WASHINGTON – Oct. 27, 2025 – BakerHostetler has announced a strategic three-year partnership with global legal data company vLex to accelerate its data-driven approach to practice intelligence and workflow optimization –advancing how the law firm delivers smarter, cutting-edge support and insights to clients. Under the partnership, BakerHostetler’s lawyers across 18 offices will have enterprise access
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Weekly Blockchain Blog – October 27, 2025
In this issue:
- US Digital Asset Companies Launch Products, Announce Acquisitions
- Reports Provide New Data on 2025 Crypto Market
- Reports Provide Data on 2025 Q3 Activity on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana Networks
- US Central Bank Governor Barr Addresses Stablecoins in Speech
- Report Assesses IOSCO Policy Recommendations for Crypto and Digital Markets
- Report Addresses Status of FSB
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The Need for Speed: Expediting Permitting for Mining and Infrastructure—Safely
Originally published in The Advocate, the magazine of the Idaho State Bar (October 2025).
Imagine you’re running late for a flight. You get into the TSA line, which snakes longer than expected. People fumble with their countless carry-ons, one person argues about the “new” twenty-year-old liquid restriction, and you worry you’ll miss your departure—yet you wouldn’t…
Former chief of the Illinois Attorney General’s Privacy and Data Security Unit joins BakerHostetler’s acclaimed Digital Risk Advisory and Cybersecurity team in Chicago
CHICAGO – Oct. 14, 2025
Key takeaways
- Matthew Van Hise has joined BakerHostetler’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group (DADM Practice Group) and a member of the Digital Risk Advisory and Cybersecurity team.
- Van Hise joins BakerHostetler from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, where he
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The Data Stream – Episode 2 with Robert Musiala
The Data Stream podcast dives deep into the fast-moving currents of data, technology, and the law. Presented by BakerHostetler’s Digital Assets and Data Management (DADM) Practice Group and hosted by Partners David Sherman and Nichole Sterling, this series explores how companies navigate the complex lifecycle of data—from privacy and cybersecurity to advertising, AI and other emerging technologies.…
Scams, Screens and Subscriptions: FTC’s Meador Lays Down the Law
If you haven’t been tuned in to the latest advertising law updates (we get it), here’s the scoop: the National Advertising Division held its annual conference in Washington, D.C., this week and Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the Commission) Commissioner Mark R. Meador took the mic for the keynote address. His message? Trust is…
Creating Solid-State Solutions With Todd Crescenzo, Clear Creek Investments, and Jorge Diaz Schneider, ION Storage Systems
In this episode, hosts Bill Derasmo and John Leonti, chair of Troutman Pepper Locke’s Energy practice, sit down with Todd Crescenzo, managing partner at Clear Creek Investments, and Jorge Diaz Schneider, CEO of ION Storage Systems. ION, a Clear Creek portfolio company, is pioneering solid-state battery technology using a breakthrough ceramic bilayer electrolyte.…
The Imperative of Energy Permitting Reform
On August 28, 2025, Poe Leggette spoke on The Imperative of Energy Permitting Reform before 6th Texas Energy Forum 2025 in Houston, Texas. His remarks and slides are enclosed.
[Slide 1] Why is energy permitting reform an imperative? Because it is the key to energy dominance.
President Trump’s energy policy, in two words, is “energy…
Navigating Patent Eligibility in the Age of AI: Strategic Insights from the USPTO’s August 2025 Guidance
The August 4, 2025 memorandum (Memo) issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) clarifies how examiners should approach subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Importantly, the Memo provides critical reminders and clarifications that collectively raise the bar for § 101 rejections and offer applicants new tools to defend their claims.
The…
Texas Passes New Law Regulating Electronic Health Records and the Use of AI by Healthcare Professionals
By Aleksandra Vold & Hatim Tai
On June 20, Texas enacted S.B. 1188, joining only a handful of states that are taking artificial intelligence (AI) and data offshoring restrictions into their own hands. The law applies to most healthcare providers and all health insurers, as well as a long list of businesses that collect, maintain or store health information (HI)…