With artificial intelligence tools becoming part of everyday decision-making, for some, chatbots are a first stop for help with answering questions, including questions that feel “legal” in nature. Such questions might include whether a contract clause is enforceable, how to respond to a demand letter, or what to say in an internal investigation. The AI
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff issued a joint statement on Jan. 28, 2026, providing greater clarity on the application of the federal securities laws to the category of crypto assets commonly referred to as tokenized securities. The staff introduced the statement as guidance on the taxonomies of tokenized securities to assist market participants
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
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
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
The Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) has been amended by two pieces of legislation. The first set of amendments, adopted as Senate Substitute 1 to Senate Bill 21, implement significant changes to Sections 144 and 220 of the DGCL. These amendments were signed on March 25, 2025 by the governor with immediate and generally retroactive
On July 1, 2025, the California attorney general (AG) announced a $1.55 million settlement (pending court approval) with Healthline Media, LLC (Healthline), who publishes Healthline.com, a health information website. This settlement marks the regulator’s continued focus on online tracking technologies for targeted advertising and the effectiveness of consumer opt-out systems. Importantly, this is the
