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Second Circuit rejects strict liability but imposes reasonable care standard on disclosure of personal motor vehicle information
BakerHostetler In a lengthy opinion that closely examined the legislative history of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), the Second Circuit refused to…
Universal Music Group settles with recording artists over digital downloads
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP In April, Universal Music Group agreed to pay approximately $11.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by over 7,000 recording artists who…
Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, L.P.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP If the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) determines that a petitioner has filed its IPR petition too late, can the petitioner appeal that…
Short-term rent of private accommodation
Pestalozzi The demand for short-term apartment rents both in tourist and in city regions has strongly increased.
Spain regulates short-term accommodation with unified lease registry and digital one-stop platform
Osborne Clarke LLP Spain's Royal Decree 1312/2024, dated 23 December, which took effect on 1 July, establishes a streamlined procedure for single rental registration…
Türkiye: Regulation of short-term rentals
Baker McKenzie Law No. 7464 on the Renting of Residential Properties for Tourism Purposes and Amendment of Certain Laws, which was enacted by the Turkish Grand…
New rules for short-term rentals from July 2024 in Vienna: what the city is planning to do about platforms such as Airbnb & Co
Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner The letting of accommodation for tourist purposes has also been on the rise in Vienna for years. This trend results from the advantages for both…
Mexico: Current Overview of Short-Term Rental Regulation
Garrigues The short-term rental market in Mexico has begun to face stricter regulations, especially on rapidly growing platforms. Mexico City is leading this…
Five critical issues financial services counsel can’t ignore
Lexology From record AML fines to crypto authorisation hurdles, regulatory pressure is reshaping how banks, fintechs and payment platforms operate, govern risk and engage with supervisors. Here’s what in-house teams in financial services must prioritise now.
Short-term rental businesses via online platforms in Thailand
FRANK Legal & Tax As the economy recovers from the COVID-19 crisis, Thailand is again attracting more and more tourists to the country. Visitor numbers are increasing…
India Introduces Digital e-Arrival Card for Foreign Travelers
LawQuest Starting October 1, 2025, India officially launched a new digital e-Arrival Card system for all foreign travelers. This online system replaces the…
Turbulence Ahead: Tariff and Trade Policy Shifts Are Expected Amid Looming Supreme Court Decision
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP The U.S. Supreme Court is currently reviewing the legal authority underpinning some of President Trump’s signature trade actions. At oral…
Beastiality and Beastiality Porn Laws
Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia Earlier this year, NSW Police arrested a man described as the “State’s worst alleged beastiality offender” over a series of alleged acts of sexual…
Restrictions on short-term rentals: the end for Airbnb?
Schoenherr Airbnb and its peers have enjoyed widespread and steady popularity over the years, providing apartment landlords with an attractive additional source…
New regulations in the tourist rental market and potential impact on the hotel sector
Bird & Bird Following the trend in other countries, new regulations are being passed in Spain that tighten the conditions for tourist rentals, especially in…
What to Build—and Where—in 2026: Healthcare Real Estate Strategy Forecast
Ankura Ankura’s Healthcare Real Estate Solutions team tracks critical economic, regulatory, and market trends to guide strategic investment decisions that…
2026 Overview of AI Use in Employment Decisions
GalkinLaw LLC + AI Governance Team Artificial intelligence is no longer an experimental HR tool. Across recruiting, screening, promotion, scheduling, and termination, AI systems are…
New Year, New Rules: Key UK Immigration Changes For 2026
Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers As we enter 2026, the UK immigration landscape is undergoing its most significant transformation in over three decades. The Government’s proposed…
The year ahead in financial services: 12 trends to watch in 2026
Freshfields 2025 was another transformative year for the financial services industry. Geopolitical risks arising from conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere were…
M&A in 2025 and Trends for 2026
Morrison Foerster LLP In 2025, global M&A value rose 41% from 2024, to $4.8 trillion, making 2025 the second-highest M&A value year on record.[1] Overall deal count fell…
Discover the future of contract management: how Generative AI is transforming contract lifecycle management
Deloitte Legal Every business leader knows that contracts are the lifeblood of commerce. They form the backbone of all business relationships and transactions. But…
Is an Employee on FMLA Leave Untouchable? 2nd Circuit Says Certain Facts Can Support Termination
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP We’ve all been there: An employee takes time off (think FMLA or other protected leave), and then you need to take an adverse employment action. Can…
When Insurance Won’t Cover AI: Why Carriers Are Adding Exclusions, And Why AI Governance Is Now Essential
GalkinLaw LLC + AI Governance Team Over the past several months, major insurers, including AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley, have moved to introduce new exclusions and limitations…
What business law changes can the UK expect in 2026?
Osborne Clarke LLP Our Knowledge Lawyers highlight a range of legal developments that businesses can expect this year - including significant judgments, the progress of…
Cyprus to join Schengen in 2026! What Happens Then?
