01 Dec
Chapter News, News

EU Opens Registration for Craft and Industrial Product Names Under New Geographical Indication Scheme

From 1 December 2025, Europe's glassblowers, potters, cutlers, jewellers and other makers will be able to register their product names under the EU's new geographical indication (GI) scheme for craft and industrial goods. This marks the first time GI protection, long used for food and drink, will cover non-agricultural products, completing the Single Market for GIs. The system will protect iconic goods such as Bohemian glass, Limoges porcelain, Solingen knives and Donegal tweed, whose reputation and quality stem from their...

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24 Nov
Member News, News

Wilson Sonsini | The EU Omnibus Proposals Intend to Introduce More Flexibility in the GDPR, AI Act, and Other EU Digital Regulations

On November 19, 2025, the EU Commission (Commission) published a set of legislative proposals to introduce more flexibility into a number of EU digital regulations, including: • the Digital Omnibus, which amends a number of provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive, as well as the Data Act; and • the AI Omnibus, which focuses on the AI Act (jointly, the Omnibus Proposals). The Omnibus Proposals aim to simplify the legal framework for data processing and AI to encourage...

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24 Nov
Member News, News, Uncategorized

Barnes & Thornburg | J-1 Visa Holders: Options and Alternatives to the H-1B

In today’s competitive immigration landscape, the H-1B visa often dominates conversations around employment-based pathways. However, the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program offers a dynamic and underutilized avenue for international professionals to gain meaningful U.S. experience, build skills, and contribute to global workforce development. Hosted by Barnes & Thornburg, this informative video session was designed specifically for U.S. immigration attorneys seeking to expand their strategic toolkit for advising clients. It explores how the J-1 visa can serve as a high-impact option for...

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24 Nov
Member News, News

Trepp | Data Centers Enter the Mainstream: Multi-Billion Dollar Commercial Real Estate Issuance & Asset Pricing Trends

Data centers have evolved from a specialized commercial asset class into a central pillar of securitized commercial real estate (CRE) markets. Other financing streams for hyperscale facilities vastly exceed securitized issuance in volume. Yet the subset represented here offers critical insight into how this segment is priced and capitalized within structured finance. These assets are largely smaller colocation facilities, not the privately financed large-scale developments built for hyperscalers. The trends we observe reflect structural shifts in digital infrastructure demand and...

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24 Nov
Chapter News, News

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas | Economic Uncertainty and the Design and Conduct of Monetary Policy

Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan delivered these remarks at “The SNB and its Watchers 2025” Conference at the Karl Brunner Institute.   Good afternoon. Thank you to the Karl Brunner Institute for inviting me to participate in this important conference. As always, the views I’ll share are mine and not necessarily those of my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). It is an honor to join this distinguished panel addressing a topic that is both timely and timeless: the role of...

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24 Nov
Chapter News, News

ECB | The Transformative Power of AI: Europe’s Moment to Act

Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB | BratislavAI Forum on artificial intelligence and education as part of an OECD high-level event to mark the 25th anniversary of "Better Policies for Better Lives", Bratislava   It’s a privilege to speak with you today about artificial intelligence. In 1987 Robert Solow famously remarked that “you can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” The same observation could be made today. We see AI advancing at remarkable speed. Yet its aggregate...

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21 Nov
Member News

Barnes and Thornburg | In Search of: IEEPA Tariff Refunds

Highlights • The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on the legality of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariff actions in late 2025 or early 2026. • Importers should begin to prepare for potential tariff refunds by tracking protest filing deadlines and by filing timely protests with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). • The courts could also establish a special IEEPA refund process that may require certain filings or complaints in court. As the U.S. Supreme Court reviews the...

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21 Nov
Chapter News

IMF | World Economic Outlook: Global Economy in Flux, Prospects Remain Dim

Executive Summary The rules of the global economy are in flux. Details of newly introduced policy measures are slowly coming into focus, and growth prospects are shifting along with them. After the United States introduced higher tariffs starting in February, subsequent deals and resets have tempered some extremes. But uncertainty about the stability and trajectory of the global economy remains acute. Meanwhile, substantial cuts to international development aid and new restrictions on immigration have been rolled out in some advanced...

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21 Nov
Chapter News

ECB | From resilience to strength: unleashing Europe’s domestic market

Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the 35th Frankfurt European Banking Congress Frankfurt am Main, 21 November 2025 I would like to start with a quote: “The world around us does not stand still. In recent years, the global environment has been transformed in ways that none of us could have imagined. We have seen the post-war global order fracturing, the rise of new – and some old – powers, rapid changes in technology, and an uncertain outlook for...

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21 Nov
Member News

Vulcan View: The latest EU developments 17 November – 21 November

Commission unveils digital package revamping data and AI rules On Wednesday (19 November), the European Commission presented a major digital simplification package designed to foster innovation while maintaining high standards. The proposal intends to cut administrative costs by up to €5 billion by 2029 and introduce new European Business Wallets, which could generate an additional €150 billion in yearly savings. Overall, the package seeks to make it much easier for European companies to scale and remain leaders in technology by streamlining rules...

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