On May 21, 2025, the European Commission published a proposal for a new regulation simplifying certain regulatory requirements for small mid-caps, which will be companies with fewer than 750 employees and either up to €150 million in turnover or up to €129 million in balance sheet.
On May 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced a settlement with Vision Upright MRI, a small California-based radiology provider, over alleged violations of the HIPAA Security and Breach Notification Rules.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced significant changes coming for two of its major rules that regulate per- and-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). First, EPA announced on May 12, 2025, that it is delaying the reporting period for the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a)(7) PFAS Reporting Rule and is also considering reopening the entire rule to make substantive revisions. Second, on May 14, 2025, EPA also announced that it plans to withdraw its drinking water standards under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for four of the six PFAS that EPA sought to regulate.
In April 2025, the Eleventh Circuit reversed a judgment against a Florida lodge and held that a jury should determine whether the failure of the lodge’s insurer to initiate settlement proceedings before a claim was filed constituted bad faith. In reversing the district court, the Eleventh Circuit reinforced the key duty imposed on insurers under Florida law to diligently and carefully investigate claims and act with an appropriate degree of care to protect their insureds or face consequences such as bad faith liability.
The State Department has published the June Visa Bulletin. In a reversal from May, which saw virtually no advances, priority dates do move forward in two categories for China and three for all other countries, although India remains stagnant.
