On December 31, 2024, Brazil enacted Federal Law No. 15,082 (the "Law"), amending the National Biofuel Policy Act – Renovabio (Law No. 13,576/2017)...

In its recent decision in Matter of First River Energy, LLC, the Fifth Circuit resolved a priority dispute between lienholders regarding their competing claims to cash held by the debtor,...

On December 24, 2024, Brazil passed Federal Law No. 15,070/2024 (the "Bio-inputs Law"). The Bio-inputs Law aims to regulate many aspects of the use of bio-inputs...

The total number of European patent applications submitted in 2020 was almost equal to that of the past year despite the pandemic, down by 0.7 percent.

In a prior Legal Update, we discussed the introduction of legislation in the Maryland General Assembly that would amend Maryland law to address guidance issued by the Maryland Office of Financial Regulation ("OFR").

Assets under management of Irish alternative investment funds (AIFs) are at an all-time high.

Effective August 1, 2025, Louisiana will subject revenue-based financing transactions to new disclosure requirements, joining the still-growing ranks of states passing commercial...

Small business financers and brokers ("providers") active in New York are officially on notice to finalize their preparations to comply with New York's Commercial Finance Disclosure Law ("CFDL") by August 1, 2023.

On July 4, 2013, the Brazilian Senate approved the Bill of Law 6.826/2010, which imposes civil and administrative liability on legal entities for corrupt practices.

This Guide considers the application of the various anti-discrimination ordinances in the employment relationship, the Guide is only

The repealed legislation Decree-Law no. 554 on the Protection of Industrial Designs regulated novelty and individual character as conditions of protection as well.

Gray-market goods—also called parallel imports—are genuine products first sold abroad that are imported into the U.S. without the U.S. trademark owner's authorization.

It's a classic clash of collegiate titans—Baylor University versus Boston University—but this time it's over those deceptively simple letters "B-U."...

Asia's legal and human resources advisors are often required to function across multiple jurisdictions.

On August 13, 2023, the Privacy Protections (H) Working Group ("PP Working Group") met at the Summer 2023 US National Meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC").

On July 13, 2017, the Brazilian Presidency sanctioned the Bill No. 6.787/2016, authored by the Federal Chamber of Deputies, which makes several changes to the Brazilian Labor Code ("Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho" or "CLT").

On December 30, 2016, Complementary Law No. 157/2016 was published in the Union Official Gazette, modifying Complementary Law No. 116/2003 ("CL No. 116/2003"), which contains ISS general rules.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its annual cost-of-living adjustments applicable to employee benefit plans for 2023.

Vietnam's competition law is poised for big changes, as the new 2018 Law on Competition comes into force from 1 July 2019

Vietnam's competition law is poised for big changes as the new 2018 Law on Competition comes into force from 1 July 2019.