The legal landscape for businesses facing Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) claims may be undergoing a seismic shift. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in McLaughlin Chiropractic ...

Takeaways The appeals court conducted an exhaustive review of the factors defining independent contractor status under the Fourth Circuit’s McFeeley economic realities test. Merely calling legal ...

When we seek medical care, we expect safe, careful treatment. Most of the time, healthcare providers do a good job. However, there are times when a serious mistake happens, and a patient ends up ...

Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) reversed an Appeals Court panel in a strongly-worded decision concerning abutter standing to appeal a zoning decision, Stone v. Zoning Bd. of ...

On July 30, 2025, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) launched a consultation seeking feedback on its draft guidance concerning the use of profiling tools for online safety (the “Guidance ...

On July 25, 2025, the UK government published the four key stages for bringing the provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act (the “DUAA”) into effect. The DUAA received Royal Assent on June 19, 2025 ...

Takeaways Florida’s CHOICE Act diverges sharply from national trends, expanding rather than restricting employers’ power to safeguard their business interests. The new law makes preliminary ...

On July 29, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to rescind its 2009 Endangerment Finding. This finding concluded that greenhouse gasses (GHG) “threaten the public health ...

Building on our recent coverage of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Department of Energy (DOE) NEPA reforms, three additional federal agencies have now announced sweeping updates to ...

On July 24, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order aimed at addressing recent legal developments that have changed ...

Following the 2025 Texas Legislature’s regular session, litigators and corporate counsel should note numerous changes impacting the Texas Business Courts, including that Chapter 25A of the Texas ...

On June 23, 2025, amendments to the FTC’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule became effective. The amended COPPA Rule (or, “Final Rule”) enhances obligations on many operators of ...