In a landmark move, President Trump signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). This bipartisan bill establishes the first comprehensive federal framework for stablecoin…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
Effective August 6, 2025, SB25-083 will void non-competition and non-solicitation of customer provisions entered into or renewed by doctors, nurses, midwives, and dentists on or after this effective date. Employers who violate…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Health, Labor & Employment Law, Mergers & Acquisitions
Since assuming office in January 2025, the Trump administration has sought to transform the U.S.’s approach to, and regulation of, Artificial Intelligence (AI). From signing an executive order entitled “Removing Barriers to…
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/ Government Contracting, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
In a closely watched decision issued on July 21, 2025, the California Supreme Court, in EpicentRx, Inc. v. Superior Court, held that a forum selection clause requiring shareholder lawsuits to be brought in the Delaware Court of…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws
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The AML Law aims to protect the financial system and the national economy by implementing measures to detect operations involving illicit resources, thereby preventing the financing of criminal activities…
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/ Finance & Banking, Nonprofit Law, Real Estate - Commercial
Washington was the first state to adopt the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act. Signed into law in April 2025 and effective as of July 27, 2025, the Washington law establishes new premerger filing requirements for…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions
On July 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced its intention to postpone the effective date of the Anti‑Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Prior to the early 1900s, New Jersey was the preferred state of incorporation for U.S. businesses. Eager to cash in on America’s epic industrialization via franchise tax revenues, Delaware directly challenged New Jersey’s…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law, Taxation
In Compliance Assistance Release 2025-01 (the “Release”), the Department of Labor (the “Department”) rescinded its prior guidance that cautioned fiduciaries against offering cryptocurrency investments in their retirement plans…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
In Nguyen v. Bonta, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the constitutionality of California’s “one-gun-a-month” law, which prohibits purchasing more than one firearm within a 30-day period. The Court affirmed the…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
This client alert, the third in our series on Colorado employment law changes from the 2025 Colorado Legislative Session, analyzes other significant legislative changes. Our previous alerts addressed new liability for owners of…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law
The Northern District of California recently dismissed, with prejudice, a purported class action against Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (Royal Caribbean), alleging a violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) via a…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Privacy
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act makes permanent the COVID-era safe harbor that allowed high deductible health plans (“HDHPs”) to provide first-dollar coverage…
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/ Health, Insurance, Taxation
In April 2025, we reported that Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-24-25 (the Order), suspending the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and certain permitting requirements under the California Coastal Act…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On July 3, 2025, several federal agencies published Interim Final Rules or Final Rules freeing themselves of legally and statutorily conflicting regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in response…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
