On July 31, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order establishing revised IEEPA “reciprocal” tariff rates for imports into the U.S. from specific countries. The new rates come after the President’s 90-day pause on the…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade
Guidance for churches, dioceses, synagogues, mosques, and other faith communities to avoid exposure to common legal liabilities.
Faith communities face many legal challenges common to for-profit businesses, along with a host…
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/ Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Nonprofit Law, Taxation
Key point: The US Coast Guard’s new cybersecurity rule will transform the security standards and reporting requirements for vessels and marine facilities nationwide over the next three years.
On July 16, 2025, the US Coast…
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/ International Law & Trade, Maritime Law, Military Law, Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation
On July 30, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation announcing the imposition of a fifty prevent (50%) tariff on “all imports of semi-finished copper products and intensive copper derivative products” as set…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
On July 30, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order, suspending the duty-free de minimis treatment for imports from all countries to address national emergencies related to illicit drug trafficking and trade deficits…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a decision in Carmen Purl, et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., vacating nearly all of the 2024 HIPAA…
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/ Civil Procedure, Health, Privacy
On July 30, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) imposing an additional forty percent (40%) ad valorem rate on certain products from Brazil. This…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
On July 30, 2025, Sibanye-Stillwater and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (“USW) referred to together as “Petitioners”,…
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/ International Law & Trade
Last year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD) updated its Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations to include guidance related to voluntary self-disclosures in connection with acquisitions…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
With the passage of the new federal tax bill on July 4, 2025, unofficially referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), employers and employees in overtime-heavy and tipped industries face new opportunities and…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
In the closely watched case Mobley v. Workday, the Northern District of California recently granted preliminary certification of a collective action for age discrimination claims against Workday’s AI-based applicant…
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/ Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) overcame considerable debate and became law. Notwithstanding significant (to say the least) funding changes to Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act marketplaces…
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/ Education Law, Taxation, Nonprofit Law
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) closed its 14-month investigation into Waymo, the autonomous vehicle (AV) subsidiary of Alphabet, finding no systemic safety violations. The probe examined 22 incidents…
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/ Administrative Law, Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation
The Virginia Tax Commissioner issued a ruling on the sales and use taxability of wind electric generating equipment constructed by a taxpayer and used to produce electricity for sale or resale.
The facts provided in the ruling…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Taxation
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) issued Bulletin B-0008-25 in anticipation of changes to the Texas Insurance Code which are set to take effect in January 2026. House Bill 2067 mandates quarterly reporting by insurers…
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/ Administrative Law, Insurance
