On 27 April 2026, the staff (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a no-action letter that extends to open-end funds, subject to certain conditions, exemptive relief that ...
In a significant decision for telecommunications patent law, a panel of the Federal Circuit issued a mixed ruling in Constellation Designs, LLC v. LG Electronics Inc, vacating a summary judgment of ...
On April 20, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued new guidance on changes made by the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill ...
A California appellate court recently issued a decision that reinforced the growing trend that an employee’s representative ...
One practice question frequently raised by private fund sponsors, including exempt reporting advisers (“ERAs”), is whether they may compensate third parties for introductions to potential U.S.
Washington has joined the growing list of states that ban almost all employee noncompete agreements. On March 23, Washington ...
On April 21, 2026, in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board, Case No. 23-2302 (9th Cir.), the U.S.
Medicare payment suspensions result in a cessation of payments for Medicare services until the suspension is resolved, typically several months after the initial action to suspend. Payments withheld ...
The State Department has published the May Visa Bulletin. The acceleration in green card availability that began in March will abruptly stop in May for all categories except EB-3 Other Workers, All ...
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken two steps under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act ...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) continues to defend its jurisdictional turf. The CFTC filed a federal lawsuit against the State of New York and submitted an amicus brief to the ...
On April 22, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued Hencely v. Fluor Corporation,[1] a 6-3 decision rejecting the Fourth Circuit’s holding that defense contractors enjoy per seimmunity ...