On October 31, 2014, the Supreme Court of Texas issued a per curium opinion having potentially far-reaching impact on first-party insurance litigation discovery practices.

The Sixth Circuit has rejected Travelers Casualty & Surety Company's request for reconsideration of the court's July 13, 2018 decision, confirming that the insured's transfer of more than $800,000 to a fraudster ...

A public relations company and a publisher have been caught in the FTC's net after using influencer marketing to help promote an anti-Zika mosquito repellant during the 2016 Brazil Summer Olympics.

Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will terminate the temporary protected status (TPS) program for nationals of El Salvador on September 9, 2019.

The Federal Trade Commission announced the opening dates of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century ...

Reminder that Compensatory Equity Awards can Trigger HSR Requirements.

PHMSA and FERC Commit to Permitting Process MOU.

The New Source Review (NSR) program of the Clean Air Act requires major stationary sources to go through an extensive, time-consuming, and expensive review and permitting process prior to construction.

The US National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are the centerpiece of the US Clean Air Act (CAA) and establish allowable concentration levels for six "criteria air pollutants"

On Thursday afternoon, the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act, the GOP's bill designed to repeal the Affordable Care Act ("ACA"). The bill narrowly passed by a vote...

In re Gorelik, No. 2016-1432 (Fed. Cir. June 14, 2016) (non-precedential). On appeal from P.T.A.B. Before Prost, Bryson, and Stoll, per curiam.

The California Department of Justice will host six public forums on the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") to provide the general public an opportunity to participate in the CCPA rulemaking process.

As reported in BNA Privacy Law Watch, a California legislative proposal would allocate additional resources to the California Attorney General's office to facilitate the development of regulations ...

On September 25, 2018, the French Data Protection Authority published the first results of its factual assessment of the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation in France and in Europe.

On February 27, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced a record $5.7 million civil penalty against popular video creation and sharing app Music.ly

On August 3, 2018, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed into law Senate Bill 220 (the "Bill"), which provides covered entities with an affirmative defense to tort claims ...

On February 27, 2019, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing titled "Privacy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework in the United States."

On August 28, 2018, as reported in Business Insurance, Lloyd's of London underwriters have agreed to insure digital currency storage company, Kingdom Trust Co

On November 1, 2018, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") announced its approval of the first virtual currency license for an operator of Bitcoin teller machines ("BTM").

New cybersecurity rules for insurance companies licensed in South Carolina are set to take effect in part on January 1, 2019