On July 27, 2018, the Federal Circuit ruled that a patent applicant's obligation to pay the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (PTO) "expenses" for district court proceedings to review patent...

The U.S. Supreme Court held today in Lorenzo v. SEC, No. 17-1077 (2019), that dissemination of false or misleading statements with an intent to defraud can fall within the scope of Rules 10b-5(a) and (c) of the SEC...

On 16 July 2026, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a service consisting of the receipt and forwarding of funds by an intermediary does not constitute a payment service within the meaning of Article 4 no. 3 of Directive 2015/2366 (the Second Payment Services Directive, or PSD2).

On July 23, 2015, the Second Circuit, in Lola v. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Tower Legal Staffing, Inc., revived a putative collective action brought by David Lola, a contract attorney, against Skadden and Tower Legal Staffing, Inc., alleging violations of the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

On July 23, 2015, the Second Circuit, in Lola v. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Tower Legal Staffing, Inc., revived a putative collective action brought by David Lola, a contract attorney, against Skadden and Tower Legal Staffing, Inc.

On September 26, 2018, the EU General Court1 (the Court) upheld the European Commission's refusal to reinvestigate GlaxoSmithKline SA's (GSK) ...

Last month, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced its plans to review two music licensing antitrust

Matching expectations, 2018 was an active year filled with contentious merger reviews, increased civil/criminal enforcement actions, and pivotal policy shifts.

Prediction markets have expanded rapidly, offering corporate insiders unprecedented opportunities to profit from nonpublic information in ways that extend far beyond traditional securities trading.

Over the last several months, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued a slew of employer-friendly decisions. Many of these decisions overturned longstanding precedent.

Increased utility ownership of renewable energy projects may have broad implications for the renewable energy market in those parts of the U.S. where vertically integrated utilities continue

Anticipated changes to immigration regulations could have significant impact in the employment context. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in its fall 2018 regulatory agenda...

In the Ninth Circuit, defendants typically have two tools available to ask a court to consider in connection with a motion to dismiss information outside the four corners of a complaint.

Several states have introduced novel and stringent legislation to regulate compounded medications (including those specific to weight loss)...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a proposed rule that would make sweeping changes to the discount and rebate arrangements ...

On April 4, 2019, the European Commission published a report1 prepared by three special advisers (the Advisers) appointed by EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager to explore ...

The UK government proposed a number of amendments to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA) as part of the Immigration and Asylum Bill (the Bill) it introduced on 30 June 2026. This included changes to Section 54 of the MSA, which currently imposes a duty to prepare a modern slavery statement for each financial year on companies.

The SEC's settled enforcement action against Key Tronic Corporation and two executives reveals a nuanced approach to books-and-records violations, imposing no corporate penalty despite lacking self-reporting...

The FDIC has introduced a streamlined two-phase approach to deposit insurance applications, promising contingent authorization within 120 days and final approval within 12 months. While this accelerated timeline signals regulatory openness to new bank charters, including innovative fintech models, recent OCC denials reveal that speed comes with heightened expectations for application completeness, management quality, and operational readiness from day one.

One might think that labor negotiations in professional sports involve two parties: leagues versus players' unions.