UPDATE: On June 4, 2025, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updated cost estimates of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. We have updated our summary of the bill’s health provisions to reflect these new CBO…
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/ Elections & Politics, Health, Taxation
Senate Continues Reconciliation Consideration -
This week, Senate consideration of the reconciliation package will continue, and more text will be made public as the process begins to move out from behind closed doors. Senate…
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/ Elections & Politics, Health, Taxation
On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States resolved the split among federal circuits and held that the same standard used to evaluate claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to all plaintiffs,…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) each recently announced that they would accept structural remedies to address concerns that two transactions in the technology industry would reduce…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 22, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new guidance for compliance with the hospital price transparency rule and published a request for information (RFI) seeking ways to bolster hospital…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health
When analyzing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the European Union and related pitfalls that may arise, strategic and institutional investors should remember that, while the EU legal framework is harmonized in several fields,…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Conflict of Laws, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
On May 22, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States (the Court) issued its opinion in Kousisis v. United States, holding that a defendant may be convicted of wire fraud for inducing a victim to enter a contract under…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, Government Contracting
1. CONTENTIEUX EPILOGUE DE L’AFFAIRE DES COMPOTES -
Par un arrêt en date du 8 janvier 2025, la Cour de cassation a mis un point final à la saga du cartel des compotes en rejetant les pourvois formés contre l’arrêt de la Cour…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade
On May 21, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Participants Division and Division of Market Oversight jointly issued Staff Letter 25-14 in response to a request from SCB Limited, a Bahamas-based…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
THIS WEEK’S DOSE -
- Senate Begins Work on Reconciliation. Democrats prepared to file points of order to exclude certain provisions under the Byrd rule, while Republicans discussed key health provisions.
- White House Sends…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Health
McDermott’s Family Office Symposium 2025 brought together more than 400 single-family office executives and industry leaders to uncover new opportunities, exchange best practices, and strengthen relationships. Focused on the…
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/ Finance & Banking, Taxation
UPDATE: On May 30, 2025, the Fifth Circuit granted the TMA III plaintiffs’ petition for rehearing en banc, which was previously filed on December 16, 2024. Of note, the Fifth Circuit’s mandate has not yet been issued, so as a…
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/ Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Health
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for May 15, 2025 – June 2, 2025…
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/ Taxation
So-called “Liberation Day” tariffs shook markets and sparked recession fears on April 2, with rates ranging from a universal 10% to a country-specific reciprocal tariff as high as 49% for Cambodia. While the 10% universal…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Taxation
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of copyright protection for a car that had a name but no anthropomorphic or protectable characteristics. Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc. v. Denice…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
