The White House has finally released its long-anticipated report on consumer privacy.

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the "2010 Tax Relief Act") was enacted today. Among its provisions, the 2010 Tax Relief Act extends a tax benefit whereby gains from the sale of certain qualified small business stock ("QSBS") can qualify for a total exclusion from federal income taxation.

Recent legislation in the New York State Assembly reflects a growing governmental interest in blockchain as a technology in cybersecurity systems.

Today could be the most historic day in the history of state-legal cannabis. The Biden administration has published a Proposed Rule to Reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III...

Foley Hoag LLP publishes this quarterly Update primarily concerning developments in product liability and related law from federal and state courts applicable...

In response to stakeholder feedback, California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has announced its intention to initiate a rulemaking...

Last week, James Moloney, Director of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, released a statement reiterating the Division's general commitment to disclosure...

On Tuesday, March 5th, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee debated several bills that could have a significant impact on capital formation in private and public markets.

On February 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued an updated FAQ for investment advisers relating to SEC Rule 206...

Recent developments at the SEC highlight the Commission's focus on reducing disclosure burdens for companies and encouraging public capital formation.

Yesterday, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance published new Corporation Finance Interpretation (CFI, formerly referred to as Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, or C&DIs)...

On August 20, 2024, Judge Brown of the Northern District of Texas blocked the FTC's Final Rule banning noncompetes. The decision comes just over a month after Judge Brown's preliminary injunction order.

In our recent alert, we noted that while a Texas federal court's decision in Ryan LLC v. FTC to preliminarily enjoin the FTC's noncompete rule applied only to the parties in the case, there was still potential...

At FERC's March 2024 Open Meeting, the Commissioners announced a new cooperative effort between FERC and the states: the Federal and State Current Issues Collaborative...

The staged payment of purchase price is a near-universal feature of M&A in development-stage renewable energy and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

The Transmission Facilitation Program ("TFP"), a federal clean-energy initiative arising out of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...

While the Act certainly looks much like a tax, I failed to point out that the Act omits what is typically the biggest selling point of a carbon tax – its impact on prices and consumption behavior.

Foley Hoag partner Christopher Escobedo Hart joined other thought leaders for a second installment of Biospace's Denatured podcast for a discussion on clinical trial design ...

The US Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo has upended four decades of established rule, setting off chain reactions that will change the workings of any industry...

CVR usage surged from 7 publicly disclosed deals in 2024 to 27 deals in 2025, with some CVRs representing over 70% of total deal value.