CYAUSE Audit Services Ltd Cyprus has long expressed its intention to join the Schengen Area. When Cyprus will formally join Schengen, several important changes will take place…
Second Circuit rejects strict liability but imposes reasonable care standard on disclosure of personal motor vehicle information
BakerHostetler In a lengthy opinion that closely examined the legislative history of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), the Second Circuit refused to…
Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, L.P.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP If the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) determines that a petitioner has filed its IPR petition too late, can the petitioner appeal that…
Universal Music Group settles with recording artists over digital downloads
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP In April, Universal Music Group agreed to pay approximately $11.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by over 7,000 recording artists who…
A Guide to “Most Favored Nation” Clauses in Business Contracts
Carpenter Wellington PLLC “Most favored nation” clauses, or MFN clauses, are intended to protect contracting parties from unequal treatment. They entitle a party entering into…
The CLARITY Act Delay and What It Reveals About U.S. Crypto Regulation
Baker McKenzie Earlier this week, the Senate Banking Committee appeared poised to advance the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, a sweeping effort to establish a…
4 employment law shorts for the long weekend
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP The feds are hopping! I’ll keep this short so you can get to your long weekend. There have been four hot developments in employment law. Here’s the…
Feds sue Minnesota for discrimination in hiring
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP DOJ follows through on warning about “illegal DEI.” The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against the State of Minnesota, alleging that the…
MoFo Global PE Trends 2025 and Outlook for 2026
Morrison Foerster LLP As geopolitical unpredictability continues around the world, what does 2026 have in store for the global private equity (PE) market? In this annual…
What you need to know from closing arguments in US v. Google
Norton Rose Fulbright Digital advertising affects everyone—from eerily accurate product recommendations to intrusive pop-ups on web pages, we’ve all had some experience…
The Mediation Timing Dilemma: Four Factors Every General Counsel Should Consider
JAMS One of the last things any General Counsel wants is a notice of a lawsuit against their company. Many thoughts enter your mind, including what’s the…
General Newsletter - January 2026
DSK Legal On 5 December 2025, SEBI released a consultation paper proposing a comprehensive consolidation and modernisation of the Master Circular governing…
Legal and Regulatory Environment
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP In 2025, regulatory oversight in China’s consumer sector underwent a series of developments, with authorities placing renewed emphasis on the safety…
IRS Announces 2025 Penalty Relief for Employers from OBBBA Reporting Requirements
Hall Benefits Law The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that it will not seek penalties against employers for failure to meet reporting requirements…
How Corporate IP Exposes the Limits of Generic Legal AI Tools
DeepIP Legal AI tools have matured rapidly. Document summarization, drafting assistance, semantic search, and classification are now widely available and…
The enforcement landscape: Priorities and projections for 2026
Slaughter and May UK regulators and prosecuting authorities are signalling a decisive shift toward tougher enforcement in 2026. Armed with new legislative tools…
Employment Law Update: Fourth Circuit Decision Highlights WARN Act Risks for Employers That Are Part of Broader Corporate Families
Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP Since the late 1980s, employers conducting large layoffs have had to seek to ensure compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Training Notification…
Taking Note(s): Legal Considerations When Using AI as an Office Scribe
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Artificial intelligence (“AI”) has become an ever-increasing presence in the workplace. AI can help employees focus on more meaningful work by…
The high cost of inaction in employment disputes
Levitt LLP Across corporate Canada, executives are learning how an unduly delayed HR decision can suddenly become a material liability The board meeting is…
Aviation Case Review 2025
Watson Farley & Williams LLP In 2025, the aviation disputes scene was again dominated by the insurance litigation resulting from the detention of aircraft in Russia at the start…
Winter AI wrap: a snapshot of key updates and developments
Weil, Gotshal & Manges Below is a brief round-up of key AI regulatory and policy developments. As AI regulation continues to evolve rapidly, we will be publishing these…
UK and EU Asset Management 2026 Regulatory Outlook
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP A consultation paper published in early 2025 by His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) and a parallel call for input by the UK Financial Conduct Authority…
2026 Overview of AI Use in Employment Decisions
GalkinLaw LLC + AI Governance Team Artificial intelligence is no longer an experimental HR tool. Across recruiting, screening, promotion, scheduling, and termination, AI systems are…
Updates to HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Required by February 16, 2026
Koley Jessen PC Health care providers and other HIPAA covered entities must update their Notice of Privacy Practices ("NPP") by February 16, 2026 to incorporate new…
Supreme Court denies India - Mauritius tax treaty benefit for Tiger Global, rejects grandfathering protection under GAAR
Khaitan & Co In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of India (SC) has denied capital gains tax exemption claimed by Tiger Global International II Holdings, Tiger…
The Supreme Court Again Declines to Clarify ‘Manifest Disregard’ as a Standard for Vacatur Under the Federal Arbitration Act
Troutman Pepper Locke This week, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari in Zeidman v. Lindell Management LLC, a case involving a $5 million…
New False Claims Act amendments may change the way research institutions respond to discovery of overpayments on their federal grants and contracts
Hogan Lovells On May 20, 2009, President Obama signed legislation containing a number of significant amendments to the federal civil False Claims Act (FCA) and its whistleblower or qui tam provisions, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729, et seq.
