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What CFTC Market Participants and Registered Entities Should Expect
The federal government’s 43‑day shutdown — which ended with a late‑evening November 12 funding bill and next‑day return to duty for fur...
White House Announces Multiple Trade Deals Following President Trump’s Tour of Asia
In late October, President Donald Trump embarked on a weeklong tour of Asia and returned having secured a temporary truce in the U.S.-C...
Vera Therapeutics Submits BLA to FDA for Atacicept Fusion Protein
On November 7, Vera Therapeutics announced that it submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administra...
New FDA Guidance Aims to Simplify the Biosimilar Approval Process
In a new draft guidance, issued on October 29, 2025, the FDA proposed major updates to simplify biosimilarity studies and potentially r...
Federal Circuit Limits Mandamus Relief for IPR Institution Decisions
The Federal Circuit reaffirmed that IPR institution denials are “final and nonappealable” under 35 U.S.C. § 314(d), with mandamus relie...
EU Space Act and Italian Space Law: Innovation or potential conflict? – Global Space Week 2025
Amid ongoing developments related to the EU Space Act, the Italian Parliament passed its first national law on space economics (Law No....
Data Is the New ERISA Section 404
When I started in this business, plan sponsors worried about lost checks. Now, they should be worried about lost data. Back then, if a ...
EPA Posts FAQs Regarding Pesticides Containing a Fluorinated Carbon
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has posted a web page entitled “Pesticides Containing a Fluorinated Carbon.” EPA states ...
California Moves to Regulate Frontier AI With a Focus on Catastrophic Risk
On September 29, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the first frontier artificial intelligence (AI) safety legislat...
SEC chair outlines ‘Project Crypto’ vision and approach for digital asset regulation
On November 12, SEC Chair Paul S. Atkins spoke at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, describing the agency’s evolving approach t...