Alan R. Feigenbaum ● New York Law Journal, July 23, 2026 — If you read the newspaper, listen to podcasts, or in some other way, shape, or form are attuned to the growing influence of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in our culture, you
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Blank Rome Labor & Employment Alert: D.C. Circuit Rejects NLRB “Successor Bar” for Unionized Business Acquisitions
Daniel J. Sobol, Brandon S. Shemtob, and David G. Rodriguez What employers should know about union recognition, employee majority support, and bargaining obligations after a business acquisition. The D.C. Circuit has invalidated the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) “successor bar,”…
DOW Updates Section 1260H List: Expanding Compliance Obligations for Government Contractors
Merle M. DeLancey, Jr. and Samarth Barot ● The Department of War (“DoW”) updated its 1260H List on June 8, 2026. The update adds approximately 65 new entities and includes an array of Chinese companies across several key areas of China’s economy.…
CUI, FOCI, Quantum, and CMMC: The Federal Government Issues a Wave of Proposed Rules to Safeguard Government Information
Michael J. Montalbano ● Ernest Hemingway once wrote about bankruptcy that it happens “gradually and then suddenly.” The same can be said about federal information safeguarding rules. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program has been around for seven years. The…
The Pressure to Build Data Centers—and the Growing Pushback: A Historical Perspective
Frederick M. Lowther ● Whether it is the front page of the local newspaper or the cover of a national magazine (or just routine conversation), it is difficult to escape the fact that there has been relentless pressure to build more…
Child Support for Developmentally Disabled Adult Children
Alan R. Feigenbaum ● New York Law Journal, June 25, 2026 — At the end of 2021, New York State passed legislation that enables parents in New York to petition for extended child support for adult children over the age of 21…
Federal Contractors Face Uncertainty as Multi-State Coalition Challenges Executive Order 14398’s Anti-DEI Contracting Provisions
Dominique L. Casimir and Christina Manfredi McKinley● Overview Federal contractors: take notice. A significant lawsuit recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland challenges Executive Order (“EO”) No. 14398, “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors,” which President Trump…
SBA Proposes to Eliminate the Rebuttable Presumption of Social Disadvantage for Individually Owned 8(a) Firms: What Contractors Need to Know
Elizabeth N. Jochum, Dominique L. Casimir, and Samarth Barot● Summary The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a proposed rule on June 11, 2026, that would reshape how individually owned small businesses establish social disadvantage for purposes of the 8(a) Business…
High Seas Treaty Takes Force: What You Need to Know
Jeanne M. Grasso and Holli B. Packer ● Roughly two thirds of the ocean lies outside of any country’s jurisdiction. This area, encompassing about half of the Earth’s total surface, is known as the “high seas.” The high seas hold huge…
The Iran War and International Shipping: Navigating Disruption and Legal Risk in the International Shipping and Logistics Industries
Keith B. Letourneau, Natalie M. Radabaugh, and G. Evan Spencer ● The escalation of armed conflict involving the United States, Israel, Iran, and certain Gulf states following coordinated U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in late February 2026 has significantly and immediately impacted international shipping…