Mexico Is First to Ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement
Thompson Hine LLP On June 19, 2019, Mexico became the first of the three involved countries to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA), which is intended…
Soliris® (eculizumab) Interchangeable Biosimilar Launches: Bkemv™ and Epysqli®
Venable LLP On April 7, 2025, Samsung Bioepis and Teva announced the launch of Epysqli® (eculizumab-aagh), a provisionally interchangeable biosimilar of Alexion…
New federal food safety act promises to pest[er] companies
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Are you in a food services business?
“New Deal for Consumers” - draft package adopted by the European Commission
Hogan Lovells The European Commission has adopted a “New Deal for Consumers” package which aims to empower consumers, promote fairness and build trust across the…
Plan-provided limitations period and accrual provisions
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Recent appellate and district court opinions have upheld the enforceability of contractual limitations periods and accrual provisions in benefit…
Target Not Permitted to Deduct Finder’s Fee Incurred in Connection with Its Acquisition
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP Transaction expenses, including fees for legal counsel, accountants, financial advisors, brokers and other third parties, are an ineluctable aspect…
Changes to the Northern District of California Patent Local Rules
Paul Hastings LLP Effective January 17, 2017, the Northern District of California’s Patent Local Rules now require earlier disclosure of damages theories and…
FinCEN fines trust company $1.5 million for BSA violations
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP On April 26, FinCEN announced its first enforcement action against a trust company, in which it assessed a $1.5 million civil money penalty against a…
EU Council proposal for a DEBRA Directive on notional interest deductions
Taylor Wessing On 11 May 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a new Council Directive providing for a tax deductibility of notional interest on…
AmerisourceBergen pays DoJ US$625m over repackaging claims
Pharma Law News US drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen and four of its subsidiaries have struck a deal with the Department of Justice to settle claims they illegally pooled and repackaged cancer drugs.
Seventh Circuit rules laches no bar to breach of contract for failure to remove contaminants
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a landowner who sold property to The Nature Conservancy but failed to remove contaminants as required by the sales contract cannot bar a breach of contract claim by asserting laches as a defense.
Secured creditors and unfair preference claims - appeal allowed from Tap Inn decision
Hall & Wilcox On 1 December 2015, we wrote about the decision of His Honour Judge Chivell of the District Court of South Australia in Matthews v The Tap Inn Pty…
New Indication Alert: J&J’s Darzalex® (Daratumumab) Quadruplet Regimen for Multiple Myeloma Approved in the EU
Pearce IP On 23 October 2024, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced that the European Commission has approved an indication extension for Darzalex® (daratumumab)…
Not as Simple as Clicking Your Mouse: A Look at the FTC’s “Click to Cancel” Rule
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP On Oct. 16, the Federal Trade Commission announced its final “click to cancel” rule. The rule is part of the FTC’s broader “Rule Concerning…
O3b satellite venture completes $1.2 billion funding plan
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP O3b Networks Limited, the broadband satellite venture led by SES and backed by Google, confirmed on Monday that it has finalized its $1.2 billion funding plan with the receipt of $230 million in new equity investment that will enable the venture to deploy its first satellite in 2013.
Legal developments in construction law: November 2023- First-tier Tribunal makes BSA s123 Remediation order
Mayer Brown In January the First-tier Tribunal made a Remediation contribution order under s124 of the Building Safety Act. It has also made a Remediation order…
PRA publishes updated version of its approach document to insurance supervision
A&L Goodbody On 19 June 2014, the PRA published an updated version of the document setting out its approach to insurance supervision. Key changes include (a)…
PH Money Matters: This Week in Washington - May 27, 2019
Paul Hastings LLP A meeting between Democratic leaders and the President on infrastructure was cut short on Wednesday, after the President took issue…
Supreme Court declines to review CEO's personal liability
Epstein Becker Green The United States Supreme Court declined to review the Second Circuit's decision in Irizarry v. Catsimatidis, in which the Court of Appeals affirmed…
Feedstocks rule withdrawn
Mintz The Environmental Protection Agency withdrew a direct final rule March 5 that would have approved a number of new fuel feedstocks and processes under its renewable fuels program.
Space Brief - Sustainability| The long-term sustainability of outer space
VdA For the space sector to continue for the years to come as the same bustling innovative sector enabling growth and transformational changes to life on…
European Commission consultations
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek NV The Commission wants to tighten the rules for and the supervision of depositaries.
Seventh Circuit Decision Rejecting Class Action Waiver Sets Stage for Supreme Court Review
FordHarrison LLP On May 26, 2016, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a class and/or collective action waiver contained…
WTR Global Leaders 2020: Vladimir Marenovic
World Trademark Review I come from a country in which the protection and enforcement of IP rights was not as developed as it was in most European countries…
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