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Specifically, the Complaint alleges violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act, the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (“ROSCA”), California’s False Advertising and Unfair Competition Laws, and Utah’s Consumer Sales Practices Act. Among other things, the Complaint seeks a permanent injunction and civil penalties.

Federal and state healthcare transparency requirements are rapidly evolving, creating new compliance obligations for private equity sponsors and strategic acquirers in healthcare transactions. As CMS expands ownership disclosure rules and states implement transaction review regimes, deal teams must navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape that affects diligence, timing, and closing processes.

In an address on May 12, 2025, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins outlined the SEC's goal of developing a "rational regulatory framework" for crypto asset markets.1 Chair Atkins noted this new framework will establish clear guidelines around the issuance, custody and trading of crypto assets, while maintaining investor protections against fraud and manipulation.

Regulated funds, SIFs and RAIFs should automatically qualify for the CIV Exemption.

Unfair competition laws adopted by the state of Washington and Louisiana in the U.S., are the first in a growing trend of legislation meant to penalize manufacturers or related third parties for using stolen or misappropriated information technology in any part of the sales process; the laws will have cross border implications for offenders.

The Amendments establish more specific regulation in terms of payment of salary and increase the liability placed on employers for delays in salary payments.

Russian customs law provides that if the customs authorities suspect a violation of import regulations, they are entitled to impound the goods and place them in a temporary storage warehouse.

Recent case law highlights that an e-mail exchange may create a binding contract, without a "wet ink" signature, even for the disposition of an interest in land.

Not least is the recent implementation of the UK’s Bribery Act in July 2011, which requires companies to have in place "adequate procedures" to prevent bribery.

In the winter issue of Real World we reported on fundamental changes to the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme ("the Scheme") including the scrapping of recycling payments following the Comprehensive Spending Review.

In the private credit space, side letters remain crucial for tailoring fund terms to the regulatory, tax, operational and policy needs of investors. They are a key feature of private credit fund negotiations...

The only means of access to a first floor flat was lost because the right to use an external staircase had not been protected at the Land Registry.

An obligation to give vacant possession is not satisfied if personnel remain at the property, even if the tenant has offered to return the keys to the landlord and would leave if asked to do so

The bill would have prohibited sales of most of the covered products starting in 2028, and of nonstick cookware containing polytetrafluoroethylene ("PTFE") and other PFAS beginning in 2030.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a concept release seeking public comment on the definition of "foreign private issuer" (FPI), marking its first comprehensive review of the regulatory framework since 2007.

The United Kingdom's unprecedented vote to leave the European Union (Brexit) has dramatically upended global markets.

Recently, the OCC, the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC and the SEC (together with the CFTC, the "Joint Agencies") proposed regulations intended to implement the Volcker rule of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, which seeks to restore safety and fundness to the US banking system.

The Gardasil MDL opinion reinforces that preemption remains a powerful defense when plaintiffs cannot identify both the existence and timing of...

Zurbriggen underscores that plaintiffs alleging injury from consumer products must present reliable expert causation evidence and signals courts’ resistance to the use of equitable doctrines like res ipsa loquitur to substitute for proof of defect, exposure, and causation.