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First Circuit Clarifies When Clinical Labs Can Rely on Physician Orders
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently provided important clarity—and welcome relief—for clinical laboratories facing...
Guidance on Rule 132 Declarations for Patent Eligibility
Key Takeaways - Easier path to eligibility: The USPTO’s new guidance explains how to use sworn statements (SMEDs) to provide facts sho...
Tech Federal Policy Update: Trump Signs EO On National AI Policy
Trump Signs EO On National AI Policy A Focus on Federal Preemption to Secure U.S. AI Dominance - The Executive Order (EO) titled "Elim...
White House Issues Executive Order to Establish Uniform National AI Standards
The White House’s December 2025 executive order marks a major shift, seeking to preempt state artificial intelligence (AI) laws and mov...
Fintech Bank Charters Back in the Spotlight
The debate over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granting specialty limited bank charters for financial technology c...
Plenty at Stake in a Budget of Two Halves
As part of the UK Budget measures on 26 November 2025, two announcements were made by the UK Government concerning, respectively, the t...
Navigating Bayh-Dole Compliance in 2025: Risks and Risk Mitigation Strategies
A significant number of inventions made at academic and research institutions, non-profit research organizations and businesses are dev...
Cyber Rules for Essential and Important Entities Take Effect in Germany (NIS2 Implementing Law)
The national law implementing the NIS2 Directive (“NIS2”) in Germany entered into force on 6 December 2025. We discussed the key provis...
Malaysia’s Proposed Social Media Ban for Children: How It Compares with Australia and Singapore
Malaysia plans to ban children under 16 (“Under-16s”) from having social media accounts beginning in 2026. The proposal, part of a wide...
President Trump’s Executive Order on “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence”
On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled, “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligen...