The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is proposing to change the definition of “begin actual construction” for Clean Air Act (“CAA”) New Source Review (“NSR”) permitting. EPA also published guidance on streamlining Title V operating permit reviews. EPA’s goal in both the revised definition proposed rule and the Title V operating permit review guidance is to ease permitting burdens on industry and speed permitting review for permitting authorities. Environmental attorneys Jennifer Cave and Jordan Lee take a look at the changes in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.

An important Delaware case puts a state-of-the art spin on buyer’s remorse following an M&A transaction and provides a roadmap of mistakes to avoid post-closing. This includes the dangers of a buyer relying on an artificial intelligence (“AI”) chatbot for legal advice and strategy on how to force out the legacy management team and avoid a significant earnout payment, only to have those AI conversations, which are not protected by attorney-client privilege, become a central and damaging part of the evidence at trial. The case also highlights Delaware’s position as a contractarian jurisdiction, emphasizing freedom of contract and enforcing arms-length contracts between sophisticated parties as written. Brian Cromer takes a look at the case in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.

On June 2, 2026, Governor Andy Beshear signed an executive order directing the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis to issue emergency regulations “clarifying” the list of qualifying medical conditions under Kentucky’s medical cannabis statute. The order effectively expands access to medical cannabis for Kentucky patients, which may create new challenges for employers and business owners throughout the Bluegrass.

Generative AI tools are quickly becoming part of the ordinary workflow for researchers, engineers, and product teams. Inventors may use AI to brainstorm alternatives, summarize references, refine technical explanations, draft slides, or prepare emails and reports. But when an inventor enters technical information into an external AI system, an important patent question arises: has the inventor just made a disclosure that could jeopardize patent rights? The answer is not always straightforward, but the risk is real and often underestimated. The issue is especially significant because U.S. law and non-U.S. law do not treat pre-filing disclosures the same way. Senior Patent Agent Samantha Page takes a look at what AI looks like related to patent issues.