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A recent 10-year study and report issued by Lex Machina has illuminated important federal court litigation trends in the consumer protection space.
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In this video episode of Fashion Counsel, Arent Fox Fashion & Retail Practice Leader Anthony Lupo and Arent Fox Partner Jenny Lee discuss consumer finance issues related to the fashion and retail industries.
On November 4, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to update rules regarding investment adviser advertisements and payment agreements with solicitors.
YouTube has a new procedure in place for content with children as the target audience. Due to a recent FTC settlement, channel owners must determine if content is direct to children before publishing.
Potential products subject to the additional duties are provided in a preliminary list of 63 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheadings with an estimated import trade value of approximately $2.4 billion.
Entities regulated by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) should have greater confidence in sharing confidential business information with the agency following a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the latest step in implementing its February 2019 “Action Plan” for regulating a group of synthetic chemicals called per- and polyflouroalkyl substances (PFAS) last week.
US Government Plans to Evaluate Technology Services Transactions to Protect Against “Foreign Adversary” Threats and May Block or Undo Transactions
In the next month, Congress intends to present the President with legislation to combat robocalls, which will require service providers to provide a software to consumers aimed at re-establishing trust in the communications ecosystem.
Under Myanmar’s new law, any existing Cautionary Notices must be refiled as trademark applications within the first few months of 2020 or risk losing their priority.
In what is widely considered to signal intensified focus by the Federal government on Medicaid supplemental payments and related State Medicaid financing mechanisms, the CMS on November 18, 2019 proposed the Medicaid Financing and Accountability Regulation.
Right to repair laws have come in and out of the public eye over the last decade. While many of the earliest laws covered only specific industries, such as the automotive and farm equipment industries, many states are looking towards legislation that specifically targets electronics.
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Environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are pursuing litigation against EPA to force companies that have never intentionally used asbestos in a product to file reports linking their products to asbestos.
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Bandai Namco has filed in the California District Court for a TRO (temporary restraining order) and a preliminary injunction against AtGames Holdings Ltd. to prevent the Taiwanese retro game maker from producing and selling its in-home arcade cabinet which displays the Ms. Pac-Man character.
The Federal Communications Commission requests comment on whether companies can send follow-up messages to clarify the scope of a consumer’s opt-out without violating the TCPA.
A US-based manufacturer was recently investigated by the Federal Trade Commission after improperly labeling country-of-origin information that violated the Textile Products Identification Act and Textile Rules.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this month issued new guidance on the use of social media influencers in marketing campaigns.
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reissued its Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) last week, which is effective from November 12, 2019 to May 9, 2020.
On October 22, 2019, a Dutch Court of Appeal in the Hague set aside an ICC arbitral award in the amount of USD 11.7 million against PDVSA-subsidiary Bariven on the ground that the underlying purchase contract with supplier Wells Ultimate Service was procured through corruption.
It has been two years since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court (BMS). In BMS, the Court held that state courts lacked personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants relating to state-law mass tort claims that had no connection to the forum state.
As the holidays approach and gatherings are planned, you may be considering how and when to carve out time to discuss elements of your family finances while your loved ones are together for a visit.