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On January 18, 2022, an amendment to Bill 24-612 (legislation that would extend the eviction moratorium in DC until June 30, 2022) (the “Amendment”) was introduced to the DC Council that proposed tolling tenant deadlines under the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (“TOPA”) until February 28, 2022.
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On February 7th, 2022, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published the latest edition of its Caseload Statistics, confirming the strong demand for ICSID Arbitration despite challenges posed by a second year of the coronavirus pandemic.
Foreign insurers can feel more confident in their ability to enforce international arbitration clauses in American courts. Last month, the US Supreme Court declined to reverse a decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that allowed Lloyd’s of London to compel arbitration.
In a first-of-its-kind case, the Federal Trade Commission required Fashion Nova to pay $4.2 Million for blocking negative customer reviews in violation of the FTC Act. Shortly after, the agency released new guidance for online retailers and review platforms.
In December, the Supreme Court requested that U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar file a brief in John Doe 1 v. Express Scripts Inc., weighing in on whether the Court should hear a case about prescription drug costs.
It’s that time of year again when employers have to decide who they are sponsoring for an H-1B visa.
With nearly 150 similar class action lawsuits pending nationwide, the ruling is a win for the ERISA plaintiff’s bar, potentially supporting their expansive view of plan fiduciaries’ duty to monitor investments.
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The California Attorney General sent a sweep of notices to businesses with loyalty programs alleging noncompliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act.
Section 10(j) of the National Labor Relations Act authorizes the NLRB to seek temporary federal court injunctions to stop employers and unions from engaging in unfair labor practices while a case is being litigated before the Agency.
On February 1, 2022, a federal court in California issued the first major ruling in a False Claims Act case testing the Department of Justice’s newly minted Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, notching a win for the government. In United States ex rel. Markus v. Aerojet RocketDyne Holdings, Inc.
In this installment of the Five Questions, Five Answers podcast, Birgit Matthiesen, Antonio J. Rivera, and James Kim invite Steve Christensen, the executive director of the Responsible Battery Coalition, to discuss how the USMCA impacts the North American battery industry.
In a case of first impression, on January 24, 2022, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued an opinion in H1 Lincoln, Inc. v. South Washington Street LLC holding.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced upward revisions to the jurisdictional thresholds for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act last week. The basic size-of-transaction threshold will now be $101 million.
Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the firm has earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index and the distinction as a 2022 “Best Place to Work for LGTBQ+ Equality.”
In a January 19, 2022, speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Michael S. Regan confirmed that “[f]or this EPA, environmental justice is not an add-on or an afterthought ― it is a central driving factor in all that we do.”
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A marketing services company and its owner will be banned from the auto industry under an Order issued by the Federal Trade Commission after the Commission found that they illegally misled consumers to believe their websites were affiliated with a government stimulus program.
The Biden Administration has indicated that the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will include environmental justice issues among its priorities.
Property management companies (PMC) need to pay attention to a recent change in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement discretion concerning liability from renovations that could encounter lead-based paint.
The role of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors in capital allocation and investment decisions are poised to take center stage in 2022. A trend that entered the mainstream with a statement from the Business Roundtable in 2019, signaling a shift in the business community.
The “core mission” of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to ensure that the health care providers who care for Medicare and Medicaid patients protect their patients’ health and safety gives the agency broad authority to regulate the conduct and operations of participating providers