While EPA will consider each LVE application individually, the agency generally expects that pending and new LVE submissions for PFAS would be denied."

On August 21, 2025, the U.S. Commerce Department announced the initiation of a Section 232 investigation into imports of wind turbines and related components.

The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act promises significant revenue for California, but its complex design raises serious questions about timing and reliability. Four structural challenges...

On 13 November 2025, the European Parliament adopted its negotiating mandate on the Omnibus I simplification package proposed by the European Commission in February 2025.

On September 23, 2025, New Zealand passed a targeted update to the Privacy Act 2020 that strengthens transparency around third‑party data collection and fine‑tunes several privacy processes.

On 11 June 2025, the French Competition Authority (‘FCA') fined three companies active in the engineering, technology consulting, and IT services sectors...

On 23 June, the European Commission ("Commission"), following a Phase II investigation, unconditionally approved the acquisition by Liberty Media Corporation...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has announced that, for the 2025–2026 proxy season...

New Section 21.373 of the Texas Business Organizations Code ("TBOC") went into effect on September 1, 2025, providing certain publicly traded corporations with a powerful new tool to limit the ability...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially updated its “Covered List” to ban new foreign-produced connected power inverters from receiving FCC equipment authorizations.

Your technology is hot, and you have great write-ups, a pitch deck, maybe even a proof of concept. After a couple of weeks...

An order issued last Wednesday, July 15 by Judge Richard K. Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade (the CIT) may be good news for certain importers that have been awaiting the refund of International Emergency...

On August 15, 2025, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") added 407 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("HTSUS")...

Last week, the Texas Senate passed House Bill 40 ("HB 40"), pushing the legislation's changes to Texas's new Business Court one step closer to enactment.

Blockchain technology is emerging as a critical tool for managing intellectual property rights in AI training data disputes.

On January 30, 2026, the California Senate passed a new bill, SB 574, to impose restrictions on attorneys (and arbitrators) using generative artificial intelligence ("generative AI")...

On January 9, 2026, the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced the creation of an Artificial Intelligence Litigation Task Force ("Task Force") through an internal memorandum.

The Wall Street Journal recently spotlighted the scale of today's AI investment boom and growing doubts about whether it will pay off. In 2024, global AI infrastructure spending hit $235 billion...

As public companies work to align with the SEC's new cybersecurity disclosure requirements, Commissioner Hester Peirce is urging a reassessment of how these rules are applied...

Baker Botts and ACC Houston hosted a half-day seminar on January 29, 2026 that featured timely discussions on AI, employment law, and what's ahead for the workplace.