The Commercial Division Advisory Council (“Advisory Council”) is consistently looking to implement and amend new rules to enhance practice in the Commercial Division. On June 11, 2025, the Advisory Council proposed adding a...more
Artificial Intelligence is taking society by storm and has even made a name for itself in the courtroom. With the ease of utilizing AI to generate various forms of data, presenting evidence at trial can be a much less arduous...more
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) will hold an advisory committee meeting on August 19, 2024, to solicit input on proposed regulations concerning enterprise-wide and egregious violations of...more
Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees, 89 FR 44634 (May 21, 2024) (“seeking nominations for up to three members of its Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) to advise the Director of the USPTO on patent policy,...more
There is big news in the world of multidistrict litigation: On August 15, 2023, the public comment period opened on a new proposed amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure specifically addressing case management in...more
Multidistrict litigation (MDL) is a special federal legal procedure designed to efficiently process multiple civil cases involving one or more common questions of fact. These cases typically involve hundreds to thousands of...more
On March 28, 2023, the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules (Committee) convened in West Palm Beach, Florida, to discuss a variety of proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including a new rule that would...more
The US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published an official notice on November 10, 2020, seeking comments from interested parties on proposed new rules promulgated under the latest version of the Terrorism Risk...more