On October 2, 2020, the SBA released the attached guidance relating to whether the SBA will be required to consent to a "change in ownership" of a business.

San Francisco's City Attorney has sued 11 major food companies, alleging they engineered ultra-processed foods to be addictive, concealed health risks, and targeted children and minority communities...

On September 5, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Office of Evaluation and Inspections (OEI) released a Data Snapshot...

2025 continued to be—and some could argue accelerated—a multi-year trend of heightened restrictive covenant activity in the courts and state legislatures.

AI tools are already generating false, reputation-damaging statements about real people—but early defamation lawsuits against companies like OpenAI, Google and Meta are struggling because courts are applying...

The 2026 ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey standards, effective February 23, 2026, introduce new requirements for how land title surveys are conducted, with expanded definitions, clarified documentation standards and updated...

On February 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted summary judgment in favor of Thomson Reuters...

This report explores developments in 3D printing across several sectors and categories for the quarterly period of September 1, 2020 to December 1, 2020.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into major music streaming platforms, examining whether undisclosed financial arrangements with record labels influence playlist placement and recommendations. The investigation applies traditional "payola" concepts to modern algorithmic systems, using the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act as an enforcement tool.

In an era of tariff volatility, supply chain disruption, and sustained inflation, long-term vendor contracts with fixed pricing can quickly become financial traps if pricing risks aren't addressed upfront. This article examines practical strategies for drafting contracts that anticipate cost fluctuations and explores the limited options available when existing fixed-price agreements become economically untenable due to changed circumstances.

Effective January 1, 2026, amendments to the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act ("WTA") expand employer obligations and employee protections...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 27 observational studies involving over 1,000,000 incident dialysis patients found that peritoneal dialysis (PD) and in-center hemodialysis provide equivalent overall survival...

On June 9, 2025, Oregon enacted Senate Bill ("SB 951"). SB 951 significantly limits the ability of management services organizations ("MSOs") and professional medical entities...

On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 1318 (SB 1318), enacting sweeping new restrictions on non-compete agreements applicable to physicians...

On March 22, 2010, the Federal Circuit ("CAFC") confirmed en banc that 35 U.S.C. § 112, 1 contains a written description requirement that is separate from the enablement requirement.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the President cannot use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs, overturning recent tariffs on global imports announced throughout 2025...

The Supreme Court ruled in Berk v. Choy that federal courts do not have to enforce state laws requiring plaintiffs to provide early evidence—such as affidavits of merit...

According to an August poll by the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute, insurance reimbursements have not risen for the majority of dentists, despite rising costs.

The Department of Labor has proposed a new rule to clarify when multiple employers are considered joint employers under the FLSA, FMLA, and MSAPA, aiming to provide clear...