Emerging Legal News

340B Litigation Update: Key Cases and Legal Trends
This Week in 340B: January 14 – 20, 2025
by: Emily J. Cook & Reuben Bank
Fifth Circuit Ruling Further Limits SEC Rulemaking
Landmark Fifth Circuit Ruling Further Limits SEC Rulemaking
by: Scott H. Kimpel
Senate Caucus May Further Empower Inspectors General
DOGE and a New Senate Caucus May Further Empower Inspectors General
by: Clark Kent Ervin
IRS Tax Guidance January 2025
IRS Roundup January 6 – 10, 2025
by: Evan Walters & Samuel F. Hamer
Supreme Court FLSA Circuit Split
SCOTUS Rejects “Heightened” Standard for Employers Defending FLSA Exemptions
by: Madison C. Picard & Stephen W. Aronson
IP Urban Legends
The IP of IP Urban Legends | The IP of Everything Podcast - Episode 26 [Podcast]
by: Jennifer A. Van Kirk
FTC Updates HSR Act Thresholds and Filing Fees for 2025
FTC Announces 2025 HSR Notification Threshold and Filing Fee Increases
by: Daniel E. Hemli & Jacqueline R. Java
U.S. Disavows OECD Global Tax Deal, Reviewing Foreign Tax Impacts
Trump Administration Disavows the OECD Global Tax Deal
by: Martin T Hamilton & Richard M. Corn
Trump Revokes EO 11246, Ending DEI for Contractors
President Trump Revokes Affirmative Action Requirement for Federal Government Contractors
by: Jack Blum & Erin D. Schilling
Trump's Executive Order Limits Gender Ideology in Federal Policies
President Trump’s Executive Order on Recognizing Two Sexes: Implications for Private Employers
by: Evandro C Gigante & Laura M. Fant
Healthcare Antitrust Under Trump: Key Trends to Watch
Looking Back and Looking Forward: Healthcare Antitrust in a New Administration: What Stays the Same and What Changes?
by: John D. Carroll & Jared P. Nagley
Adapting Strategies to Automotive Industry Shifts
Foley Automotive Update 22 January 2025
by: Ann Marie Uetz & Vanessa L. Miller
FTC Targets MLM Earnings Claims With Proposed Rules
FTC Issues Three Notices for Changes to the Business Opportunity Rule and a New Rule on Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) Practices; Proposed Rules Face Uncertainty Under New FTC Chair
by: Phyllis H. Marcus & Nicole R. Johnson
Trade Secret Legal Trends: Key 2024 Updates
5 Trends to Watch: 2025 Trade Secrets
by: Jordan D. Grotzinger & Kurt A. Kappes
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January 2025 Legal News Roundup
January 2025 Legal News: Law Firm News and Mergers, Industry Awards and Recognition, DEI and Women in Law
by: The National Law Review

Thank you for reading the National Law Review’s legal news roundup, highlighting the latest law firm news! A new year means new law firm news. Please read below for the latest in law firm news and industry expansion, legal industry awards and recognition, and DEI and women in the legal field.

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Trump First Day Executive Order
BREAKING NEWS: President Trump Revokes a Long List of Biden Executive Orders
by: Laura A. Mitchell & Lisa B. Marsh

In one of numerous Executive Orders signed on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an order entitled, “Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” The Executive Order re

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Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban
Breaking News: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban Law
by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity

On January 17, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) unanimously upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the “Act”), which restricts companies from making foreign adversary controlled ap

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Wildfire Relief Options For Employers
Direct Employer Assistance and 401(k) Plan Relief Options for Employees Affected by California Wildfires
by: Stephanie A. Smithey & Timothy G. Verrall

In the past week, devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, California, have caused unprecedented destruction across the region, leading to loss of life and displacing tens of thousands.

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Canada is joining in the artificial intelligence boom in the legal industry
Bridging the Gap: How AI is Revolutionizing Canadian Legal Tech
by: Victor Dudas

While Canadian law firms have traditionally lagged behind their American counterparts in adopting legal tech, the AI explosion is closing the gap. This slower adoption rate isn't due to a lack of innovation—Canada boasts a thriving legal tech sector.

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Title IX Regulations Vacated Nationwide
2024 Title IX Regulations Vacated Nationwide
by: Stephanie R. Setterington & Jessica E. Visser

On January 9, 2025, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the case of Tennessee v. Cardona, vacating the 2024 Title IX regulations nationwide. The court ruled that the issuance of the 2024 regulations exceeded the Department of Education’s authority and was unconstitutional on multiple grounds.

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Finessing the office to use generative AI in legal procedures and paperwork
Change Management: How to Finesse Law Firm Adoption of Generative AI
by: Tom Martin

Law firms today face a turning point. Clients demand more efficient, cost-effective services; younger associates are eager to leverage the latest technologies for legal tasks; and partners try to reconcile tradition with agility in a highly competitive marketplace. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged.

