By: Sasha Burstein, Ami R. Jani, Andrew J. Feucht III, Mark T. Heine, Daniel F.C. Crowley, Karishma S. Page, J. Matthew Mangan, and Ruth E. Delaney
California legislators are advancing the proposed Private
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By: Sasha Burstein, Ami R. Jani, Andrew J. Feucht III, Mark T. Heine, Daniel F.C. Crowley, Karishma S. Page, J. Matthew Mangan, and Ruth E. Delaney
California legislators are advancing the proposed Private
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By: Gayle Bowen and Shane Geraghty
Ireland has taken a significant step forward in the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive II (AIFMD II), with confirmation that the enabling Statutory Instruments have now been signed and are set
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By: Jon-Luc Dupuy, Jennifer R. Gonzalez, Mark P. Goshko, Jordan A. Knight, Pablo J. Man, Keri E. Riemer, Tristen Rodgers, and George Zornada
On 27 April 2026, the staff (Staff) of the Securities
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The UK Government’s report on the copyright and AI consultation was recently published. While the report confirms that balancing the interests of copyrights holders and AI developers is a complex exercise, it also provides an indication of likely scenarios to…
By: Thoreau A. Bartmann, Richard W. Burnett, Ruth E. Delaney, Lance C. Dial, Pablo J. Man, and Sarah V. Riddell
On 20 April 2026, the SEC and CFTC jointly proposed yet another round of amendments
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By: Nicole H. Buckley and Whitney E. McCollum
Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson recently signed House Bill 2225 (the Chatbot Disclosure Act) into law, effective 1 January 2027. The Chatbot Disclosure Act requires people and entities who operate AI “companion”
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In an important decision, the Full Federal Court in The NOCO Company v Brown and Watson International 1 held that the relevant date for assessing the best method known to the applicants is the filing date of each divisional application.…
By: Thoreau A. Bartmann, Meghan E. Flinn, Theodore L. Kornobis, and Neil T. Smith
On 7 April 2026, the SEC announced its fiscal year 2025 enforcement results, speaking not only to key actions from the past year
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By: Daniel Knight, Simon Kiburg and Joshua Dries
On 31 March 2026, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) published its conclusions paper titled Merchant Card Payments Costs and Surcharging.
Key Takeaways
The RBA outlined a range of changes including…
In an Official Gazette notice dated 1 April 2026, the USPTO announced a new procedure allowing patent owners to submit a limited “pre order” paper addressing whether a third party ex parte reexamination request raises a Substantial New Question (SNQ)…