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Paul R. Lynd, Natalie C. Kreeger
In another reversal of course, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way again for California employers to require arbitration agreements.
Emily M. Leongini, Morgan R. Pankow
In January, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a published opinion in Serna v. Denver Police Department, No. 21-1446 (10th Cir. Jan. 24, 2023), upholding the dismissal of a hemp farmer’s lawsuit against local government officials in Colorado who confiscated his plants.
Jill A. Steinberg, Emily M. Leongini, Hillary M. Stemple, Shoshana Golden
With the approval of the modified mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), it has been a momentous few weeks in the reproductive health legal space.
Paul R. Lynd
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board’s COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulation is now in place. It took effect on February 3, 2023, following approval by the state’s Office of Administrative Law.
Justin A. Kesselman, George P. Angelich, Patrick Feeney, Matthew R. Bentley
Over the last decade, 37 states and four territories in the United States have legalized some form of cannabis sales for recreational or medical use by consumers.
D. Reed Freeman Jr., Paula M. Ketcham, Adam L. Littman, Robert D. Boley
A split Illinois Supreme Court issued on Friday another long-awaited decision interpreting the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), holding that a separate BIPA violation occurs with each undisclosed and unconsented-to scan or transmission of an individual’s biometric identifier.
J. Michael Showalter
A new set of environmental policies embraced by the Biden Administration ― environmental justice (EJ) ― may soon spur litigation in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) space.
Linda M. Jackson, Michael K. Molzberger, Brian D. Schneider, Suzanne L. Wahl, Alex J. Becker
On February 16, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a public forum on its proposed rule that would, with limited exceptions, ban employers from using employee non-compete agreements and require rescission of existing non-compete agreements.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mohammed T. Farooqui, Shoshana Golden
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
Michael Fainberg, Mohammad Zaryab
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies have gained tremendous popularity in part because of their superior ability to predict trends and find patterns in large volumes of data.
For years taxpayers who commuted to New York for work while owning a rarely used New York vacation home or pied-a-terre have been surprised to find themselves taxed as New York State and/or City residents.
George P. Angelich, Dan Jasnow
Courts across the United States are grappling with the application of traditional legal principles to "Web3” technologies and tools, such as blockchain, NFTs, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).
David S. Greenberg, Gayland O. Hethcoat II, Michele L. Gipp, Douglas A. Grimm, Anne M. Murphy, Aphrodite Kokolis, Jack R. Bierig, Brian D. Schneider, Hillary M. Stemple, Stephanie Trunk, Alison Lima Andersen
With the new year underway, the ArentFox Schiff Health Care team highlights 10 of the most pressing legal issues facing the industry in 2023.
Robert D. Boley, D. Reed Freeman Jr., Adam L. Littman, Helenka B. Mietka
In recent months, there has been a surge of class actions brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) against retailers using virtual “try-on” features on their websites.
Lynn R. Fiorentino, Debra Albin-Riley, Brian P. Waldman, Robert G. Edwards, Ph.D., Shayshari Potter
Prop 65 Counsel: What To Know
Matthew W. Kulju, Jon K. Jurva
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Examinations recently released its 2023 Examinations Priorities, a yearly report that provides insight into the Division’s areas of focus to improve compliance, prevent fraud, monitor risk, and inform policy.
Alex Garel-Frantzen, Malerie Ma Roddy, J. Michael Showalter
Americans have been “recycling” since colonial times. However, it wasn’t until the 1960s that Americans began viewing recycling ― often provided alongside rubbish removal ― a more formal solution to problems posed by consumer waste.
Brian P. Waldman, Shoshana Golden
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.
Caroline Turner English, Alison Lima Andersen, D. Austin Rettew
On February 6, 2023, health care providers scored a second significant victory when a federal court in Texas again vacated portions of the Biden Administration’s rules governing the arbitration procedures to resolve surprise billing disputes under the federal No Surprises Act (NSA).
J. Michael Showalter, Amy Antoniolli
What buzzwords define the environmental space in the past two years? Both “ESG” and “environmental justice” (EJ) are strong contenders. This post outlines how these concepts relate and provides guidance as to how companies can stake out appropriate positions on EJ in ESG reporting.
Karen Ellis Carr, Sisi Liu, M.J. Pritchett, Christina Rather
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress is set to introduce a bill that if enacted would direct CFIUS to consider the needs of the agriculture industry when reviewing foreign investment and ownership in domestic businesses.
Riyaz Dattu*, Lee M. Caplan, Timothy J. Feighery, Ucheora Onwuamaegbu*, Maya S. Cohen, Maxime Jeanpierre
On January 30, 2023, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published its Caseload Statistics for the 2022 calendar year.
J. Michael Showalter
Regulations matter. Federal executive action is supposed to be rooted in statutes, established through regulatory processes generally tied to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Shoshana Golden, Apeksha Vora
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
Brian D. Schneider, Jacob K. Danziger, Meera Gorjala, Ann H. MacDonald, Jessica Sprovtsoff, Suzanne L. Wahl
On February 2, 2023, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Doha Mekki announced that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division was revisiting and withdrawing several policy statements that provided a key safe harbor for certain types of information sharing.