On December 30, Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced that the City of Baltimore filed a civil action against a fintech provider offering small-dollar cash advance products, alleging violations of the Baltimore Consumer Protection Ordinance. According to the City, the
On December 30, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered that the CFPB must continue requesting funding from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under the statutory funding framework established by Congress. The Court
Indiana, Kentucky, and Rhode Island rang in the new year with their comprehensive privacy laws taking effect on January 1, 2026. Almost half of US states now have these fairly similar laws in place. Nuances exist from jurisdiction
Just in time for the holidays, on December 15, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) issued an untitled letter (the “Letter”) to Karuna Therapeutics, Inc., a Bristol Myers Squibb Company, concerning a
Another class action lawsuit—Cruz v. Fireflies.AI Corp.—puts a spotlight on potential legal risks associated with AI meeting assistants. The complaint alleges that the Fireflies tool records, analyzes, transcribes, and stores voices of meeting participants, including voices of those
In today’s hyper-marketed economy, buzzwords like “natural,” “eco-friendly,” and “sustainably sourced,” are appearing increasingly on consumer goods. As a result, the Plaintiffs bar is taking aim at allegedly false marketing statements that products are good for the planet (or at
On December 10, 2025, Gemini Space Station, Inc. (NASDAQ:GEMI) announced that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) approved the registration of its subsidiary—Gemini Titan, LLC—as a Designated Contract Market (“DCM”), making it the first crypto-native exchange to obtain the necessary
The Federal Circuit recently confirmed the importance of properly identifying the trade secrets underlying a claim under the Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“OUTSA”) [Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1333.61 et seq.], finding that the plaintiffs’ failure to properly
The Federal Circuit recently confirmed the importance of properly identifying the trade secrets underlying a claim under the Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“OUTSA”) [Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1333.61 et seq.], finding that the plaintiffs’ failure to properly
On November 21, 2025, the California Court of Appeal issued important guidance confirming that religious employers are not categorically exempt from wage and hour obligations under state law. In Lorenzo v. San Francisco Zen Center, the court addressed whether the
