The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) proposed targeted amendments (“Proposal”) to its business conduct and documentation requirements for swap dealers (“SDs”) on September ...
On October 6, the DFPI issued a Desist and Refrain Order against a digital-asset ATM operator for alleged violations of the California Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL) and the California Consumer ...
On October 10, 2025, Governor Newsom signed SB 614 into law, which establishes a pathway to lifting the current moratorium on use of intrastate carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines in California in ...
On October 3, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 446, which strengthens California’s existing data-breach disclosure requirements. The law requires businesses and individuals that ...
As the end of the year approaches, the National Labor Relations Board is still without a quorum. Last week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved the nomination of James ...
California continues to lead the way in digital privacy. Its latest step is AB 566, the California Opt Me Out Act. This new law amends the already robust California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and ...
On October 11, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1415, which regulates private equity and hedge fund activity by expanding the Office of Health Care Affordability’s (OHCA) jurisdiction and ...
Over the past several years, both state and federal governments have enacted laws to protect nursing mothers’ rights to pump breast milk in the workplace. Under federal law, employers must provide ...
On October 9, 2025, the Northern District of California denied Mashable, Inc.’s motion to dismiss a class action alleging violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). Mashable operates ...
On September 24, the Connecticut Department of Banking entered a consent order with a lender that offered advances based on anticipated personal-injury recoveries. The Department alleged that the comp ...
On October 9, 2025, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced two new decrees (the “New Rules”) significantly expanding and strengthening export controls over the rare earth supply chain: Decree ...
Continuing the weekly blog posts about lawyers using AI and getting in trouble, the Massachusetts Office of Bar Counsel recently issued an article entitled “Two Years of Fake Cases and the Courts are ...