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The Federal Communications Commission on October 1, 2026, released a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) allowing callers to interpret a called party’s revocation request as applying only to the specific category of informational robocalls to which the revocation was directed, allowing callers to designate an exclusive means to revoke consent, …
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As we were preparing this article, more critical news broke—and the latest development does not look good for dual-purpose licensees. In an Order to Show Cause signed on October 27, 2026, DEA proposed to deny the application of a Minneapolis dispensary licensed under Minnesota’s dual-purpose system. DEA gives three independent grounds: Dual-purpose licensing. Because Minnesota …
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For buyers and sellers in M&A transactions, the purchase price is typically the single most important deal term. Sellers view their companies through the lens of years of commitment, sacrifice, invested capital, customer relationships, intellectual property, reputation, and expected growth. Buyers, however, view the same business through historical financial performance, projected cash flow, industry and …
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Remember Shaggy’s “It Wasn’t Me”? Caught red-handed, and the advice is to just deny, deny, deny. That is about where a lot of companies are right now with AI agents. When the agent does something it shouldn’t, the reflex is to point at the software and say, “Hey, the AI did that, not us.” I …
This article was co-authored by Christopher Lynch of Dickinson Wright and Ed Skiber and Tom Barry, both with accounting firm GHJ. M&A activity in the waste and recycling sector is primed to outpace deal activity in 2025. Backed by strong buyer demand, an influx of producer-funded investments, and recent recycling modernization laws, industry leaders are …
What businesses need to know about the new law, remaining risks, and its January 1, 2027 effective date. California has finally addressed one of the stranger developments in modern privacy litigation: the effort to treat ordinary website technology as the digital equivalent of a telephone pen register. Well, sort of. On September 30, 2026, Governor …
On September 11, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed Treasury Regulations to amend certain existing regulations and add new regulations pertaining to opportunity zones. The proposed regulations provide for (i) information returns and required reporting to certain investors, (ii) clarification on self-certification and decertification rules for qualified opportunity funds (“QOF”), and (iii) clarification …
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Private equity investment in alcohol-related businesses often raises a question that receives far less attention than financing, valuation, or deal structure: who, exactly, will the regulators consider to be an owner? The answer can have significant implications for diligence, transaction structuring, and ultimately the ability of the business to obtain or maintain its alcohol licenses. …
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Introduction In 2025, more than 8,600 Americans with Disabilities Act Title III lawsuits were filed in, or removed to, federal court against private businesses—more than three times the 2013 total. For businesses facing a Title III lawsuit, the immediate question is how best to respond. For defense counsel, the immediate question is how to respond …
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Catering liquor and beer license holders operating in Nashville face two separate sets of rules worth double-checking before an event: Metro Nashville’s distance restrictions on beer catering permits, and Tennessee state limits on how catering liquor licenses may be used. This alert covers both. Beer Distance Requirements for Catered Events Metropolitan Code of Laws § …
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