A recent UK High Court judgment has delivered a landmark decision for the aviation and insurance sectors as it ruled in favour of Western lessors seeking multi-billion dollar insurance payouts for aircraft stranded in Russia…
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/ Insurance, International Law & Trade, Transportation
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) into law. The expansive federal tax and spending bill contains two provisions touching on extant wage and hour law that may have significant…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Florida’s Attorney General announced an investigation on July 28, 2025 into whether the CDP (formerly known as the Climate Disclosure Project) and the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) have violated consumer protection or…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law
On July 18, 2025, President Trump signed the Guaranteed Essential National Infrastructure for U.S. Act (the “GENIUS Act”) into law, marking the first comprehensive U.S. federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins. The…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
Snapshot of Activity in June -
The following events are key, but not comprehensive, events for the month of June…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law, Taxation
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In a recent judgment concerning the law of agency and specifically the doctrine of undisclosed principal, the Court of Appeal upheld an earlier decision by the Commercial Court that the English courts do not have…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Maritime Law
Since January 1, 2025, New York State’s Paid Prenatal Leave Law has required that all private-sector employers provide employees with 20 hours of paid leave for health care appointments related to prenatal care or pregnancy…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
With the prevalence of generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) on the rise, the potential for misuse, including in the workplace, is ever present. Amidst this backdrop, the recently enacted federal TAKE IT DOWN Act (the “Act”)…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 30, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed criminal charges against 324 defendants across the country alleging participation in various health care fraud schemes. The DOJ identified the operation as the 2025…
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/ Criminal Law, Health
Background -
On July 3, 2025, Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA). The final version was different from the one previously passed in the House on May 22, 2025 and was subject to multiple revisions and…
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/ Taxation
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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA,” H.R.1). Among other things, the OBBBA permanently reinstates 100% bonus depreciation under Section 168(k) for qualified property…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Taxation, Transportation
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) has formally revised its fair lending examination procedures, announcing in Bulletin 2025-16, issued on July 14, 2025, that it has eliminated all references to disparate…
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/ Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jonathan Gould to serve as the next Comptroller of the Currency in a 50–45 vote. Gould will succeed Acting Comptroller Rodney Hood, who offered his congratulations and…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking
On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit joined the majority of federal appellate courts holding that courts must establish personal jurisdiction over the claims of each member of a collective action…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
On July 1, 2025, the UK Government published a ‘roadmap’ setting out anticipated timelines for implementing the reforms in its Employment Rights Bill, marking a significant shift in workplace regulation…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
