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The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act promised to bring regulatory stability to the cryptocurrency industry, but faces mounting obstacles to congressional approval. With traditional banks opposing activity-based rewards provisions and law enforcement groups challenging anti-money laundering carve-outs, the bill's path forward has narrowed considerably.

The FDA has released new draft guidance establishing a comprehensive risk-based framework for evaluating container closure systems used in pharmaceutical packaging, marking a significant update from its 1999 guidance. This framework addresses five critical factors including material safety, environmental protection, performance standards, manufacturing impacts, and storage considerations, with particular emphasis on leachables assessment and quality control programs across different drug delivery routes.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a Final Rule on March 22, 2024, amending its regulation at 21 C.F.R. § 170.105 to provide additional bases upon which the agency may determine that a Food Contact Notification (FCN) is no longer effective.

The Department of War has suspended Phase II requirements of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, halting the planned November 2026 rollout that would have required third-party assessments for defense contractors. While the suspension provides relief from certification deadlines, contractors must continue meeting existing cybersecurity obligations under DFARS and NIST SP 800-171 as the DoW conducts a 60-day program review.

The White House has launched Gold Eagle, a new AI-powered cybersecurity clearinghouse that coordinates vulnerability identification and patching across federal agencies and private industry. This initiative, stemming from Executive Order 14409, leverages frontier artificial intelligence to intake, prioritize, and verify software vulnerabilities with the goal of accelerating remediation across critical infrastructure. Companies operating in affected sectors must now navigate how this government-industry part

Effective February 6, 2012, President Obama issued an Executive Order (EO) expanding sanctions against the Government of Iran and Iranian financial institutions.

Recognizing the importance of humanitarian aid to support rescue and recovery efforts in Syria, the US Department of the Treasury...

On March 20, 2012, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued interpretive guidance and a new licensing policy regarding its rule authorizing the export to Iran of certain services and software incident to the exchange of personal communications over the Internet.

The members of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) reached a significant milestone at the IPEF Ministerial Meeting in Detroit, Michigan with the substantial conclusion of negotiations on a landmark...

On 22 May 2008, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") delivered its judgment in case C-361/06, Feinchemie Schwebda and Bayer CropScience v College voor detoelating van bestrijdingsmiddelen.

Pre-registration of substances under REACH started on 1 June 2008 and ends on 1 December 2008. Substances on their own, in preparations or in articles which are not pre-registered during that period cannot be manufactured in the EU.

The European Health Data Space Regulation (EHDS Regulation) entered into force on March 26, 2025. The purpose of the Regulation is to establish a common framework for the use and exchange...

On 15 June 2012, the Council of the European Union (Council) approved Council Regulation (EU) No 11222/12, enhancing EU sanctions on luxury and dual use goods exported to Syria.

On March 15, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced the launch of a coordinated enforcement action regarding the designation and position...

In December, Israel and Egypt formally announced a long-awaited $35 billion natural gas deal that will see Jerusalem export over 130 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas from its Leviathan field to Cairo via pipeline until 2040.

As the US-Israel-Iran conflict in the Middle East enters its third week, further regional spillover and escalation appear more likely than a decisive conclusion in the near term.

Over the last month, both the Atlantic and the Pacific have seen historic storms that have taken hundreds of lives and dealt billions in infrastructure damage and property loss.