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In this episode of Latham in Focus, Gabriel Lakeman, Global Co-Chair of Latham’s Digital Assets & Web3 Practice, explores the rise of prediction markets in the US and examines how firms can access similar markets in the UK and EU….By: Latham & Watkins LLP

So far in 2026, plaintiffs have filed comparably fewer new actions under the Antiterrorism Act of 1990 (ATA), as amended by the 2016 Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)….By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On Critical Material Supply Chains, Examines How To Modernize TSCA – On April 22, 2026, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Help or Hindrance? The Impact of U.S. Environmental Laws on Critical Material Supply Chains, National Security, and Economic Growth.” The hearing examined how to modernize TSCA,…

The CFTC did not bring any virtual currency enforcement actions in the first three quarters of 2025, after bringing 10 such actions in 2024 and 44 in 2023. This downshift in enforcement actions followed the leadership transition at the CFTC announced in January 2025, as Chairman Rostin Behnam resigned and Ms. Caroline Pham was named…

This case is one I want every litigator who advises corporate clients to read carefully. You’ve seen the rough outline of this fact pattern before, but the way it plays out in this decision is going to be quoted in spoliation motions for years. Originally Published on the Minerva26 Blog – May 13, 2026….By: Association…

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in holding that state-law claims alleging a freight broker negligently hired/selected a motor carrier to transport goods are not preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (FAAAA) because they fall within the statute’s safety regulatory authority exception with respect to motor vehicles….By: Bressler, Amery & Ross,…

On May 14, 2026, a unanimous Supreme Court decision held that state-law negligent-hiring claims against freight brokers are not preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA or F4A). The Court’s opinion in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, resolves a longstanding split among the federal…

In In re Home Depot U.S.A., Inc, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a “passive shipper” (a customer that simply engages a federally regulated motor carrier to transport ordinary goods) does not owe a legal duty of care to the motoring public under the facts alleged. The Court ruled that the plaintiffs’ negligence claims…

Receiving a defective medical device can have major consequences. Serious infections, internal injuries, and the need for revision or replacement surgery are all very real risks….By: Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley