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New Ruling on Social Media Tracking Reveals New Privacy Risks: What Your School Should Know About the Data It Collects
A recent privacy rights development could have major implications for any school or non-profit that has a website, as a Michigan federal court gave the greenlight for a video privacy protection lawsuit to proceed against nonprofit Hillsdale College over its use of webpage trackers. The October 17 decision is one of the first cases to…
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USPTO Proposes PTAB Rule Revisions to Curb Serial and Parallel Challenges, Bolster Patent Reliability
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has proposed a significant overhaul of its rules for instituting inter partes reviews (IPRs) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Framed as a procedural reform aimed at enhancing fairness, efficiency, and predictability, the rule would narrow the circumstances under which the PTAB would institute IPRs—particularly where…
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UK Pensions: What’s New This Week? October 2025 # 3
Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions….By: A&O Shearman
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NFA Repeals NFA Interpretive Notice 9073 and Amends NFA Compliance Rule 2-51
The NFA adopted Interpretive Notice 9073 in 2018 when the virtual currency market was far smaller and outside of the mainstream markets. By requiring NFA members to inform their customers that the NFA did not have authority over the spot digital commodity transactions engaged in with an NFA member it provided a stopgap until the…
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As Temperatures Drop, Can States Stop Soaring Electricity Costs by Regulating Crypto Mining?
While the Trump administration has spent 2025 slamming the brakes on U.S. expansion of renewable energy by defunding solar and wind projects, Americans have seen their electricity costs skyrocket by more than an average of 30 percent, a trend not expected to abate any time soon….By: Goldberg Segalla
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Depo-Provera and Meningioma Brain Tumors: What Women Need to Know
For decades, millions of women have relied on the Depo-Provera birth control shot as a convenient form of long-term contraception. However, growing medical evidence has linked long-term Depo-Provera use to an increased risk of developing meningioma brain tumors — a serious neurological condition that may cause lasting harm….By: Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC
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Los Angeles Jury Awards $966M For Asbestos Talc-Related Mesothelioma
Jurisdiction: Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co. – Mae Moore’s three adult daughters Joy Moore, Kathryn Pratt and Carol Farquharson — by and through guardian Leslie Farquharson (collectively, the Moore family) — filed suit in 2021 against multiple companies in the Los Angeles County Superior Court….By: Goldberg Segalla
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Dewey Beach Electrical Accident Highlights Legal Questions After Workplace Electrocution
Police report that on October 20, 2025, a construction worker suffered a severe electrical injury while working on the third floor of a building in the 1500 block of Coastal Highway, the site of Dewey Beach’s new Town Hall. According to officials, the worker came into contact with an overhead electrical line while using a…
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After the Mexican Cartel Comes, They Pick Up the Pieces
They arrive where the killings end, retrieving bodies, comforting families and bearing the emotional toll of a deadly struggle that shows no sign of stopping.
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Ukraine’s ‘Coalition of the Willing’ Has the Wind at Its Back
Britain hosted a meeting of European leaders to discuss bolstering support for Kyiv as winter approaches.