Changes in Most Favored Nation tariffs. Uncertain reciprocal tariff rates. Pending bilateral trade deals. International business faces unprecedented challenges navigating overseas supply chains. Every day routine business decisions on pricing, supply, and manufacturing contracts are now fraught with unpredictability. The security and predictability of trade policy is now over. So how do businesses…
Member Publications
Supreme Court Addresses Retiree ADA Claim
On June 20, 2025, the Supreme Court decided a case involving the rights of retirees to sue former employers under the American with Disabilities Act for denying post-employment retirement benefits. In the case, Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida, Karyn Stanley worked as a firefighter since 1999, at which time the City offered health insurance until age 65…
Kuwait is advancing its digital future—but unlocking full digital sovereignty requires stronger legal alignment across cybersecurity, data protection, and institutional governance.In this piece, Salim Ali examines how Kuwait’s framework, anchored by CITRA and the NCSC, can be strategically strengthened, drawing lessons from the UAE’s integrated, forward-looking model.Read the full article for stra…
Starting July 7, 2025, litigants in New York’s Commercial Division will face a significant shift in their discovery obligations. Rule 11-h, recently adopted by the Chief Administrative Judge, introduces mandatory initial disclosures even when no discovery demand has been made.
This new rule brings New York’s Commercial Division closer in line with the federal rules of civil procedure and is desig…
New York State has extended its Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) program for another three years, through July 1, 2028. The reauthorization, enacted as Part KK of the Fiscal Year 2025–26 budget bill signed on May 8, preserves all existing rules governing eligibility, certification, and participation. The law had been set to expire on July 1, 2025, but the new budget legislation…
In recent years, increasing attention has been focused on the prevalence of human trafficking. While most of that attention has been properly focused on punishing those guilty of trafficking and protecting the victims, there are also statutory civil causes of action for human trafficking.
Under those statutory schemes, individuals may bring standalone civil claims detached from the criminal offe…
TAX LAW
“My parents got me an apartment!” — This is a phrase often heard in certain social circles in Spanish society.
But what if the apartment isn’t actually provided by the parents, but rather rented out to you by a corporate entity in which you and your family members are shareholders — a family holding company? Is this detail irrelevant, or could it have legal or tax implications?
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LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW
Recently, Law 2/2025 of April 29 was approved, amending:
The revised text of the Workers’ Statute, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 2/2015 of October 23, regarding the termination of employment contracts due to permanent disability (IP), and
The revised text of the General Social Security Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 8/2015 of October 30, also re…
In Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Services, the Supreme Court eliminated the higher standard majority-group plaintiffs had to meet in Title VII discrimination cases. Traditionally, a Title VII plaintiff must show they are a member of a protected class and, in many circumstances, that they were treated less favorably than similarly situated non-protected employees. In the Sixth Circuit, which covers O…
CRIMINAL LAW
The Organic Law 1/2025 on measures regarding the efficiency of the Public Justice Service, published on January 3, 2025, and which came into effect on April 3, introduces what are considered to be some of the most significant reforms to Spain’s judicial system in recent decades. Its main goal, as stated in the preamble, is to modernize and streamline judicial procedures, making the sy…