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D. Reed Freeman Jr., Eva J. Pulliam, Helenka B. Mietka
Headlines that Matter for Privacy and Data Security.
J. Michael Showalter, Samuel A. Rasche
“Administrative deference” is a key component to the modern regulatory state. The “Chevron doctrine,” i.e., the concept that the courts should defer to relevant agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous statutes they are tasked to administer, has been viewed as a key underpinning.
You Never Give Me Your Money: Voters Approve Tax Hikes in Massachusetts and Colorado on Election Day
Jeffrey B. Tate , Samantha Overly Patel, Rachel Scott*, Jivesh Khemlani
On November 8, 2022, voters in several states considered whether to approve state income tax changes. Specifically, voters in Massachusetts voted to impose a 4 percent personal income surtax on income above $1 million; voters in Colorado voted to further limit federal itemized deduction amounts.
J. Michael Showalter, Daniel J. Deeb
Securing environmental permits is often big part of operating a business. How the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recent focus on environmental justice issues might affect that permitting remains something of an open question.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mohammed T. Farooqui, Apeksha Vora
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
Byron Dorgan*, Doug Jones*, Philip S. English*, Dan H. Renberg, Jon S. Bouker, Craig Engle, David P. Grosso, Cissy Jackson, Oliver Spurgeon III*, Amy Antoniolli, Stephen P. Hanson, Laura E. Doyle*, Jeri Freirich*, Daniel Sjostedt*
Americans woke up on Wednesday, November 9, immediately realizing something was different. On their televisions and other devices, they only saw commercials for products, vacation spots, and reality shows.
Karen Ellis Carr, Alexander H. Spiegler, Patrice Howard, Ph.D.
The Biden Administration is using a comprehensive set of tools to stick closely to campaign promises around — and the public demand for — climate action.
Les Jacobowitz, Brian Farkas, Anna Mandel
Harvard University must pay its own defense costs in the ongoing legal challenges to its affirmative action program after losing a battle with its insurance carrier, Zurich American Insurance Company (Zurich).
Paul R. Lynd, Jeffrey B. Weston
Already permitting employees to take leave to care for a wide scope of family members, California now will allow them to use state family and medical leave and paid sick leave to provide care for a “designated person.” The term has a slightly different meaning between the two laws.
Gayland O. Hethcoat II
Algorithmic tools, including machine learning and other artificial intelligence technologies, are becoming more common in the health care sector for predicting health outcomes and influencing clinicians' decision making.
Jon K. Jurva, Helenka B. Mietka
On December 22, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adapted the rules that govern investment advisor advertisements and payments to solicitors. The amendments consolidated the previous advertising and cash solicitation rules into one rule, called the Marketing Rule.
Jon K. Jurva, Helenka B. Mietka
On October 26, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule and rule amendments under the Investment Advisors Act that, if passed, would prohibit registered investment advisors from outsourcing certain services without conducting their own due diligence.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
Ross J. Charap, Matthew L. Finkelstein*, Danielle W. Bulger
On October 25, 2022, the US Copyright Office proposed a new rule that would end and reverse actions of the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) that have deprived songwriters and their heirs of US copyright royalties after they have recaptured ownership of their musical works.
Ryan C. Granholm, Amy Antoniolli, Jane E. Montgomery
A new federal proposal may reduce the burden and costs for wind energy projects and power lines to ensure compliance with federal wildlife protections.
Kevin Matz
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Notice 2022-53, which provides much needed transition relief in the form of an IRS waiver of the 50% excise tax that could otherwise be imposed upon certain beneficiaries of qualified retirement plans or individual retirement accounts.
Kay C. Georgi
On October 28, 2022, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry (BIS) issued FAQs on the new semiconductor regulations. The FAQs are short and relatively clear (thank you!) even if they were released on a Friday afternoon.
Jacob S. Zodieru, Craig Gelfound
The Metaverse presents a variety of possibilities: from technology that enables digital content to be laid over the real world to application of real-world characteristics to a purely online environment.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mattie Bowden, Rebecca W. Foreman
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
J. Michael Showalter, Daniel J. Deeb
Securing environmental permits is often big part of operating a business. How the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent focus on environmental justice (EJ) issues might affect that permitting remains something of an open question.
Jeffrey E. Rummel
The “Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act” (FACT Act), introduced by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish a list of every entity that both holds an FCC license or authorization.
Anna Mandel, Richard G. Liskov
On October 20, 2022, the New York Court of Appeals ― the highest court in New York ― issued its opinion in In the Matter of Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York Inc., et al. v. New York State Department of Financial Services, et al.
Julius A. Rousseau, III, James M. Westerlind, Lee A. Pepper, Andrew Dykens, David J. Ward, Franjo M. Dolenac, Anna Mandel
On October 25, 2022, the Supreme Court of Georgia answered a certified question from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals concerning Georgia’s insurable interest statute, OCGA § 33-24-3 (1995).
J. Michael Showalter, David M. Loring, Samuel A. Rasche
In a recent US EPA letter issued to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), the Biden Administration deploys its plans to use the “whole of government” to address what it believes are long-standing civil concerns.
Linda M. Jackson, Amal U. Dave, Lauren C. Schaefer
There is often an assumption that restrictive covenants entered into in connection with a sale of business will be enforceable, even if they are broader in scope of time, geography, and restricted activity than would otherwise be acceptable to a court.