Top Legal Issue of the Last 6 Months: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG) (the “Company”), a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power in a small form factor, today announced its engagement of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, an Am Law 200 firm, as outside counsel to support the Company’s intellectual property strategy, including invention harvesting, patent preparation and prosecution, international filing strategies, portfolio management and analysis, and IP licensing matters.

On Monday, April 27, 2026, Congressman Bryan Steil (R-WI) introduced the “Fair Air Standards Act,” a bill aimed at providing regulatory relief to the greater Milwaukee area and similarly situated areas that are in ozone nonattainment largely due to the transport of out-of-state emissions.

Earlier this year, the Sixth Circuit affirmed a decision finding that the University of Kentucky was not required to add additional women’s Division I sports.