On August 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of State amended the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to classify certain large, autonomous Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) as defense articles.

On January 26, 2026, the Supreme Court granted the petition in Salazar v. Paramount Global (Case No. 25-459) to address "[w]hether the phrase 'goods or services from a video tape service...

The United Arab Emirates ("UAE") recently announced a turnover-based threshold for merger control filings that supplements the Federal Decree-Law No. 36 of 2023...

The UAE's bold move to launch the "Stargate" AI data center in Abu Dhabi by 2026 is more than a technological milestone. It's a strategic play that reinforces the country's ambition to lead in AI...

On March 19, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the FTC’s motion for a stay pending appeal of the Eastern District of Texas’s decision vacating the 2024 HSR Final Rule.

On February 19, 2026, the Fifth Circuit granted the FTC's request for an administrative stay of the Eastern District of Texas decision vacating the 2024 HSR Final Rule, preserving the Rule until further order of the court.

Retail investors statistically do not vote at the same rate as other investors, particularly institutional investors. Under a new approach pioneered by ExxonMobil, public companies would offer retail investors the option to provide standing voting instructions to cast votes as recommended by the company's board of directors.

This week marks a pivotal moment in U.S. Energy history. With Chris Wright confirmed as U.S. Energy Secretary, he and President Trump are set to pursue their promise of a "Golden Era of American Energy Dominance.

By a 5-0 vote on December 15, 2022, the California Public Utilities Commission ended retail rate net metering for Californians with distributed generation (including residential solar systems) and replaced it with a new program referred to as "Net Billing" or "NEM 3.0."

On October 17, 2024, FERC issued an order revising the methodology for establishing the return on equity (ROE) for transmission owners operating within the footprint of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.

On April 8, 2025, the President of the United States signed a suite of executive orders designed to extend the aims of the January 31, 2025 Executive Order ("EO") Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation.

For years, everyone talked about how 'data is the new oil,' but with the acceleration of AI, cloud platforms, and high-powered computing becoming more common, that story is changing.

Noncompliance with the Nasdaq clawback listing standards may, but will not automatically, result in the delisting of an issuer's securities.

In May 2025, the Treasury Department, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), announced a new "fast track process to facilitate greater investment in U.S. businesses from ally and partner sources."

Section 101 eligibility remains one of the most unpredictable and frequently contested areas of U.S. patent practice, particularly for software, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

In a short but precedential opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the invalidation of certain asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,912,321 (the “'321 Patent”).

Determining whether a new product, process, or service can be launched without infringing existing patents, commonly referred to as "Freedom to Operate" (FTO) analysis, is a critical step in virtually any commercialization effort.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has issued a landmark ruling on the constitutionality of the False Claims Act's qui tam provisions, which allow private citizens to sue on behalf of the government. This decision reverses a Florida district court's finding that these provisions violated Article II of the Constitution, joining four other circuit courts in upholding the legality of these widely-used enforcement mechanisms. The ruling addresses fundamental questions about the separation of powers

On September 18, 2025, the District Courts of Harris County announced a major development: the addition of five new district courts within Harris County.

President Biden signed an executive order aimed at improving federal cybersecurity, with the order coming on the heels of multiple major and damaging cyber attacks.