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Navigating Cannabis Insurance: Key Challenges and Solutions
Property Insurance Coverage Pitfalls for Cannabis Businesses and Landlords
by: Joshua N. Willis

Nearly all Americans now live in a state where some form of cannabis is legal. Given that the cannabis industry is now valued in billions of dollars and has created hundreds of thousands of jobs across 39 of the 50 states, it requires the same range of insurance products that protect businesses in other sectors.

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2024 Cybersecurity Recap & 2025 Forecast: Key Trends
Governmental Practice Cybersecurity and Data Protection: 2024 Recap & 2025 Forecast Alert
by: Townsend L. Bourne & Nikole Snyder

To kick off the New Year (and as is now tradition, since we put out a similar Recap & Forecast last year), Sheppard Mullin’s Governmental Practice Cybersecurity & Data Protection Team has prepared a cybersecurity-focused 2024 Recap (highlighting major updates and including links to the resources we put out over t

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PFAS in plastics
NGOs Appeal Dismissal of Suit Seeking TSCA Section 6 Rule Prohibiting Production of PFOA during Fluorination of Plastic Containers
by: Lynn L. Bergeson & Carla N. Hutton
SEC Chair Gary Gensler to Resign
Changing of the Guard at the SEC
by: Scott H. Kimpel & Kelli Regan Rice
Small “Starter” Home Developments
SB 684 and SB 1123 Expedite the Entitlement Path for Small “Starter” Home Developments
by: Jennifer Jeffers & Jordan Wright
List of Contractors Selected For Audit by the OFCCP
OFCCP Releases List of Contractors Selected For Audit – Is Your Company On It?
by: Guy Brenner & Olympia Karageorgiou
America’s Anti-Robocall Statute
What is the TCPA?: Here’s a Quick Background on America’s Anti-Robocall Statute Every Call Center Must Know
by: Eric J. Troutman
Violations of Whistleblower Rule
SEC Enforcement Director Highlights Increased Penalties for Violations of Whistleblower Rule
by: Geoff Schweller
Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
FDA Updates Guidance for Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
Supreme Court to Weigh Economic Harm and Legal Standing in DACA Challenge
DACA Case Update: Appeals Court’s Focus on Standing
by: Michelle Choe
Schneider Electric Investigates JIRA Platform Breach, Highlights Threat of Stolen Credentials
The Impact of Stolen Credentials
by: Linn F. Freedman
CMS Expands AHEAD Model to New States for Health Cost Control
CMS Continues to Plan AHEAD Amid Rising Healthcare Costs
by: Patrick H. Hao & Justine F. Lei
Employee Retention Credits Refund Delays
Employee Retention Credits Refund Delays: Insights and Options [Podcast]
by: Michael K. Mahoney & Viki E. Farrior
Charitable Endowments
A Legal Practitioner's Guide to Charitable Endowments [Podcast]
by: Klaus Gottlieb
Whistleblowers Put a Stake in Kickback Scheme
No More Fraud Vampires: Whistleblowers Put a Stake in Phlebotomy Unlawful Kickback Scheme
by: Tycko & Zavareei Whistleblower Practice Group
Proposed ACA Regulations Require Employer Health Plans to Cover OTC Contraceptives
Affordable Care Act Proposed Rule Would Broaden Access to Over-the-Counter Contraception Without Cost Sharing
by: Timothy J. Stanton
Fiduciary Best Practices and Risk Mitigation in 2024
Conjuring Health Plan Hygiene: The Final Chapter
by: Caitlin M. Britos
USCIS to End Simultaneous Adjudication of H-4 and L-2 Visa Apps
Settlement Requiring Near-Contemporaneous Adjudication of Properly Bundled Forms I-539 and I-765 to Sunset in January 2025
by: Evan B. Gordon
Arbitration Provisions in Nonprofits’ Contracts
Strategic Use of Arbitration Provisions in Nonprofits’ Contracts
by: Sean W. Glynn & Brian D. Schneider
Beijing Intellectual Property Court
Beijing Intellectual Property Court Releases “Analysis of Patent Granting and Confirmation Cases 2014-2024” With 58 Typical Cases
by: Aaron Wininger
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How Will Limiting the Scope of the 14th Amendment Impact the EB-5 Financing Market?
by: Shae Armstrong
Breaking: President Trump Rescinds Executive Order 11246
by: Guy Brenner & Olympia Karageorgiou
February 2025 Visa Bulletin – State Department Sends a Little Love to EB-2/EB-3 India and EB-2 China, Leaves All Other Categories Out in the Cold
by: Suzan Kern
Trump Initiates Investigation of Tariffs on Imported Steel and Aluminum Products
by: Joseph E. Donovan
Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Threshold Increases by $6.9 Million
by: Benjamin R. Dryden & Diane Hazel
Justices Rebuke Appeals Court for Overlooking High Court Precedent on Unduly Prejudicial Evidence - SCOTUS Today
by: Stuart M. Gerson
EV Trade Secrets Litigation Series: Tesla and Rivian Resolve High-Stakes Legal Clash Over IP
by: Baldassare Vinti & Elizabeth C. Shrieves
The TikTok Ban Saga: SCOTUS, Trump’s Executive Order, and the Implications for Digital Marketing and Emerging Platforms
by: Jeffrey M. Kelly
At Long Last, DEA’s Remote Prescribing Rules 2.0 Are (Really) Here! (Pending Further Consideration by the Incoming Administration . . .)
by: Alan J. Arville & Audrey Davis
FTC Announces Significant Increases to the 2025 HSR Reporting Thresholds
by: Carrie A. Hanger & Colleen Pleasant Kline
New TTB Standard of Fill No Place for Kegged Cocktails
by: Benjamin Sheppard
60-Second Sustains: The Mission Essential Group
by: Elizabeth N. Jochum & David L. Bodner
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Artificial Intelligence News

