Steptoe secured a $90,000 settlement on behalf of its client, Mr. Campbell, against the Maryland Department of Health (MDH).  Mr. Campbell filed a federal civil ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced conditional approval exemptions from the Covered List for companies manufacturing advanced robotic devices.This demonstrates a path ...

US Developments The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 Becomes Law On September 16 , the US House of Representatives passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and ...

The Sanctions Update, compiled by attorneys from Steptoe’s award-winning International Regulatory Compliance team and the Stepwise: Risk Outlook editorial team, publishes every Monday. Guided by the ...

Major legislative reform of college athletics just got closer to becoming reality. On September 15, the Senate voted 74–24 to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the Protect College Sports Act ...

One day after the attempted coup in Niger in late August, Algeria deployed two air patrol squadrons to support the Nigerien junta – a move that marks Algiers’s first foreign deployment since 1973 and ...

In recent weeks, the US has escalated economic pressure on Iran in a bid to exacerbate Tehran’s financial woes and precipitate a return to the negotiating table without escalating militarily. While ...

Steptoe partner Lee Berger and associates Weisiyu Jiang, and Talia Plofsky authored an article titled "Evolving Theories of Coordinated and Unilateral Conduct in US Antitrust Law in the Era of Rapid ...

With less than a week before President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump, expectations for a major breakthrough remain low. The September 24 summit ...

On September 9, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a draft  Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), proposing significant caller-friendly changes to ...