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New California Law Caps Retention for Private Construction Projects

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California has enacted Senate Bill 61 (“SB-61”), a significant piece of legislation that directly impacts owners and developers of private construction projects in the state. Signed into law on July 24, 2025, SB-61...more

Meyers Nave

Timely Payment of Arbitration Fees—If You Snooze, You Lose!

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Imagine this: You have worked with your attorney on crafting the perfect arbitration agreement. You have an issue that goes to arbitration and are in the middle of arbitrating when you get notified that the arbitration is...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: No CFC! No Federal Funding! How Do We Raise Funds Now? – Avoiding Legal Pitfalls When Beginning New Fundraising...

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Nonprofits are experiencing funding challenges and scrambling to fund their missions. While termination of nonprofits’ federal funding has garnered a lot of attention recently, yet another funding challenge arose this week....more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Contracts for AI Agent Development and Implementation (Part 1): Setting the Stage

As businesses move quickly to adopt artificial intelligence agents, contracts for their development and implementation raise novel questions around ownership, accountability, and risk. In this first post of a two-part series,...more

Dickinson Wright

Friendly PC Model: 3 Key Ancillary Agreements for CPOM Compliance

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With the rebound of private equity (“PE”) activity in healthcare across the United States, the Corporate Practice of Medicine and Dentistry (“CPOM” or “CPOD”) has likewise experienced renewed focus by state legislatures and...more

Roetzel & Andress

Protecting Your Business with Enforceable Non-Compete Provisions - Video Blog Post

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When creating or updating employment contracts, it’s important to carefully review any non-compete provisions as laws vary by state and many have recently changed. Roetzel shareholder Ericka Adler provides guidance to...more

Allen Matkins

How to Prepare for 5% Retention in California Construction Contracts

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With Governor Newsom’s signature to Senate Bill No. 61 on July 14, 2025, California joined a growing number of states that have passed legislation to cap the amount of retention that owners, contractors, and subcontractors...more

Morris James LLP

Chancery Specifically Enforces “Hell or High Water” Provision To Close Merger

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Desktop Metal, Inc. v. Nano Dimension LTD. And Nano US I, Inc., C.A. No. 2024-1303-KSJM (Del. Ch. Mar. 24, 2025) - Merger agreements often include “reasonable-best-efforts” clauses, requiring one or more of the parties to...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Counting to 10: Simpler in Kindergarten than in Proposition 65

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California’s Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) requires businesses to provide warnings for any products that contain certain levels of chemicals determined by the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm. Prop. 65...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

EBA Proposes Extending Outsourcing Requirements to All Third-Party Arrangements

The European Banking Authority (EBA) recently published a consultation paper (Consultation) that proposes to expand third-party risk management requirements for certain EU-regulated financial entities. The Consultation would...more

Wiley Rein LLP

DOD Issues Final Rule Addressing Conflicts of Interest in Certain Consulting Contracts

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WHAT: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) published a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to prohibit contracting officers from awarding contracts assigned certain North American...more

A&O Shearman

Ninth Circuit Dissolves Arrangement Between Rival Vegas Newspapers as Illegal

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On August 4, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with the Las Vegas Review-Journal (“Defendants”) in antitrust litigation with rival Las Vegas newspaper the Las Vegas Sun, Inc. (“Plaintiff”),...more

Haynes Boone

EBA Clarifies Conditional Sale Agreements Cannot Confer Originator Status Under EUSR

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Overview On Aug. 8, 2025, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published a response to a 2021 query concerning whether an entity that manages or establishes a securitisation could qualify as an “originator” (and thereby be...more

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Viva ‘Contractification’: New Executive Order Promises Changes to Grant Oversight

In its continuous drive to alter business as usual, the federal government has made many changes this year to the way it manages financial assistance (grants and cooperative agreements). Executive Order 14332, “Improving...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Do you know what your AI is doing?

Imagine signing off on an update to your customer support portal and later discovering that an AI agent the development team added to the portal has been quietly sending snippets of support tickets to an unsecured LLM for...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

California Contractor Compliance: Filling the Federal, EO-Created Void

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As federal policies shift from affirmative action and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives — particularly through Executive Order 14173, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which...more

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SAM Registration Rule Finalized

The FAR Council has finalized, without changes, a 2024 interim rule that adjusted the requirements of FAR 52.204-7. This is the provision that governs an offeror’s registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). The...more

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Client Alert: DOE Grant Cancellations: Practical Steps for Recipients Facing Termination

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The Department of Energy (DOE) has recently terminated or suspended a number of high-profile energy grants, withdrawing more than $3.7 billion in commitments for projects involving carbon capture, decarbonization, and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

AI Use: What Should We Keep in Mind When Using AI Tools?

This update is part of our AI FAQ Series. Learn more at our AI Law Center. What questions should I ask before using an AI tool? There are a number of questions that should be considered before using an AI tool, including: (1)...more

IR Global

Towards Trustworthy AI: Building Resilience Through Policy and Compliance

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How can businesses in your jurisdiction adopt AI and automation responsibly, and what guidance are you offering to ensure regulatory compliance?...more

Kilpatrick

5 Key Takeaways | Faulty Intelligence: Responding to an AI Incident

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Kilpatrick’s Greg Silberman recently led a session at the 21st annual KTIPS (Kilpatrick Townsend Intellectual Property Seminar) on “Faulty Intelligence: Responding to an AI Incident”, focusing on how legal, security, and...more

Wiley Rein LLP

New Executive Order Calls for Reforming Federal Grant Oversight

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WHAT: On August 7, 2025, President Trump released an Executive Order (EO), “Improving Oversight Of Federal Grantmaking.” Citing a study from 2024 that claimed more than a quarter of the new National Science Foundation (NSF)...more

Hogan Lovells

DAM(L’d) if you do, DAM(L’d) if you don’t – What should regulated firms be thinking about now the PoCA consent threshold has been...

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On 10 July 2025, the UK raised the threshold below which certain regulated firms can perform acts that would otherwise constitute a money laundering offence. The new threshold is £3,000. This is the second rise in the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

FAR Revisions for Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act

The FAR Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. On July 31, 2025, it released its revisions to FAR Part 50 – Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the safety act. ...more

Sands Anderson PC

Virginia’s Construction Payment Rules Explained

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General contractors who contract with owner/developers and who construct large, complex projects such as office buildings, shopping centers, and warehouses, often seek to shift the risk of owner/developer non-payment to their...more

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