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The Gold Card Immigration Program: Capital, Extraordinary Ability, and Legal Uncertainties
The U.S. Gold Card Program: What It Changes, What It Does Not, and Why the Risk Still Matters
On September 19, 2025, the Trump administration issued Executive Order 14351, creating what is now known as the Gold Card program. The order directs the Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, and State to establish a process
FINRA Publishes 2026 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report
The Report highlights FINRA’s continued focus on generative artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, small-cap securities fraud, and third-party risk
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) published its 2026 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the “Report”), which builds on the structure and content of FINRA’s prior reports for 2021-2025. This year, the Report was published earlier than
AI Courses that Defined 2025 (5 Days of CLE)
Artificial intelligence became impossible to ignore. From landmark regulatory frameworks to ethical reckonings about the future of legal practice itself, AI dominated conversations in every corner of the profession: attorneys who once viewed AI as a distant disruption found themselves navigating a reality where understanding these tools and their implications is essential to competent practice.
New Jersey Adopts Disparate Impact Rules Under LAD, With Broad Reach Across Housing, Lending, Employment, And Other Fields, With Specific Guidance On AI
On December 17, New Jersey announced its adoption of what its Attorney General is calling the “most comprehensive state-level disparate impact regulations in the country.” Effective December 15, 2025, the Division on Civil Rights’ (DCR) new rules under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) codify guidance on disparate impact discrimination across housing, lending, employment, places of public accommodation, and contracting.
Why Smart California Employers Are Treating Employee Data as an Asset in 2026
For most California employers, employee time and pay data has historically been treated as a legal obligation—something you keep because the law requires it, not because it creates value.
That mindset needs to change in 2026.
After years of defending employers in wage-and-hour class actions and PAGA cases, I have seen firsthand how employee data
The Data Stream – Episode 5 with Aleksandra Vold
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 life cycle of data—from privacy and cybersecurity to advertising, AI and
Preparing an Annual Report on Form 20-F – Guide for 2026
Form 20-F is the form used for an annual report of a foreign private issuer (“FPI”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”). This alert memorandum summarizes considerations that will affect the preparation of the annual report on Form 20-F for the year ending on December 31, 2025 (the “2025 20‑F”) and certain other developments pertinent to FPIs.
December 2025: An Analysis of Expanded US Entry Restrictions and Their Implications
On Dec. 16, 2025, the White House issued a presidential proclamation expanding restrictions on the entry of foreign nationals into the United States, advancing a policy framework rooted in national security considerations and data-driven assessments of vetting infrastructure in foreign countries. This development represents an extension of earlier travel and entry limitation policies, including Proclamation
Court Denies Alexi’s Emergency Motion to Restore Access to Fastcase Data
In an early win for legal research company Fastcase in its data-licensing lawsuit against AI legal research platform Alexi, a federal judge has denied Alexi’s emergency request for a temporary restraining order that would have compelled Fastcase to restore Alexi’s access to its proprietary legal database. In Washington, D.C., U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon