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Leaders from across Sheppard Mullin’s national healthcare team gathered in Dana Point, California, for a day-long strategy session led by Co-Leaders, Eric Klein and Amanda Zablocki, to discuss the most impactful trends shaping the future of healthcare and how to best support our clients….By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Glass Lewis, one of the two large proxy advisory firms to institutional investors, announced earlier this month that it would no longer employ standardized “benchmark” voting policies, but instead customize policies on a client-by-client basis. It explained the shift by citing “[r]apid advances in technology, especially AI, that are enabling highly customized approaches to voting,”…

On October 9, 2025, the Senate passed its National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA; S. 2296) by a vote of 77 to 20. The GAIN AI Act, which would require chipmakers to give U.S. customers priority access to advanced semiconductors before selling abroad, is notably included in the Senate-passed package, which also…

On November 5, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral arguments in a closely-watched wrongful death case that could reshape the landscape for punitive damage awards in the Commonwealth, including in employment cases under Chapter 151B….By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Takeaway: It seems that there are more and more cases being filed today that advance cutting-edge legal theories: cases seeking to hold energy companies liable for climate change; cases alleging that social media platforms are addictive; and so on. Yet these cutting-edge cases still must satisfy a gauntlet of legal requirements, including the requirements of…

Understanding the tax implications and treatment of litigation damages, settlements and awards is critical for both plaintiffs and defendants. The basic principle is straightforward: damages received for personal physical injuries or physical sickness are generally tax-free, while most other damages are taxable as ordinary income….By: Clark Hill PLC

On October 24, 2025, Vice Chancellor Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery denied motions to dismiss in a high-profile challenge to asbestos trust data-retention policies, allowing asbestos defendants’ claims to proceed past the pleading stage. Background: Trust Data and Why It Matters – Asbestos personal injury trusts (“PI trusts”) are pre-funded legal entities established…

Coffin v. Carbon County Animal Shelter, 2025 WL 2048561 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2025) – When the plaintiff, a volunteer at the dog shelter, arrived at the shelter, a dog on a leash jumped up. The plaintiff moved away and told an employee of the shelter to take the dog away. As the plaintiff walked away, the…