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Overnight, Congressional leaders unveiled a $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2016 omnibus spending bill after weeks of contentious negotiations between the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Congressional leadership, and the White House.

The American Institute of Architects Foundation honored Real Estate partner Richard A. Newman for his tenure as a member of its Board of Directors and as a Foundation Officer the last five years.

Partner Peter Zeidenberg spoke with The Associated Press and The Washington Post after prosecutors announced they were ending their investigation and did not have enough evidence to charge former DC Mayor Vince Gray.

By January 1, 2016, all employers  in the District of Columbia with 20 or more employees must provide certain transportation benefits to their employees who work in the District.

In this episode of Fashion Counsel, Partner Anthony Lupo reviews trade dress details with Intellectual Property Partner Allan E. Anderson.

Eight Arent Fox attorneys have been named “Best Lawyers” by Washingtonian Magazine in its 2015 guide to the capital area’s “top legal talent” in 21 categories.

The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), an advertising industry trade group for third-party advertisers, recently released the 2015 update to its Mobile Application Code.

In a new collaborative project by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the Corporation for Enterprise Development, and the Citi Foundation, a compilation of essays by influencers from a broad range of fields examines the challenges and opportunities the United States faces for

In an important development, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued additional final regulations implementing the Stark Law as part of the Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2016 (see 80 Fed. Reg. 70,886 (Nov. 16, 2015)).

On Monday, November 30, 2015, Nordstrom and denim manufacturer AG Adriano Goldschmied filed a motion to approve a settlement in California federal court, agreeing to pay more than $4 million to settle a consumer class action suit that accused them of falsely labeling jeans as “Made in USA.”

On December 2, partner William Charyk addressed alternative compensation agreements for partnerships at an event sponsored by the District of Columbia Bar Taxation Section.

The FTC may start to scrutinize marketers that engage in cross-device tracking. Advertisers engaged in cross-device tracking should review their online disclosures to ensure that the tracking is adequately described.

Effective January 1, 2016, New York City’s Commuter Benefits Law requires that non-government employers with 20 or more full-time non-union employees in New York City must offer all full-time employees the opportunity to use pre-tax income to purchase certain transportation benefits.

Multinational businesses and EU member states are currently making ad hoc decisions to regulate data transfer to the US. To address the chaos, several EU data protection authorities have issued new guidance.

A federal judge for the Southern District of California recently held in Branca v. Nordstrom, Inc. that a class action could proceed with claims that Nordstrom made deceptive savings claims at a Nordstrom Rack store.

Partner Stephanie Trunk has been selected as a member of Bloomberg BNA’s Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report advisory board.

Banks are a key target for hackers, and finance hub New York aims to set first state regulations in this space. While the cyber regulatory landscape continues to shift, companies should constantly analyze and update security measures as compliance does not guarantee security.

Arent Fox LLP served as counsel to the Brooklyn Nets on an extension of the team’s existing media rights agreement with Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) for the exhibition of the team’s games and ancillary programming.

As the threat of Chinese hackers has become a top priority, the US has ramped up prosecutions against Chinese-American scientists for espionage and trade secrets violations, creating headline after headline.

Partner Peter Zeidenberg published an opinion article with the Washington Post on November 12 on the heels of successfully convincing the Department of Justice to drop charges against two Chinese-American citizens accused of illegally sending sensitive information to contacts in China.

Federal regulations require institutions and institutional review boards (IRB) that are responsible for review and oversight of human subject research to prepare and maintain adequate documentation of IRB activities, including minutes of IRB meetings.

On November 10, New York’s attorney general ordered DraftKings and FanDuel to stop accepting bets from the state’s residents, arguing the games constituted illegal gambling.

Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce that partner Cristina A. Carvalho has been selected as firmwide Managing Partner.

The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, a division of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, issued a Medicaid Drug Rebate Program notice to state Medicaid contacts emphasizing appropriate access to, and coverage of, direct-acting antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C virus.

Puerto Rico continues to face a fiscal crisis of unprecedented proportion. The island of only 3.5 million people carries a massive debt load of $72 billion and $44 billion of unfunded pension liabilities.