On November 4, 2025, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, John Squires, designated the Ex Parte Desjardins decision of September 26, 2025...

The U.S. Copyright Office released a pre-publication version of its third report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, a key installment in its ongoing examination of AI's intersection with copyright law.

In response to President Trump's imposition of wide-ranging reciprocal tariffs last week, on Thursday, April 3, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced legislation in the Senate seeking to reassert Congress' role over tariffs and trade policy.

Today, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) initiated an investigation under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 into China's implementation of commitments under the Phase One Agreement, which was negotiated during the first Trump administration and entered into force on January 22, 2020.

On December 18, 2025, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals issued its latest opinion on an Owner Controlled Insurance Program ("OCIP") and reaffirmed the broad scope of coverage under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act when such programs are in place.

In 2023, NASA achieved a massive leap in data transmission — 200 gigabits per second using laser technology from space!

On August 21, 2024, Lingo Telecom, LLC (Lingo) entered a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) related the investigation into Lingo's alleged violations...

Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and the exponential growth of data centers are combining to create new opportunities for cybercriminals that corporations need to be aware of and to plan to combat.

The EU has extended compliance timelines for high-risk AI systems while the U.S. accelerates sector-specific AI governance through NIST's new Trustworthy AI Profile for Critical Infrastructure. Both frameworks increasingly expect documented AI governance, human oversight, technical robustness, and lifecycle risk management, raising critical questions for energy companies about building unified frameworks that can withstand scrutiny across jurisdictions.

On July 1, the U.S. Senate voted to fully remove the previously proposed ten-year moratorium on regulation of Artificial Intelligence by states ("AI Moratorium"), after the provision's passage by the House.

The global trade of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) chips is currently undergoing significant transformation due to evolving U.S. export control policies and the corresponding responses from international partners. O

Virginia has become the first state in 2025 to pass comprehensive artificial intelligence regulation, with lawmakers approving the "High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer...

DOE, DOT, USDA, and EPA released an updated implementation framework for the outgoing Administration's Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge.

Today, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued an OFAC Compliance Communiqué: Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Maritime Shipping

On 2 July 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court) clarified that simply "informing" the authorities of a proposed concentration isn't enough to kick off the 15-working-days...

On January 21, 2026, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce reported a package of bills that, if enacted, would constitute the most significant amendments to the Clean Air Act...

A federal court ruling recently confirmed that AI generated content may not be immune from trademark liability. In August 2025, Getty Images filed its complaint against Stability AI...

On May 23, 2025, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued Syria General License 25 ("GL 25"), effectively lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria.

Raoger Corp. v. Myers, No. 23-0662 (Tex. Apr. 11, 2025) – one of the Texas Supreme Court's most recent opinions on the summary judgment standard – highlights the importance...

On January 30, 2025, a bipartisan group of US Senators released a discussion draft of the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act ("TAS Act"), a taxpayer-friendly legislative proposal.