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9/21/2025 4:34:41 PM

Update: Salesforce Drift App Breach Expands to Toast, Inc.

By Matthew Richardson Morgan Jones Rodger Moss, Jr. +1 more...

On August 28, 2025, Salesforce, the world’s largest CRM platform, issued a notice that the Drift App, an application available on...

9/19/2025 4:36:44 PM

Franchise Laws: The Hidden Risk in Business and Finance Deals

By Samuel Wolf Rodger Moss, Jr.

Franchise laws are often overlooked in business transactions—but ignoring them can be costly. If a business relationship includes all...

9/18/2025 3:22:01 PM

CJEU Expands GDPR Scope and Clarifies Treatment of Pseudonymized Data: What Businesses Need to Know

By Matthew Richardson Jase Panebianco

In a landmark ruling issued on September 4, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provided critical clarification on...

9/16/2025 9:44:13 AM

The End of Upward-Only Rent Reviews in UK Commercial Leases?

By Kevin Fidler

The UK Government has introduced a significant provision within the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (the Bill) aimed at...

9/15/2025 9:59:52 AM

What do US technology companies need to know about the UK’s Online Safety Act?

By Ian Weinstein Neil Foster Stephen Palley +2 more...

1. What is the Online Safety Act and who does it affect? The Online Safety Act imposes a range of duties on certain services that are...

9/3/2025 9:44:00 AM

Trust Litigation Meets Tax Disputes

By Matthew Sharp

Tax-related trust litigation is rife — and for good reason. Trusts were often born of tax planning, and, for trustees, navigating their...

8/19/2025 10:49:47 AM

Franchise Relationship Law Goes Beyond Franchising

By Samuel Wolf

Sometimes laws can have effects beyond the problem they were enacted to solve. The franchise laws are an example. Distribution of...

8/18/2025 6:06:12 PM

California Supreme Court Holds That Loss of Jury Trial Cannot Be Sole Reason to Deny Enforcement of Exclusive-Forum Provision

By Jonathan Richman

The California Supreme Court recently ruled that California courts should not refuse to enforce forum-selection provisions solely because...

8/18/2025 6:55:52 AM

R&D Tax Relief: When Bad Advice Leads to Professional Negligence Claims

By Matthew Sharp

For many UK businesses, R&D tax relief has offered a welcome cash injection, designed to reward innovation, fund development, and...

8/12/2025 8:26:09 PM

Ninth Circuit Upholds SEC’s “No Admit, No Deny” Rule for Settlements

By Jonathan Richman

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently denied a petition challenging the SEC’s refusal to amend its rule that a...

7/30/2025 7:00:34 AM

Bitcoin Lending Facility Agreements: The “HODLER’s” Path to Fiat Liquidity

By Louisa Watt Tristan Dollie Iden Asl +4 more...

Institutional Momentum: Bitcoin Lending Moves Centre Stage The market for Bitcoin and other digital assets linked lending is undergoing a...

7/23/2025 1:55:42 PM

The End of the Umbrella? HMRC’s Move to Reshape Labour Supply Chains

By Matthew Sharp Wesley Grimm

Latest Development On 21 July 2025, HMRC published a policy paper outlining further steps to address non-compliance in the umbrella...

7/14/2025 8:00:00 PM

US Appeals Court Blocks FTC’s “Click-to-Cancel” Subscriptions Rule: What Your Business Must Know

By Matthew Richardson

This article has been updated to reflect a significant recent development in Custom Communications, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, No....