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New York – September 5, 2025 – Two Cooley life sciences attorneys received awards from LMG Life Sciences in its 13th annual Americas Awards program. The firm’s Washington, DC-based Eric Greig was named Regulatory Attorney of the Year for Pricing and Reimbursement. Greig recently joined the firm as a partner advising clients on healthcare regulatory, market access and reimbursement strategies across the pharmaceutical, medical device, digital health, biotechnology and healthcare services…

Key takeaways for cloud, SaaS, edge and other digital service providers Introduction On September 12, 2025, sweeping new rules under the EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854) will become applicable, introducing significant new obligations for cloud service providers in the European Union (EU), particularly around interoperability, termination rights and switching between providers. These rules are designed to make it significantly easier for customers of data processing services to switch between…

San Francisco – September 8, 2025 – Cooley advised Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER), a technology platform that uses a massive network, leading technology, operational excellence and product expertise to power movement from point A to point B, on its $2.25 billion investment-grade bond offering. Lawyers Mischi a Marca, Jason Savich and Matt Kong led the Cooley team advising Uber on debt matters, while Eric Blanchard, Carlos Ramirez, Siana Lowrey, David…

Colorado – September 8, 2025 – Cooley advised Infleqtion, a global leader in neutral atom-based quantum technology, on its definitive business combination agreement with Churchill Capital Corp X, with the aim to accelerate Infleqtion’s mission to commercialize quantum products that provide orders of magnitude improvement in computing and precision sensing applications. The business combination values Infleqtion at a pre-money equity value of $1.8 billion and is expected to provide more…

On October 1, Maryland’s law may be the last US state comprehensive privacy law to take effect in 2025, but it certainly is not least. While the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (MODPA) mirrors existing US state comprehensive privacy laws in many ways, certain key differences may pose unusual and operational challenges for businesses subject to the law, some of which we outline below. Lower thresholds and narrower…

London and Singapore – September 9, 2025 – Property Finder, a top property portal in the Middle East and North Africa, announced a combined investment of $525 million, led by funds managed by Permira and Blackstone. As part of the transaction, General Atlantic, which had been a cornerstone investor of Property Finder, undertook a secondary sale of part of its stake. Cooley advised Michael Lahyani, the founder and CEO of Property…

Cooley partner Lila Hope was quoted extensively in a Chemical & Engineering News article about the new life sciences and biotech companies in China and her optimistic outlook on the US biopharmaceutical industry. Read the article This content is provided for general informational purposes only, and your access or use of the content does not create an attorney-client relationship between you or your organization and Cooley LLP, Cooley (UK) LLP,…

New York – September 9, 2025 – Cooley advised Tourmaline Bio (NASDAQ: TRML), a late-stage clinical biotechnology company developing transformative medicines that establish new standards of care for patients with life-altering inflammatory and immune diseases, on its merger agreement with Novartis. Under the terms of the agreement, Novartis will acquire Tourmaline for $48 per share in cash at closing, or a total equity value of approximately $1.4 billion. Completion of…

The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy (MAHA Strategy) this week. The MAHA Strategy, a cornerstone of the MAHA movement championed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and embraced by President Donald Trump in Executive Order 14212, “Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission,” outlines more than 120 initiatives, including one focused on curbing misleading direct-to-consumer…

Tom Epps, white collar defense and investigations partner at Cooley, was quoted in The Law Society Gazette about the entry into force of the “failure to prevent fraud” offense under the UK Economic and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. In the article, Epps describes the act as a “landmark piece of legislation,” emphasizing its potential to significantly strengthen UK enforcement capabilities against fraud and other economic crimes. He also predicts a…

The Federal Reserve (Fed) has devoted its entire Second Issue 2025 of Consumer Compliance Outlook (Outlook) to fraud – a rare, single-topic focus that underscores regulators’ and industry’s heightened concern for addressing financial fraud. The Outlook’s special fraud issue was published amid sharply rising fraud and scam losses. US consumers reported $12.5 billion lost to fraud in 2024, a 25% jump from 2023. Banks are feeling the strain too –…

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The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy (MAHA Strategy) this week. Consistent with the MAHA Strategy’s overall theme of increasing transparency and trust with the American public, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plan to take several key actions in the food space, including reforming the process for establishing food that is Generally…

Cooley special counsel, Asha Allam, was mentioned in Home News Now about her presentation at the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) 2025 Regulatory Summit, where she explained that the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was intensifying its enforcement of product recalls. Allam said that furniture makers, retailers and distributors must proactively report potential hazards and demonstrate product safety – or risk civil penalties and even criminal investigations. Read the…