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The FTC has dropped its appeals in Ryan, LLC v. FTC and Properties of the Villages v. FTC, formally abandoning its Biden-era attempt to ban noncompetes nationwide.

On September 15th and 16th, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite delivered remarks on corporate misconduct and compliance programs.

MLPs and midstream companies were able to produce solid returns despite a challenging year in the markets.

A USAO will not deem a disclosure to be a VSD where there is a preexisting obligation to disclose, such as pursuant to regulation, contract, or a prior DOJ resolution.

On Friday, May 9th, the Supreme Court of Texas addressed important issues regarding the enforcement of written contractual representations in its per curiam opinion styled Roxo Energy Co., LLC et al. v. Baxsto, LLC, --- S.W.3d ---, 2025 WL 1349581 (Tex. May 9, 2025) (per curiam).

Baker Botts' 39th Annual Environmental Seminar featured two breakout sessions covering the latest environmental, safety and incident response developments and trends.

Primarily, the Order establishes a framework for identifying onerous state AI laws, challenging those laws through litigation, restricting funding for states that maintain onerous AI laws, and taking steps to federally preempt such laws. Based on the timelines provided in the Order, this process is expected to begin within the next 30 to 90 days.

Earlier this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") introduced a new filing system, referred to as EDGAR Next, which establishes an authentication process for EDGAR filers seeking to make filings...

The SEC's order is a result of the events that surrounded Easterbrook's departure from McDonald's.

Following President Trump's executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI") programs, recent statements from State Attorneys General ("State AGs")...

On October 9, 2025, Dr. Stephen Thaler and team submitted a petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court asking "[w]hether works outputted by an AI system without a direct, traditional authorial contribution by a natural person can be copyrighted."

On February 10, 2025, the President of the United States of America issued two proclamations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. §1862) ("Section 232"):

As artificial intelligence tools become ubiquitous in litigation, federal courts are increasingly confronting novel questions about how longstanding doctrines of work-product protection and confidentiality apply...

On November 10, 2025, Canada's Competition Bureau ("Bureau") discontinued its civial investigation into the use of algorithmic pricing software for rental housing throughout Canada.

These drafts are intended to operationalize the Act—which was passed on December 26, 2024 and scheduled to take effect on January 22, 2026—so that core duties and procedures are in place in advance of the effective date.

On May 18, 2026, the FTC and DOJ filed an unopposed motion asking the Fifth Circuit to hold the appeal challenging the FTC’s 2024 Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Final Rule in abeyance through December 31, 2026.

States continue to enact legislation regulating the use of PFAS and other chemicals in cosmetics. In many cases, state laws impose prohibitions that exceed the prohibitions of federal and global regulations.

The European Commission ("Commission") adopted on 10 July 2023 the final set of rules implementing the Foreign Subsidies Regulation ("FSR"), together with the forms required.