As discussed at an open meeting held on June 4, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) published a concept release (Release) soliciting comments on whether to revise the definition of “foreign private…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a tax bill (House Tax Bill) that proposes to make permanent – and increase – the section 199A deduction for ordinary REIT dividends to 23 percent. This change would reduce the…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
In Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Mylan Laboratories., the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that a pharmaceutical dosing claim limitation was nonobvious despite prior art…
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/ Health, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Federal Circuit’s March 21, 2025 decision in Maquet Cardiovascular LLC v. Abiomed Inc. et al. (No. 2023-2045) and the recent Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Delegated Rehearing Panel decision in SynAffix B.V. v…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 5, 2025, the US Supreme Court dismissed as improvidently granted a closely watched case that could have clarified whether federal courts may certify damages class actions under Rule 23 when the class includes both…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Products Liability
Federal Circuit reshapes foundational requirements for viability of a case in the ITC - Pharmaceutical and life sciences companies have historically been rare participants before the International Trade Commission (ITC) – in…
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/ Health, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
In recent weeks, Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson signed numerous employment-related bills, amending employer obligations and employee rights related to pay transparency, paid leave, use of criminal records, personnel…
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/ Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Litigants in Puerto Rico now have an easier path to challenge administrative agencies’ determinations after the Puerto Rico Supreme Court (PRSC) ruled in Vázquez v. Consejo de Titulares, 2025 TSPR 56, that courts shall not grant…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Residential
Inter partes review (IPR) practices have seen significant changes since US Patent and Trademark Office Acting Director Coke Stewart assumed her current role in January 2025. Perhaps the most significant change has been Acting…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
The Italian Data Protection Authority (the Garante) has issued its first GDPR fine for, among other breaches, unlawful retention of metadata from employees’ emails and web browsing activities. The decision applies, for the first…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 23, President Donald Trump announced that he was recommending a new “straight 50% tariff” on all goods from the European Union beginning June 1. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he hoped this decision would “light a…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade
On May 22, the Trump Administration released the 100-day MAHA Making Our Children Healthy Again report. This report was issued in response to a February 2025 Executive Order, which established the President’s Make America…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Health
5 developments to read for May in less than 5 minutes - In the Middle East, steps towards further localisation of workforces continue with a new law in Bahrain requiring half of the workforce in privatised state services to be…
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/ Civil Rights, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
If enacted, the House Committee on Ways and Means’ tax bill, entitled “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” could affect certain institutional investors. Among other measures, the proposed legislation would impose elevated US tax…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Taxation
On 20 March 2025, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (Commission), issued the General Application and Implementation Directive (GAID). The GAID serves as a regulatory framework for implementing the Nigeria Data Protection…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Privacy
