The maritime finance industry saw significant change in 2025, including the shipping sector becoming a key target of sanctions policymakers, evolving regulatory action and lending trends, and the ...

The rapid adoption of large language model (LLM) systems across the federal government has prompted the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to develop standardized contract protections ...

Many commercial landlords require that a guarantor secure the obligations and liabilities of a tenant as a prerequisite for entering into a lease. A lease guaranty is a contract between an individual ...

Puerto Rico's Tax Incentives Code (Act 60) provides major tax advantages, but only for taxpayers who meet strict residency and sourcing requirements. The IRS is actively enforcing these rules. This ...

The U.S. Senate on January 15, 2026, passed an Energy and Water Development (E&W) appropriations bill to fund the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Bureau of ...

Recent lawsuits and settlements with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have prompted new compliance requirements for brands that offer auto-renewing products and services. Even though the FTC's ...

With the U.S. Supreme Court set to determine whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the tariffs at issue in a pair of ongoing cases, importers are filing protective ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act was passed by Congress following a dramatic 218-214 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 3, 2025, marking a major legislative victory for President Donald ...

In a significant move to accelerate domestic energy development, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced emergency permitting procedures that will dramatically compress environmental ...

A federal court vacated IRS Notice 2025-42, finding the agency failed to adequately justify eliminating the "5% Safe Harbor" for most wind and solar facilities. The decision restores availability of ...

Congress has passed three Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions to nullify a set of California's Clean Air Act (CAA) preemption waivers. President Donald Trump is expected to sign them.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) shift away from reviewing most no-action requests reflects broader uncertainty around the future role of shareholder proposals and balance between ...