Bipartisan House AI Task Force Releases 2024 Report, Setting the Stage for 2025
House Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Report
by: Scott J. Gelbman & Matthew H. Leggett
Proposed AI Legislation
States Ring in the New Year with Proposed AI Legislation
by: Adam S. Forman & Greta Ravitsky
2023 AI Executive Order Revoked
2023 AI Executive Order Revoked
by: Aaron K. Tantleff & Chanley T. Howell
FTC Settles with Rytr for False AI-Generated Review
Continued FTC Crackdown on False Product Reviews
by: Pamela M. Deese
Biden Announces Three AI Actions
Out with a Bang: President Biden Ends Final Week in Office with Three AI Actions — AI: The Washington Report
by: Bruce D. Sokler & Alexander Hecht
Anti-Discrimination Standards and AI
New Jersey Guidance on AI: Employers Must Comply With State Anti-Discrimination Standards
by: Ian Carleton Schaefer
California Attorney General News and Updates
California Attorney General Issues Two Advisories Summarizing Law Applicable to AI
by: Joseph J. Lazzarotti
<p><strong>Colorado Adopts Amendments to CPA Rules</strong></p> <p>The Colorado Attorney General announced the adoption of&nbsp;<a href="https://coag.gov/app/uploads/2024/12/2024.12.05-FINAL-REDLINE-Proposed-Amendments-to-CPA-Rules.pdf">amendments</a>&nbsp;to the Colorado Privacy Act (&ldquo;CPA&rdquo;) rules. The rules will become effective on January 30, 2025. The rules provide&nbsp;enhanced protections for the processing of biometric data as well as&nbsp;the processing of the online activities of minors.
Colorado Attorney General Announces Adoption of Amendments to Colorado Privacy Act Rules + Attorneys General Oppose Clearview AI Biometric Data Privacy Settlement
by: Blank Rome LLP
Biden’s Executive Order on AI Infrastructure: Innovation Meets Sustainability and Security
Biden Administration Releases Executive Order Advancing Artificial Intelligence
by: Nicholas A. Sarokhanian & Lyric D. Menges
FTC To Hold Hearing On Individual Impersonation Ban Jan. 17
FTC to Hold Hearing on Impersonation Rule Amendment
by: Pamela M. Deese
Artificial Intelligence AI State Federal Regulations
New Artificial Intelligence (AI) Regulations and Potential Fiduciary Implications
by: Michael Abbott & Aaron K. Tantleff
FDA AI Drug Development Draft Guidance
AI Drug Development: FDA Releases Draft Guidance
by: Nikhil T. Pradhan & Oyvind Dahle
VC Investment in AI Startups Hits $7 Billion in 2024
Drilling Down into Venture Capital Financing in Artificial Intelligence
by: Natasha Allen & Louis Lehot
FTC Outlines Key AI Considerations for Consumer Protection
FTC Blog Outlines Factors for Companies to Consider About AI — AI: The Washington Report
by: Bruce D. Sokler & Alexander Hecht
AI and Employment News
Black Box Issues [Podcast]
by: Guy Brenner & Jonathan P. Slowik
MFA Vulnerabilities Rise With AI Deepfakes and Mobile Risks
AI Versus MFA
by: Joseph J. Lazzarotti
AI Black Boxes in Employment: Navigating the Bias Challenge
The Proskauer Brief Episode 50: AI at Work - Black Box Issues [Podcast]
by: Guy Brenner & Jonathan P. Slowik
Artificial Intelligence AI's Growing Role in Healthcare
Healthy AI: 2024 Year in Review
by: Carolyn V. Metnick & Arushi Pandya
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Environmental, Social, Governance

