Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two educational videos and a supplemental fact sheet to guide dietary supplement manufacturers and distributors through the New Dietary Ingredient Notification…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
On June 5, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a tentative agenda for its next Open Meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 26 at 10:30 AM ET. This release occurred a day before Commissioners…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Elections & Politics
On June 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission formally withdrew several rule proposals made while Gary Gensler was Chairman that would have applied to investment managers, including, among others, proposals…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
It’s been a busy couple of weeks in space policy. Although the House Appropriations Committee kept defense funding flat at FY25 levels, it significantly increased funding for Space Force and RDT&E. On the north side of the…
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/ Administrative Law, Military Law, Transportation
On June 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted to extend the compliance date of the Form PF amendments that were adopted in February 2024 again from June 12, 2025 to…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Revokes the September 27, 2023 Presidential Memorandum on restoring fish populations in the Columbia River Basin and directs relevant agencies to withdraw from the associated litigation MOU, halt the current SEIS process, and…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Directs DOI and USDA to consolidate wildland fire programs, expand local partnerships, develop a technology roadmap, and revise rules to enable more effective wildfire prevention and response. It also instructs multiple agencies…
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/ Agriculture, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
On June 9, 2025, the Deputy Attorney General issued a Memorandum detailing the administration’s new FCPA guidelines for all current and future investigations and enforcement actions. According to the Head of DOJ’s Criminal…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
On June 4, 2025, President Trump announced restrictions on entry to the United States by nationals of several designated countries. The Executive Order (EO) titled “Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the…
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/ Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, International Law & Trade
On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced revisions to its procedures for pipeline safety enforcement actions. The changes, outlined…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Transportation
On June 6, 2025, the Commerce Department released its long-awaited guidance for future implementation of the $42.5 billion Broadand, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Entitled a BEAD Restructuring Policy Notice…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Government Contracting
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take appropriate action to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, including by ensuring Medicaid payments rates are not higher than Medicare…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
In a patent infringement litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Judge Rodney Gilstrap denied a joint motion to stay the litigation pending resolution of inter partes review when it was uncertain…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
The Petrofac group, a leading international service provider to the energy and infrastructure industries, has successfully obtained an order sanctioning two inter-conditional restructuring plans (Plans). We explore here the key…
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/ Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
SEC v. Nagler is the second enforcement action charging an investment adviser with undisclosed conflicts of interest since Chair Paul Atkins began his tenure on April 21, 2025. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Torts, Securities Law