in the absence of a settlement demand from a third party claimant or some other evidence showing "an opportunity to settle" that the insurer ignored – even where the insured’s liability is clear.

A New York state trial court has held that plaintiffs alleging asbestos injuries may bring suit against a dissolved and liquidated New Jersey corporation and may effectuate service of process on the dissolved corporation by serving the corporation’s insurer.

Brand owners have recently been given new weapons in the never-ending battle against cybersquatters.

On January 3, 2024, the U.S. Copyright Office published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) offering a new copyright group registration option for frequently updated news websites.

On November 7, 2012, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry Security (BIS) published a proposed rule, at 77 Fed. Reg. 66777, which would require that the final narrative account in a voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) related to violations of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) be submitted to the Office of Export Enforcement (OEE) within 180 days of the initial VSD notification.

The USTR recently announced the opening of a short public comment period on goals and potential commitments for ongoing critical minerals negotiations – including for a proposed plurilateral critical minerals agreement to ensure "secure and fairly-priced markets" among agreement parties.

Earlier this month, the US State Department, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued a beta version of a click-through tool to assist the defense industry.

On May 22, 2012, the US Department of Defense (DoD), DAR Council issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom (Treaty).

On September 11, 2024, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an Interim Final Rule (the IFR), effective March 12, 2025, that extends OFAC's...

On July 5, 2012, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) of the Department of Transportation published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) "to identify ways to reduce the regulatory burden for persons who ship consumer products containing hazardous materials in the "reverse logistics" supply chain."

On February 20, 2025, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) issued a request for public comment on "unfair" trade practices by US trading partners. The USTR intends to use the information...

Earlier this month, Judge Cote entered a default judgment against Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov in Google's action seeking a permanent injunction against...

When testifying before Congress in May 2025, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson observed that the FTC protects consumers most "when we take bad actors...

The FCC has opened a public comment period on ensuring reliable spectrum access for commercial space launch and reentry operations, following a presidential directive that aims to support over 1,000 annual launches by 2030. With comments due in just 20 days, companies involved in launch operations, UAS/USV services, and incumbent spectrum users face a compressed timeline to shape the regulatory framework for this rapidly expanding industry.

The wave of service disruptions to several major US financial institutions are widely attributed to Iran.