On 3 December 2025, the European Commission adopted the RESourceEU Action Plan, signaling that Europe’s industrial competitiveness will increasingly depend on its ability to secure and diversify critical raw material (“CRM”) supply chains. For companies, inside and outside the EU, RESourceEU is more than a technical update: it marks a policy shift toward a
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Strengthening EU Economic Security – More of the Same or a New Approach?
On 3 December 2025, the European Commission unveiled the next phase of its economic security agenda. Building on the 2023 Economic Security Strategy and the 2024 European Economic Security Package (see our prior blog), the new communication sets out a more assertive and coordinated approach to managing risks linked to trade, investment, technology and…
New UK Employment Rights Bill
The Employment Rights Bill (“ERB”), first introduced in October 2024 as part of the new Labour government’s “Make Work Pay” initiative (see our previous article on this here), is edging closer to becoming law. Once passed, the ERB will implement radical changes affecting all UK employers for many years to come.
Initially expected to pass…
EEOC Releases New Technical Assistance: “Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against The Law”
On November 19, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released a technical assistance document, “Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against The Law,” and updated its landing page on national origin discrimination. This development reflects EEOC Chair Lucas’s focus on national origin discrimination and Anti-American bias and follows comments she made in January…
Dealing with an Extra Digit: Latest Developments in Excess Liability Insurance Coverage and “Bermuda Form” Arbitrations for Catastrophic Exposures
If you are the general counsel of a Fortune 500 company, you might be excused if you express bewilderment in response to reports about the successes of U.S. “tort reform.” In the past 5-8 years, both the plaintiffs’ bar and governmental authorities seem to have added an extra digit to many mass tort and product…
Senator Marshall Proposes an Overhaul of the GRAS Framework
On November 6, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and MAHA Caucus, introduced the highly anticipated “Better Food Disclosure Act” (the “Better FDA Act”). The bill aims to close the so-called “GRAS loophole.” Although the bill, which was developed with input from industry stakeholders…
Ninth Circuit Invalidates USDA’s Exemption for Highly Refined Foods Under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard
On October 31, 2025, the Ninth Circuit struck down certain parts of USDA’s National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, including the exemption for highly refined foods in which modified genetic material is undetectable. The decision remands the invalidated portions of the regulations to USDA for revision and could result in a significant expansion in the range…
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Action on Russia and China-related Legislation
The government is officially closed, and the House of Representatives is in an extended recess, but the Senate keeps working.
On Wednesday October 22, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a business meeting to consider 19 bills and approve two nominations (Joel Rayburn to be Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs and Andrew…
Don’t Count on Immediate IEEPA Refunds: What President Trump Might Do If SCOTUS Throws Out IEEPA Tariffs
On November 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear the Trump Administration’s appeal of lower court decisions holding the imposition of certain tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) unlawful. If the Supreme Court rules that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs, the government would no longer have authority to collect…
Commerce Department Solicits Feedback on AI Exports Program
The Commerce Department today published a Request for Information (RFI) inviting the public to submit comments on U.S. artificial intelligence exports. The RFI asks stakeholders to weigh in on aspects of the Department’s new “American AI Exports Program,” an initiative intended to “promot[e] the export of full-stack American AI technology packages.”
The RFI follows from…