8/31/2026 1:36:50 PM FCC Sets 2026 Regulatory Fees By Lauren Lynch Flick Jessica Nyman Yesterday, the FCC released its Report and Order adopting a schedule of regulatory fees to cover the Commission’s Fiscal Year 2026...
8/31/2026 1:36:43 PM New EO Targets Foreign-Produced Equipment Across the U.S. Bulk-Power System By Meghan Hammond Stephen Humes The White House fact sheet frames the Order as a response to possible cyber backdoors, remote manipulation and supply disruptions at a...
8/28/2026 1:52:34 PM SEC Proposes New Offering Framework for Certain Crypto Assets By Davina Kaile David Oliwenstein Daniel Budofsky Nathan Lewko +1 more... Show less The proposal builds on the SEC’s March 2026 interpretation addressing the application of the federal securities laws to crypto assets and...
8/28/2026 1:52:05 PM Key Highlights from the CFIUS 2025 Annual Report By Nancy Fischer Matthew Rabinowitz Zachary Rozen Roya Motazedi Sahar Hafeez +2 more... Show less Declaration Filings Increased, Clearance Rates Declined CFIUS received 140 declarations in 2025, up from 116 in 2024 and the highest...
8/27/2026 5:27:00 PM Don’t Forget the Stay: Federal Circuit Addresses Timing Requirement Under 28 U.S.C. § 1659(a) By Theresa Roozen In Ascendis Pharma A/S v. Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. , the Federal Circuit addressed the timing requirement for a mandatory stay under...
8/27/2026 1:43:34 PM FCC Enforcement Monitor — August 2026 By Scott Flick Betsy Craig Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC...
8/26/2026 5:24:19 PM Join the Club: Foreign Power Inverters and Advanced Robotic Devices Are Latest Categorical Prohibitions Added to FCC’s Rapidly Expanding Covered List By Jodi Goldberg Jessica Nyman The Covered List initially targeted communications and surveillance products and services tied to named entities in China or Russia. Over...
8/26/2026 1:27:25 PM COST’s 57th Annual Meeting By Carley Roberts SALT partner Carley Roberts will be speaking at COST’s Annual Meeting on September 24 in San Antonio, Texas.
8/25/2026 1:43:23 PM Choosin’ Texas: U.S. Tax Court Bails Out “All Hat, No Cattle” Investor By Mark Leeds Background The taxpayer operated a jewelry business in Laredo. He started going on hunting and fishing trips with two customers, Lamberth...
8/25/2026 1:38:50 PM D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA’s CERCLA Hazardous-Substance Designations for PFAS as State-Law Settlements Highlight Expanding Liability Landscape By Ashleigh Myers Amanda Halter Jillian Marullo Anthony Cavender +1 more... Show less On August 18, 2026, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the 2024 designation by the U.S....
8/25/2026 1:37:40 PM D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA’s CERCLA Hazardous-Substance Designations for PFAS as State-Law Settlements Highlight Expanding Liability Landscape By Ashleigh Myers Amanda Halter Jillian Marullo Anthony Cavender +1 more... Show less On August 18, 2026, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the 2024 designation by the U.S....
8/25/2026 1:35:48 PM Texas Data Center Interconnections Face New Audit Gate After Governor Abbott Directive (UPDATE) By Adam Weaver Stephen Humes The directive was issued amid extraordinary queue pressure. Gov. Abbott’s letter cites approximately 474 GW of pending requests to...
8/24/2026 5:07:34 PM SBA Proposes Sweeping Changes to Small Business Size Standards By Richard Oliver David Dixon Meghan Doherty Toghrul Shukurlu Jordan Holt +2 more... Show less Revised Size Standards Methodology The current SBA methodology, last updated in 2024, uses seven analytical factors to calculate size...
8/21/2026 2:11:54 PM Pillsbury’s SALT Team Recognized in Best Lawyers By Craig Becker Breann Robowski Carley Roberts Jeffrey Vesely +1 more... Show less Pillsbury’s State and Local Tax team has received recognition in the latest edition of Best Lawyers, with several attorneys honored...
8/21/2026 2:10:05 PM BIS Eases Export Controls on Certain UAVs: Key Takeaways from the August 13 Final Rule By Matthew Rabinowitz Jodi Goldberg Stephan Becker Justin Rubin Zachary Rozen +2 more... Show less On August 13, 2026, the Administration took two significant and complementary actions reshaping the regulatory landscape for unmanned...
8/20/2026 1:41:48 PM Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (8/19/26) – Single-Family Housing Investors Worry, Confidence in Multifamily REITs and Construction Backlog Falls By Jeffrey Gans In our latest roundup, U.S. Chamber of Commerce creates Housing Advisory Council, a legal battle develops over new federal rules related...