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Epstein Becker & Green

DOJ Launches Cross-Agency Trade Fraud Task Force: What Importers and Businesses Need to Know

On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the creation of a new Trade Fraud Task Force (“Task Force”)....more

Gray Reed

Texas Capitol Report: New Legislation Takes Effect

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The 89th Texas Legislative Session brought forward a series of new laws, including those that took effect on September 1. These changes directly impact how businesses across industries operate, from compliance requirements to...more

A&O Shearman

Recognition of Aggregate Group’s 2024 English Restructuring Plan Denied in Germany

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In this alert, we consider the recent judgment of the Frankfurt court declining to recognize the effects of the Aggregate group’s 2024 English restructuring plan in respect of certain of its German law-governed debts....more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Turning Conflict Into Capital: Litigation as an Investment Strategy

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Traditionally, litigation has been viewed as a costly necessity. In today’s complex financial landscape, litigation is no longer just a cost center, it’s emerging as a dynamic investment tool across fund types. This series...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Back to School: Lessons in NAV Lending, September 2025 - Taking Security in NAV Lending: The SPV Pledge

When taking security over a portfolio of investments in a NAV facility, it may be difficult or costly to take security over the borrower’s investments. A common solution is to implement what we refer to as the SPV pledge....more

DLA Piper

Food and Beverage News and Trends - September 2025

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This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape....more

Meyers Nave

Timely Payment of Arbitration Fees—If You Snooze, You Lose!

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Imagine this: You have worked with your attorney on crafting the perfect arbitration agreement. You have an issue that goes to arbitration and are in the middle of arbitrating when you get notified that the arbitration is...more

K&L Gates LLP

Will Payment Stablecoins Mean the End of State Money Transmitter Licensing?

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The GENIUS Act (Act) allows “permitted payment stablecoin issuers”—which term includes nonbanks that are either Federal qualified payment stablecoin issuers (FQPSI) (regulated by the OCC) or State qualified payment stablecoin...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

AML/CTF Rules Are Finalised - Key Takeaways

After two rounds of consultation, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules 2025 (New AML Rules) were made on 29 August 2025 alongside the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terroism Financing (Class...more

Gray Reed

Department of the Interior Fails to Give Fair Notice of its Administrative Action

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If you are the type to be preoccupied with the drudgery nuances of federal statutory and regulatory interpretation, or if you have a fetish for acronyms, I recommend that you read all 41 spellbinding pages of W&T Offshore v....more

Mayer Brown

Contractual Clarity is Paramount in Offshore Construction Projects (Pharos v. KML)

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The High Court (TCC) recently handed down a notable decision in Pharos Offshore Group Ltd v Keynvor Morlift Ltd [2025] EWHC 1764 (TCC), emphasising the importance of contractual clarity in offshore construction projects. This...more

Mayer Brown

Dubai Overhauls Construction Sector with New Law to Regulate Contracting Activities: What Employers Need to Know—Part 2

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Dubai has issued Law No. 7/2025 establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for contracting activities across the Emirate, including its free zones and special development areas.  The new law introduces important...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Summer’s Over and the Regulations Keep Coming, September 2025 - Defining (Again) The Scope of “Commodity”

On July 21, 2025, a U.S. district court judge in Texas stated in an opinion and order that “section 1 [of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”)] does not encompass precious metals [such as gold] as commodities because they are...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Decoding Tokenisation: Taking Security in Australia Over Digital Tokens

In the expanding digital economy, tokenisation is set to transform how we interact with assets by creating digital representations of real-world assets on distributed ledgers. This promises to enhance efficiency, transparency...more

Hogan Lovells

UK Insurance Horizon Scanner – September 2025

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A snapshot of key market and regulatory developments expected to impact the UK insurance sector between now and the end of the year. ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Identity Verification

Identity Verification (“IDV”) is a new process requiring individuals that run, own or control UK companies or limited liability partnerships (“LLPs”) to prove their identity to Companies House. IDV registration is voluntary...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

SEC and CFTC Staff Issue Joint Statement on Digital Asset Commodity Transactions

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On September 2, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Joint Staff Statement regarding the listing of leveraged, margined, or financed spot...more

Jones Day

CFTC Issues Advisory to Clarify FBOT Registration Framework for Non-U.S. Crypto Exchanges to Access U.S.-based Participants

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To promote regulatory clarity, on August 28, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC")'s Division of Market Oversight issued an advisory to reaffirm its longstanding foreign board of trade ("FBOT") registration...more

Morgan Lewis

US Department of Justice Establishes Trade Fraud Task Force to Counter Tariff Evasion

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In late August 2025, the US Department of Justice announced the formation of a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force that will specialize in tariff-related investigations. DOJ positioned the new task force as an extension of...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Statute of Repose at a Crossroads: Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Decide the Future of Construction Liability

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Pennsylvania’s statute of repose, enacted in 1976, has long provided construction industry participants with finality by barring claims related to construction defects raised more than 12 years after the completion of...more

Adams & Reese

Show-Cause … Again? Florida Appellate Court Clarifies Key Construction Lien Rule

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In a recent decision, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeals clarified the procedure available under Section 713.21(4), Florida Statutes, an important statute in Florida’s Construction Lien Law that impacts the...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: No CCF! No Federal Funding! How Do We Raise Funds Now? – Avoiding Legal Pitfalls When Beginning New Fundraising...

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Nonprofits are experiencing funding challenges and scrambling to fund their missions. While termination of nonprofits’ federal funding has garnered a lot of attention recently, yet another funding challenge arose this week....more

Miller Nash LLP

From Cocktails to Mocktails: Protecting Your Brand in America's $9 Billion N/A Market

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The American drinking landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation. While alcohol used to be a staple for late nights, social gatherings, and weekend relaxation, today's consumers are increasingly mindful about their...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Contracts for AI Agent Development and Implementation (Part 1): Setting the Stage

As businesses move quickly to adopt artificial intelligence agents, contracts for their development and implementation raise novel questions around ownership, accountability, and risk. In this first post of a two-part series,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Tariffs and Your Contracts: Why do termination rights matter?

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In addition to reviewing your commercial contracts for how new or increased tariff costs are allocated, another key area to evaluate is whether either party has the right to terminate the contract. If one party gets upside...more

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