After years of resistance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) toward AI patent applications, the patent outlook for AI-related inventions in 2026 appears to be promising thanks to recent changes at the USPTO under Director John A. Squires.
On Sept. 22, 2025, the USPTO swore in Squires as its 60th director. Since
On Dec. 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA) into law. The NDAA includes Section 8103, the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act (HFIAA), which abolishes certain of the current exemptions for securities of foreign private issuers (FPIs) from compliance with certain provisions of the Securities Exchange
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| California has enacted multiple AI regulations, including new laws on AI safety and whistleblowers, training-data transparency and watermarking, HR and ADS anti-discrimination rules, and prohibitions on anticompetitive “common pricing algorithms.”New York, building on NYC Local Law 144, has passed several AI-related bills including the RAISE Act, social-media warning requirements, synthetic-performer disclosures, expanded publicity |
On Dec. 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” that seeks to establish federal supremacy over state AI regulation. The order states that the Administration is concerned that some state-level regulation of AI may be overly burdensome, ideologically biased, or counterproductive to U.S. AI leadership
Wage transparency laws are becoming increasingly common in the United States and Europe. Such laws require companies to disclose certain employee compensation information to both job applicants and existing employees, as a means of addressing pay disparity concerns, particularly along gender and racial lines.
For job applicants, wage transparency typically means companies must include salary
Strategic Expansion Fuels Unified Firm Growth Around the Globe
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Oct. 1, 2025 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig has launched its 50th office. The firm has become licensed in the Abu Dhabi Global Market, an international financial centre located in Abu Dhabi. The new office continues to expand the
On Sept. 23, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced that the state’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) had formally approved the CPPA’s wide-ranging package of revised and new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations, thereby confirming a Jan. 1, 2026, effective date.
Although the new rules do not contain a delayed enforcement
The New $100,000 H-1B Filing Fee: Employer Considerations |
| On Sept. 19, 2025, President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation introducing a mandatory $100,000.00 one-time fee for all “new” H-1B petitions filed on or after Sept. 21, 2025. This represents a significant increase to H-1B filing costs and may substantially affect employers’ immigration strategies and budgets. The |
AI has continued to come under the scrutiny of government enforcers and private litigants. In July 2025, the White House released America’s AI Action Plan. As we noted in our January 5 Trends to Watch: 2025 Antitrust & Competition Law, on the competition side, plaintiffs have alleged that AI may be used in ways
Greenberg Traurig’s Tel Aviv office collaborated with Dr. Philip Radlanski, Local Partner in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group in GT Germany, on a recent interview with Calcalist, one of Israel’s leading business publications.
In the interview, Dr. Radlanski provides timely and practical guidance on how the European Union’s Artificial