6/16/2025 4:36:07 PM FDA Reimagined: Faster, Friendlier, and Focused on Cures By Kate Hardey Brandon von Kriegelstein On June 10, 2025, the Commissioner of the FDA, Dr. Martin Makary, and Dr. Vinayak Prasad, the Director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics...
6/16/2025 3:01:26 PM FCA Consults on Proposals for Stablecoin Issuance and Cryptoasset Custody By Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo +3 more... Show less The UK Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) recently published two consultations: CP25/14 on stablecoin issuance and cryptoasset custody...
6/16/2025 1:17:09 PM SEC Requests Stay of CAT-Related Class Action Proceedings By James Brady Michael Lohnes Nicholas Gervasi On June 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requested a stay of proceedings in a pending class action lawsuit challenging...
6/13/2025 7:46:07 PM Updated FCPA Guidance By Johnjerica Hodge Shortly after taking office President Trump signed an executive order titled, “Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to...
6/13/2025 7:32:58 PM FTC and DOJ Announce Listening Sessions on Lowering American’s Drug Prices By Kate Hardey Lance Soderstrom Deepro Mukerjee Taylor Stilwell +1 more... Show less On April 15, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order No. 14273, “Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First,...
6/12/2025 7:52:42 PM Takeaways from the 2025 NYU International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF) By Henry Stapp Frank Arado Last week in New York, hospitality and lodging industry leaders convened at the 2025 NYU International Hospitality Investment Forum...
6/12/2025 3:32:22 PM On the Hot Seat: Brian Quintenz Faces Senate Spotlight in CFTC Confirmation Hearing By Carl Kennedy Dan Davis Matt Kluchenek Alex Kim Nicholas Gervasi +2 more... Show less Brian Quintenz appeared before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry (Senate Ag Committee) for his June 10th...
6/11/2025 8:51:39 PM SEC Form PF Amendments Delayed Again By Adam Bolter Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to extend the compliance date for rule amendments that expand the reporting...
6/11/2025 12:03:39 AM New Serious Invasion of Privacy Tort in Australia for Privacy Comes Into Effect By Trisha Sircar In late 2024, the Australian Government enacted a series of reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The new statutory tort for serious...
6/10/2025 10:11:04 PM Justice Kavanaugh Signals Conservative Vote Toward Imposing a Pre-Certification Standing Requirement Under FRCP 23 By Ted Huffman Eric Hail Eric Werlinger Christopher Vazquez +1 more... Show less On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court declined to decide the question, certified in Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Davis, as to...
6/10/2025 3:22:31 PM Fifth Circuit Affirms Party's Strategic Maneuver to Compel Arbitration From Federal Court Even When Forum Clause Required Remand By Ted Huffman In a notable clarification of removal and arbitration procedure, the Fifth Circuit in Odom Industries, Inc. v. Sipcam Agro Solutions,...
6/5/2025 5:58:16 PM HHS Rescinds 2022 EMTALA Guidance on State Law Preemption in Emergency Reproductive Health Care By Katy Pollitt On May 29, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) rescinded its July 11, 2022 guidance (Ref. QSO-22-22-Hospitals) (the...
6/2/2025 7:04:23 PM Can There be Only One? The CFTC Faces an Unprecedented Moment with Potentially One Commissioner By Carl Kennedy Dan Davis Nicholas Gervasi As commissioners continue to depart, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) may soon find itself in an...
6/2/2025 1:32:14 PM SEC Staff Green Lights Various Staking Activities By Dan Davis Alex Kim The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance released a statement articulating its position that...
5/30/2025 5:53:44 PM Stay on Alert: CFTC Staff Reminds Registered Exchanges and Clearinghouses to Evaluate and Calibrate Their Volatility Control Mechanisms By Carl Kennedy Eli Krasnow The Commodity Futures Training Commission’s (“CFTC”) Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk issued an advisory...
5/30/2025 5:46:47 PM Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Usury Law: Maximum Interest Must Be Calculated Using the Actuarial Method Resulting in Lower Interest Charges as Principal Balance Declines By Ted Huffman Eric Hail Commercial lenders in Texas should be made aware of the Texas Supreme Court’s new decision in American Pearl Group, LLC v. National...