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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA) (Senate Bill 619) on July 18, making Oregon the twelfth state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation.

Utah amended the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) to address the collection and storage of personal data by motor vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) through in-vehicle technology systems...

Data may increasingly determine where Medicare Advantage investigations begin, but not necessarily where they end. Analytics can identify at scale, but understanding whether those patterns reflect fraud...

The SEC has proposed rescinding Rule 14a-8, fundamentally altering how shareholder proposals are handled by shifting authority from federal regulation to state corporate law and company governing documents. Simultaneously, the Commission proposed amendments to Rule 14a-4(c) that would expand companies' discretionary voting authority over proposals not included in proxy materials while providing shareholders a mechanism to prevent such authority over their individual shares.

This week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Assembly Bill No. 2672, which amends Section 518 of the New York General Business Law. The law previously prohibited merchants from imposing...

On October 17, OFAC announced that VBCL agreed to pay $860,000 to settle potential civil liabilities for violations of the NKSR. According to OFAC, between April 2016 and October 2018, two VBCL subsidiaries processed...

The SEC’s proposed rules would eliminate the $75 million public float requirement to register an unlimited amount of securities on Form S-3 and allow companies to use Form S-3 immediately upon registering a class...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides a process by which an employee or a small group of employees can sue for unpaid wages, often in the form of overtime, and can also claim to be representing all others...

On June 26, the California Senate Health Committee passed Assembly Bill 3129 (Bill), which was further amended on June 27 and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

On October 3, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published a highly anticipated proposed rule (Proposed Rule) to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs)...

Operating an Ambulatory Infusion Center (AIC) involves navigating a complex web of state and federal regulations.

As we rang in the new year and gathered in San Francisco for the 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, one theme consistently emerged: healthcare investing remains a market defined by contradiction.

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council has issued guidance implementing Executive Order 14398 on DEI discrimination by federal contractors, introducing new contract clause FAR 52.222-90 that applies broadly to new and existing contracts above the micro-purchase threshold.

On March 26, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO), Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors, that seeks to prohibit federal contractors...

SB 189 replaces the Colorado AI Act with a narrower, business-friendly AI regulation that applies only when AI materially influences consequential decisions in areas like employment, lending, and healthcare.

California's "companion chatbot" bill (SB 243) regulates AI-powered companion or social chatbots, with the bill potentially impacting some chatbots not necessarily designed specifically...

Manufacturing and industrial companies have spent 2026 navigating strong growth opportunities alongside a more complex legal and business landscape. Strategic M&A has remained active across infrastructure, automation, energy, defense, and specialized industrial services, while tariff exposure, financing conditions, labor issues, cybersecurity, supply chain requirements, and export controls have continued to shape deal strategy and operational planning. Companies pursuing transactions, expansion, government contracting opportunities, or supply chain changes should evaluate these issues early to protect value, preserve flexibility, and move quickly when opportunities arise.

The Department of Justice secured a $29.5 million settlement with Lockheed Martin over allegations that the defense contractor engaged in discriminatory employment practices while falsely certifying compliance with federal anti-discrimination requirements. This marks the fourth False Claims Act resolution under DOJ's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative in seven months, with allegations focusing on race-based compensation decisions, hiring practices, and restricted professional development opportunities.