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House Passes Debt Limit Bill in Bipartisan Vote to Avert Default
An overwhelming bipartisan coalition pushed through the compromise struck by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden, even as lawmakers in both parties signaled displeasure with the plan.
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McCarthy Emerges From the Debt Limit Fight With Victories, and Some Wounds
The speaker defied expectations and delivered a debt limit agreement that few thought he could manage, but left some of his Republican colleagues feeling betrayed.
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In Iowa, DeSantis Signals the Start of a Slugfest With Trump
After absorbing months of attacks from the former president, the Florida governor is beginning to fire back — but carefully.
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Trump Was Taped Discussing Sensitive Document He Had Kept After Leaving Office
Federal prosecutors obtained the recording as part of their investigation into the former president’s handling of classified documents.
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Can Politics and Poverty in Fresno Change?
How do you change a place as polluted and desperately unequal as the San Joaquin Valley?
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The Girl Who Chased the Moon
The Girl Who Chased the Moon Isabelle was always a dreamer. As a child, she would spend hours laying in the grass, staring up at the moon and wondering what it would be like to touch it. She would make wishes on falling stars and dream of the day when she would finally be able…
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It’s (Apparently) Never Too Late: DEA’s Revocation of Morris & Dickson’s Registrations
On May 26, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published a final decision and order (the “Final Order”) affirming an Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) August 29, 2019 recommendation (the “ALJ Order”) to revoke DEA registrations held by the United States’ fourth largest wholesale drug distributor — Morris & Dickson Co., LLC (“Morris & Dickson”). See…
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New Era Dawns for Hong Kong’s Virtual Assets Sector
The regulatory perimeter continues to expand as the Securities and Futures Commission introduces a comprehensive regime to regulate virtual asset service providers. This Client Alert reviews key obligations and requirements which the new regime will impose on virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs). The Client Alert also discusses next steps for those considering to apply for…
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European Parliament’s Leading Committees Vote to Approve AI Act
The world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework is “a step closer” to becoming law, the European Parliament recently announced. Following the European Commission’s 2021 draft proposal, a draft negotiating mandate was adopted by a large majority in the EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and Committee on the Internal Market…
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IP and Commercial Contract Litigation Developments and Trends: What Transactional Lawyers Should Know
As part of our Spotlight series, we invited litigation partners Dana E. Becker (Philadelphia), Shon Lo (Chicago), and Krista Vink Venegas, Ph.D. (Chicago), to talk about recent trends and issues in IP-related and other commercial litigation that would be of particular interest to our readers. Dana, Shon, and Krista are deeply knowledgeable practitioners in the…
