The first six months of the second Trump Administration have brought a variety of transformations to the federal government. As many of these changes unfold on nearly a daily basis, it can be difficult to ascertain exactly what…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Consumer Protection, Products Liability
The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the GENIUS Act) was recently signed into law by President Trump, establishing a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins and their issuers. The bill…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed three claims in Ritchie v. Baker (6/25). Broadly speaking, the plaintiff failed to adequately plead demand futility under Court of Chancery Rule 23.1 because the complaint did not…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Securities Law
2025 Florida Legislative Update -
Florida has recently enacted a number of important business and tax provisions that materially affect many Florida businesses and their owners…
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/ Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
In one of his first executive actions after retaking the White House, President Donald Trump repealed a 2023 Biden-era executive order that imposed requirements on the use of artificial intelligence (AI). It marked the first…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
In a joint motion filed on July 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stated that religious organizations may speak about political campaigns and candidates to their…
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/ Constitutional Law, Nonprofit Law, Taxation
On July 10, 2025, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed House Bill 594, which will exclude both short- and long-term capital gains from Missouri individual income tax and, in certain circumstances, corporate income tax…
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/ Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxation
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“Act”), a sweeping tax and spending package, which includes provisions that impact employee benefit plans. These changes affect health savings…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Continuing the war on fraud and the attendant financial losses for U.S. businesses, consumers and government alike, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and federal banking agencies have launched a wide-ranging initiative under…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
On July 4, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Bill), which was approved by the Senate and House earlier in the week. The 870 page-bill covers nearly every sector of the American economy, and extends…
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/ Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade, Nonprofit Law, Taxation
State attorneys general (AGs) have a legal right to challenge anticompetitive mergers, both under the federal Clayton Act and their own state antitrust laws. And in recent years, state AGs have played increasingly larger roles…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions
On June 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) withdrew 14 outstanding proposed regulations issued during the Biden Administration. These withdrawals underscore a dramatic priority shift away from regulation in…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Tariffs have been in the news almost daily. Not only have tariff rates changed repeatedly, but the deadlines around implementation are subject to change. Meanwhile, the list of new commodities that are subject to additional…
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/ Criminal Law, Government Contracting, International Law & Trade
On June 24, 2025, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the authority of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to compel the cleanup of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances under…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a landmark decision, a federal district court in Texas struck down nearly all of the 2024 amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, known as the Reproductive Health Privacy Rule (the “Rule”), ruling that the Department of Health…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Privacy
