Aerospace
The aerospace and defense industries are constantly evolving due to a wide range of global forces, including security threats, regulatory and political environments, the economy, and advancing technologies.
Our aerospace industry lawyers are well equipped to advise clients on the myriad legal issues in this space, which include responding and adapting to these ever-changing global forces, federal business development, budget processes and acquisition, government program funding and policy, government contract law, and litigation.
Thought Leadership
On 30 January 2024, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule (Final Rule) increasing the premium processing fee from US$2,500 to US$2,805, increasing filing fees for I-129 and I-140 employment-based petitions, and imposing a new Asylum Program Fee for each Form I-129 and I-140 filed by employers.
On 22 December 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments (the final rule) to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Advisers Act) to modernize the regulation of investment adviser advertising and solicitation practices.
The Australian Federal Government (the Government) has just released its budget for 2024-2025.
Although still in their infancy, a growing number of recently-filed lawsuits associated with generative artificial intelligence (AI) training practices, products, and services have provided a meaningful first look into how US courts may address the privacy, consumer safety, and intellectual property protection concerns that have been raised by this new, and inherently evolving, technology.