Individuals now have a new incentive to blow the whistle on an antitrust cartel—the possibility of a monetary reward. The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division has established its first whistleblower rewards…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law, Government Contracting
In a major early-stage win for firm client Bexson Biomedical, Inc., Italy’s Court of Rome recently dismissed the second of two related legal proceedings brought by CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. arising from a 2019 supply contract…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
During a “Make Health Tech Great Again” event on July 30, 2025 at the White House, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its intent to create a digital health ecosystem, in partnership with private…
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/ Privacy, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
Glass Lewis recently announced the opening of its 2025 Policy Survey. The survey seeks input on several key governance topics including board diversity, executive compensation, ESG considerations, shareholder rights, and…
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/ Business Organizations, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
We are pleased to share the July 2025 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade
SB 261 requires companies with over $500 million in total annual revenue that do business in California to publish a climate-related financial risk report (Risk Report) by January 1, 2026, and every two years thereafter,…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Environmental Law
On July 11, 2025, President Trump took the unusual—but no longer rare—step of issuing a divestment order (the Order) on the basis of a recommendation from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
On July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board voted to approve a long-awaited rulemaking package imposing substantial new compliance obligations on businesses subject to the California Consumer Privacy…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has announced that it intends to postpone the effective date of the final rule establishing anti-money laundering (AML) and suspicious activity…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On July 24, 2025, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council published its latest rewrite to the FAR. We previously discussed this rewrite initiative—the Revolutionary FAR…
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/ Government Contracting, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) is a first-of-its-kind regulatory framework for “payment stablecoins” and the entities that issue them. For companies honing their stablecoin…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
On July 24, 2025, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) announced the launch of its Annual Benchmark Policy Survey. The survey results will inform ISS’s policy development for 2026 and beyond. For the U.S. market, the…
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/ Business Organizations, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On July 23, 2025, the White House announced its long-awaited comprehensive AI Action Plan titled “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (the Plan). The Plan is aimed at positioning the U.S. as the global leader in AI…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
On July 23, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission submitted a status report to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit regarding the final climate-related disclosure rules. According to the status report,…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Securities Law
On July 14, 2025, the European Commission (EC) published its guidelines (the Guidelines) on the protection of minors online. These Guidelines, which were initially released for consultation in May 2025, provide direction for…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
