Federal and state courts reported a combined 24 percent decrease in authorized wiretaps in 2025, compared with 2024, according to the Judiciary’s 2025 Wiretap Report.
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In the following guest post, Justin Bove, Chief Revenue Officer and Fiduciary Lead at Encore Fiduciary, reviews and analyses the ERISA fiduciary class action lawsuits filed in 2025. A version of this article previously was published on Encore’s Fid Guru Blog (here). My thanks to Justin for allowing me to publish his article on this site. Here is Justin’s article.
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2025 saw a near-record high 155 fiduciary class lawsuits filed by plaintiff firms alleging violations of ERISA … Read the rest
I. Introduction
On December 27, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China promulgated the newly revised Foreign Trade Law, which will take effect on March 1, 2026 (the “2025 FTL”). This legislative act marks a pivotal moment in China’s legal framework governing its economic interactions with the world. Since its initial enactment in 1994, China’s Foreign Trade Law (the “FTL”) has served as the fundamental statute regulating China’s import and export activities, … Read the rest
Shameless Plug − CLE Webinar on the Best and Worst Drug/Medical Device and Vaccine Decisions of 2025
As 2025 came to an end, we presented our loyal readers with our annual review of our ten worst decisions of the past year and our ten best decisions of the past year.
Now, in the new year, as we do each year, we’re pleased to announce that four (we hope) of your bloggers – Bexis, Steven Boranian, Stephen McConnell, and Lisa Baird – will be presenting a free 90-minute CLE webinar on “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The … Read the rest
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., has issued his 2025 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary.
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Judge John D. Bates, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is the 2025 recipient of the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award.
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Cet article est le neuvième et dernier d’une série d’articles[1] examinant les changements apportés par le « Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 » ou Loi DUA par comparaison au RGPD.
La loi DUA regroupe dans un nouveau chapitre 8A du RGPD britannique les garanties pour les traitements à des fins de recherche scientifique ou historique ou à des fins statistiques (auquel il est fait référence sous les termes “RAS purposes”). Ce chapitre décrit les garanties fondamentales à mettre en place … Read the rest
Cet article est le sixième d’une série d’articles[1] examinant les changements apportés par le « Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 » ou Loi DUA par comparaison au RGPD.
L’approche du RGPD britannique en matière de transferts internationaux de données sera révisée.
La loi conserve l’exigence fondamentale selon laquelle les données personnelles ne peuvent être transférées vers un pays tiers ou une organisation internationale que lorsque le transfert est fondé sur :
- une décision du Secretary of Sate « approuvant le transfert »