The SEC's latest regulatory agenda has officially been unveiled, and according to Chair Atkins the "regulatory agenda reflects that it is a new day" at the SEC.

California legislators are advancing the proposed Private Equity Sunshine Act (SB 1319) amending the California Public Records Act to require expanded disclosure by California public investment funds, including...

Our firm has a pro bono client who lost thousands of dollars trusting someone she met online. Over two years, the fraudster convinced her to move her funds to a US “bank” that would help her pay for her daughter’s expensive hospital stays.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has launched an aggressive campaign to assert exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets, where event contracts are traded.

The SEC has proposed rescinding its 2010 pay-to-play rule that restricted political contributions by investment advisers and their employees to government officials. After nearly sixteen years of enforcement, the Commission now characterizes the rule as having "significant unintended consequences" with draconian penalties for minor violations, proposing instead to rely on existing antifraud provisions to address pay-to-play practices.

On 29 May 2025 the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) and the House Agriculture Committee (Ag)...

In a fireside chat at the ABA Futures & Derivatives Law Committee Winter Meeting on January 30th, Acting Chairman Caroline Pham shared her industry-friendly agenda...

On 29 May 2025, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) issued a guidance statement (Statement) related to certain protocol staking activities.

The order also directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to ease access to alternative assets for such plans by revisiting applicable regulations and guidance, including that related to accredited investor and qualified purchaser status.

On 7 March 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom sent the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) back to the drawing board on proposed regulations to implement the state's Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54).

The Federal Circuit recently issued its first review of a derivation proceeding, a rarely used proceeding provided for by the America Invents Act (AIA).

The Federal Circuit's decision in NCS Multistage Inc. v. Nine Energy Service, Inc. establishes that a patentee's prior commercial sale does not automatically qualify as a public disclosure under the AIA safe harbor provision. The court clarified that the critical question is whether the inventor's actions made the subject matter of the invention available to the public, not merely whether a commercial transaction occurred.

Effective 1 September 2025, all hearings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) will be conducted in person. Parties involved must attend these hearings physically and in person unless...

On 21 November 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Court) ruled against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in two separate cases, vacating its rule which expanded...

President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., secretary of health and human services, announced on 22 September 2025, that the Federal Drug Administration will begin warning women...

Earlier this month, two investors filed a putative class action challenging the deployment of third-party tracking tools...

The deluge of lawsuits and demand letters under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) has prompted courts to scrutinize CIPA claims more rigorously, including the threshold...

Massachusetts offers a key incentive for developers through its Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (State LIHTC), designed to encourage the creation and preservation of affordable housing.

The Five Eyes intelligence alliance has issued an urgent warning that AI is fundamentally transforming the cyber threat landscape, with increasingly capable models enabling both rapid vulnerability detection and exploitation by malicious actors. Business leaders are being called upon to treat cyber resilience as a core strategic priority, with recommendations spanning attack surface reduction, accelerated patching, legacy system remediation, strengthened access controls, and incident preparedness. With the

This webinar explored the latest updates and developments surrounding sanctions and changes in the US Trade Representative (USTR) Section 301 fees...oren