Civil Law

Daniel Vielleville to Speak at II AmCham Arbitration Forum 2026

Address
Auditorio UPC
Avenida General Felipe Salaverry 2255
San Isidro, Lima, Peru

Daniel Vielleville, a partner in Seyfarth’s Latin America practice based in the firm’s Miami office, will serve as a panelist on July 1, 2026, at the II AmCham Arbitration Forum 2026 in Lima, Peru— a premier international arbitration event convening leading practitioners from across the Americas.

Hosted by the Centro Internacional de Arbitraje AmCham Perú, the forum will bring together global thought leaders to discuss key developments shaping … Read the rest

Civil Law

Starbucks Trademark Fight: Coffee Chain Targets Employee Union

IPNews® – Starbucks has joined the ranks of companies fighting their own unions.

The Starbucks union, called Starbucks Workers United, has been taking actions that Starbucks claims are infringing its trademark rights. As exhibit A Starbucks is alleging that consumers are being confused between it’s own social media and the union’s controversial social media posts. To continue reading, click: Starbucks Trademark Fight: Coffee Chain Targets Employee Union

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Civil Law

New Restrictions on Defense Contractors Retaining Outside Consultants Will Take Effect This Month

In January 2025, Covington issued a client alert noting that the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2025, which sets annual spending and policy for the Pentagon, introduced new China-related prohibitions on defense contractors and their consultants. The provision is finally set to take effect on June 30, 2026. This client alert provides an update on the new restriction and suggested compliance steps defense contractors, and consultants who work with defense contractor clients, might consider taking before the … Read the rest

Civil Law

US bars foreign countries from using most advanced Anthropic AI models!

The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “Anthropic said on Friday night that the U.S. government had ordered the company to suspend access for all foreign nationals to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models, citing national security ​concerns.”  The June 12, 2026 article entitled “U.S. Bars Foreigners From Using Anthropic’s Most Advanced A.I. Models” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/technology/anthropic-mythos-fable5-blocked.html) included these comments from Reporters Cade Metz and Dustin Volz:

The company revealed the order in a social media post, saying that it “must abruptly disable … Read the rest

Civil Law

2026 Shareholder Proposal Season and Look Forward

The annual shareholder proposal season often serves as a useful barometer of investor priorities, corporate governance trends, and emerging areas of potential D&O risk. This year, however, the proxy season also provided a glimpse into what may become a fundamentally different shareholder activism landscape.

On June 5, 2026, the Cooley law firm published its 2026 Shareholder Proposal Season Early Review and Look Ahead to 2027 (Cooley Report).  The report provided a mid-season review of 2026 shareholder proposals, showing, in part, … Read the rest

Civil Law

EEOC’s New National Enforcement Plan Signals Shift Toward Intentional Discrimination and DEI Enforcement

On June 4, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) approved its National Enforcement Plan (“NEP”) for FY2025 – FY2029, rescinding and replacing the agency’s FY2024 – FY2028 Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) before that plan’s scheduled endpoint. The NEP identifies and focuses the agency’s attention and resources on specific substantive categories of enforcement priorities including (1) “remedying DEI-related race and sex discrimination”; (2) “protecting American workers from anti-American national origin discrimination”; (3) “defending women’s rights to single-sex spaces at work … Read the rest

Civil Law

How to Get More Value From Every Event You Host or Sponsor

Law firms invest enormous amounts of time, energy and money into events. Between sponsorships, client receptions, seminars, roundtables, webinars and conferences, events often represent one of the largest investments in a firm’s marketing and business development budget. Attorneys spend hours preparing presentations. Marketing and business development teams manage logistics, invitations and promotions. Weeks or even months of planning go into making sure everything runs smoothly.

Given that level of investment, you’d think every firm would have a clear strategy for … Read the rest

Civil Law

April 2026 Consumer Litigation Filings: All Major Statutes Up for the First Time in Over a Year

Statistics for April consumer litigation filings are in, and, for the first time in over a year, all three of the top consumer protection statutes moved up month-over-month. According to a report by WebRecon, court filings under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) all increased in April compared to March. This is the first time since March 2025 that all three statutes have been up in the same … Read the rest