French Low-Carbon Hydrogen Update
France Launches Long-Awaited Procedure to Support the Production of Renewable or Low-Carbon Hydrogen
by: Anne Lapierre
Thailand Eases Regulations for Solar Rooftop Installations
by: Chumbhot Plangtrakul & Thaphanut Vimolkej
The Trump Administration’s Day-One Executive Actions: Impacts on Energy and Environmental Policy and More
by: Scott H. Segal & Dee Martin
Lead Contamination in Water: Flint Water Crisis Update
by: Deborah Greenspan
With Executive Orders, President Trump Reshapes Federal Environmental and Energy Policy
by: J. Michael Showalter & Sarah A. W. Fitts
Trump Issues Sweeping Executive Order Declaring National Energy Emergency
by: David J. Raphael & Samuel R. Boden
EPA Proposes to Clarify Supplier Notification Requirements for TRI-Listed PFAS
by: Lynn L. Bergeson & Carla N. Hutton
US Treasury and IRS Unveil Proposed Regulations for Commercial EV Tax Credit, Sparking Questions on Recapture Provisions
by: Chris DiAngelo & Brandon D. Hadley
DOE and EPA Announce $6 Million to Support Advanced Biofuel Development
by: Lynn L. Bergeson & Carla N. Hutton
PFAS: A New Four-Letter Word in Environmental Law? Updates from 2024 and Predictions for 2025
by: Sloane Anders Wildman & Joseph V. Schaeffer
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International Law News

Trade Mark Infringement in the UK
When Life Gives you Lemons….Thatchers Successful as Court of Appeal Finds Aldi Copycat Products Amount to Trade Mark Infringement in the UK
by: Arthur Artinian & Simon Casinader
2024 Key Changes in International Arbitration
International Arbitration: What You Need to Know for 2025
by: David L. Attanasio
Key Labor Law Changes in Germany for 2025
Key Developments in German Labor and Employment Law for 2025
by: Dr. Ulrike Conradi & Dr. Martin Römermann
EU Takes Action at WTO Over China's Control of SEP Royalty Rates
EU Files Second Request for Consultations at WTO re China’s Patent Enforcement Practices
by: Aaron Wininger
2025 Mexico Tax Collection and Trade Challenges Ahead
Mexico 2025: Foreign Trade Outlook | What to Expect in Terms of Foreign Trade?
by: Marcos Carrasco Menchaca & Javier Valenzuela Padilla
MAS Publishes AI Risk Guidelines For Financial Institutions
Managing Artificial Intelligence: The Monetary Authority of Singapore's Recommendations on AI Model Risk Management
by: Lucas Nicolet-Serra
Cross-border Transfers of Personal Information
China Issues Draft Certification Mechanism for Cross-border Transfers of Personal Information
by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
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Federal Law News

Key Updates on Labor & Employment for January 2025
Beltway Buzz, January 17, 2025
by: James J. Plunkett
Beltway Buzz covers the latest in labor and employment, including predictions for Inauguration Day, executive orders, NLRB changes, and new policy developments Read More
2025 Budget Reconciliation Roadmap
2025 Budget Reconciliation Roadmap: Impacts and Action Steps
by: C.J. Zane & Joan M. Bondareff
Healthcare Legislation in Focus During Biden's Final Week
Healthcare Preview for the Week of: January 13, 2025 [Podcast]
by: Debra Curtis & Kayla Holgash

State Law News

Legal Battle Over California’s Captive Audience Ban
Federal Lawsuit Challenges California’s Mandatory Captive Audience Ban
by: Luke Bickel
Property Tax Relief Options for Fire-Affected Californians
Property Tax Relief for Southern California Property Owners Affected by the Recent Palisades, Eaton, and Other Fires and Windstorm Conditions
by: Bradley R. Marsh & Cris K. O'Neall
California Arbitration PAGA Claims
PAGA Plaintiffs Cannot Avoid Arbitration by Bringing a “Headless PAGA Lawsuit”
by: Hallie Aylesworth & Victoria Ayeni
California Cal/OSHA COVID19 Regulation Changes and Sunset Dates
Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulation Sunsets February 3, 2025
by: Karen Tynan & Robert C. Rodriguez
Texas AG Sues Allstate for Violations of Texas Privacy Law
Texas AG Sues Allstate for Violations of Texas Privacy Law in First Enforcement Action Under a State Comprehensive Data Privacy Law
by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
California’s Emergency Price Gouging Law Extended Amid Pacific Palisades Fire and Windstorm
Has California Imposed Nationwide Price Controls?
by: Keith Paul Bishop
New Jersey Issues Guidance on Algorithmic Discrimination Under NJLAD
New Jersey Division on Civil Rights Issues New Guidance on ‘Algorithmic Discrimination’
by: Simone R.D. Francis
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