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Venezuela’s New Hydrocarbon Framework- Key Considerations for Energy, Financial, and Sanction Sensitive Businesses

Key Takeaways Venezuela’s amended Hydrocarbons Law marks a major policy shift by reopening the upstream oil and gas sector to ...
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H-1B Lottery 2027 Registration Opens March 4

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2027 H-1B cap ...
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FCC Adopts New Foreign Adversary Attestation and Disclosure Rules Impacting Satellite Operators and Submarine Cable Landing Licensee

On Jan. 30, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order (Order) introducing ...
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California Rolls Out New Venture Capital Diversity Reporting Requirements

California’s new law, Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies, will require diversity reporting by venture capital and similar investment firms with a California nexus beginning in 2026 ...
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Defensible Decisions- The EEOC’s New Direction and Courts’ Expanding View of Workplace Harm

In this episode of our Defensible Decisions podcast, Scott Kelly (shareholder, Birmingham) sits down with Nonnie Shivers (office managing shareholder, Phoenix) to discuss the implications for ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court Rejects the Opportunity to Overturn McDonnell Douglas

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to visit the legal soundness of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973), a seminal decision that has outlined the burdens of proof in ...
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Court Allows Chapter 93A Claim to Proceed Despite Dismissed Fraud Claim

In O’Connor v. Ford Motor Co., the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois addressed whether a Massachusetts Chapter 93A claim could proceed after the court had dismissed ...
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OIG Greenlights Cost-Sharing Waiver for Commercially Insured Patients

On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) posted Advisory Opinion 26-01, offering clarity as to whether a manufacturer may waive patient ...
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FTC Announces Revised HSR Act Thresholds and Increased Filing Fees

The Federal Trade Commission published revised Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) thresholds and updated filing fees, and revised thresholds for interlocking directorates, for 2026. The new HSR thresholds and ...
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Mixed Blessings: Decision on Appeal by Bunnings Against Privacy Commissioner’s Determination Re the Use of Facial Recognition Technology

The Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia (Tribunal) has partially overturned the findings of the Privacy Commissioner on Bunnings’ use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in its stores. The ...
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HUD Proposes Changes to Its Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard

The Fair Housing Act was passed into law by Congress in 1968 and prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race or color, religion, sex, national origin, familial ...
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BETTER THAN NOTHING: Willfulness Allegations Tossed Against Credit Acceptance Corp in TCPA Class Action Although Other Motions Denied

Sometimes even a small win for a TCPA defendant likely feels like a great victory. Take the case of Carr v. Credit Acceptance Corp. 2026 WL 297212 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 4, 2026). There CAC is being sued in ...