On June 6, 2025, the Commerce Department released its long-awaited guidance for future implementation of the $42.5 billion Broadand, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Entitled a BEAD Restructuring Policy Notice…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Government Contracting
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take appropriate action to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, including by ensuring Medicaid payments rates are not higher than Medicare…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
In a patent infringement litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Judge Rodney Gilstrap denied a joint motion to stay the litigation pending resolution of inter partes review when it was uncertain…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
The Petrofac group, a leading international service provider to the energy and infrastructure industries, has successfully obtained an order sanctioning two inter-conditional restructuring plans (Plans). We explore here the key…
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/ Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
SEC v. Nagler is the second enforcement action charging an investment adviser with undisclosed conflicts of interest since Chair Paul Atkins began his tenure on April 21, 2025. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Torts, Securities Law
In November, we covered the UK government’s proposal to overhaul the tax treatment of carried interest in the United Kingdom—an effort to close perceived loopholes by shifting carried interest fully into the income tax regime,…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Taxation
On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published a concept release soliciting public comment on potential changes to the definition of “foreign private issuer” (“FPI”)…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
Over the weekend, the Department of Justice (DOJ) did not file an appeal of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas’ decision to vacate and set aside the agency’s final rule on the regulation of laboratory…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
On May 29, 2025, David Quigley (head of Akin’s Environment & Natural Resources Section) led a discussion among Katrina Kessler (Commissioner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency), Susanne Miller (Bureau Director, Maine Department…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The White House’s recent release of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Report marks a significant moment in the national conversation around children’s health and environmental exposure. Published on May 22, 2025, by the MAHA…
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/ Agriculture, Environmental Law, Health
Orders the Counsel to the President, in consultation with the Attorney General and the head of any other relevant executive department or agency to investigate whether certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics
Orders the full suspension of entry for nationals of countries of identified concern. The listed countries are: Orders the partial suspension of entry for nationals of countries of identified concern. The partial suspension bars…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Orders the suspension of entry for any alien into the United States as a nonimmigrant to pursue a course of study at Harvard University or to participate in an exchange visitor program hosted by Harvard University. The…
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law, Immigration Law
On May 22, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) unanimously voted to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to require entities holding FCC licenses, authorizations and approvals to…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, International Law & Trade
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held its May Open Meeting on Thursday, May 22, during which it voted to adopt three items: (1) a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to require holders of certain…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, International Law & Trade
