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The House has passed a bill that will now go to the President to sign into law that raises the eligible debt ceiling for Subchapter V of Chapter 11 to $7,500,000. Small businesses with up to $7,500,000 in noncontingent, liquidated debts will once again be eligible for relief under Subchapter V.
The 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized 66 ArentFox Schiff attorneys as leaders in their field.
Hear from former Senator and current ArentFox Schiff Counsel Doug Jones about his experience serving as President Joe Biden’s Nomination Advisor for Legislative Affairs during Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation process.
Former US Senator and ArentFox Schiff Counsel, Doug Jones, will deliver a keynote at Democracy’s Last Line of Defense for The National Judicial College.
Government Relations Practice Co-Leader Jon Bouker will present to members of the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia’s (HBA-DC) Judicial Pipeline Project about the federal judicial application, nomination, and appointment process on May 14.
ArentFox Schiff LLP is pleased to welcome former US Senator Doug Jones back to the firm after serving as President Joe Biden’s Nomination Advisor for Legislative Affairs during Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation process to become the first Black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court.
The Senate has passed a bill by unanimous consent to extend the heightened debt ceiling for Subchapter V of Chapter 11.
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.
On January 13, Senator Doug Jones formally introduced the President’s nominees to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs at a hearing to confirm members of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.
In November, with the pandemic apparently subsiding in DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser eased the City’s indoor mask mandate. On December 20, with COVID-19 cases again on the rise, Mayor Bowser declared a new state of emergency and reinstated the mask requirement.
Join us for a lively conversation with Former US Senator Doug Jones, Former US Congressman Philip English, and our Washington team as they address upcoming Congressional policy proposals with outsize impacts on the Health Care, Higher Education, and the Nonprofit Sectors.
Former Senator and Arent Fox Counsel Doug Jones and former National Security Adviser and Arent Fox Counsel Cissy Jackson discuss the Anti-Money Laundering Act and what businesses should keep in mind moving forward.
Join Arent Fox Senior Government Relations Advisor and former Congressman Phil English in “Racism and the Economy: Focus on the Wealth Divide,” part of a virtual event series hosted by all 12 District Banks of the Federal Reserve System.
In this installment of the Inside DC podcast, DC Business & Policy Partner Jon Bouker recaps the FY2022 budget and looks ahead to the DC Council’s fall agenda with Partner David Grosso and Senior Government Relations Director Oliver Spurgeon.
In a Notice of Inquiry, the FCC is requesting public comment in a proceeding that will help determine the scope and nature of regulation of the “Internet of Things” for the next several decades.
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced key tax reform proposals on September 15 that would increase taxes for corporations and high-income individuals.
In December 2020, the Council of the District of Columbia passed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020.
Partner David Grosso will present on decriminalizing poverty at the National Cannabis Festival on August 28.
Senior Government Relations Advisor Phil English, a former seven-term member of Congress from Pennsylvania, testified before the State Government Committee of the Pennsylvania House on the issue of Congressional reapportionment.
Sixty-nine Arent Fox LLP attorneys have been rated as leaders in their profession by The Best Lawyers in America 2022.
The majority of states in the US have either decriminalized cannabis or enacted laws authorizing its uThe majority of states in the US have either decriminalized cannabis or enacted laws authorizing its use for medical or non-medical se for medical or non-medical (aka “recreational” or “adult”) use.
On Tuesday, July 13, DC lawmakers unanimously approved emergency legislation that will gradually phase out tenant protections, including the moratorium on evictions.
Join the Arent Fox Government Relations and Complex Litigation groups in welcoming Senator Doug Jones and Sarah ‘Cissy’ Jackson to the firm.
On May 24, 2021, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced plans to invest a record-setting $400 million into the District’s affordable housing production via direct injection into the Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF).
Health Care Practice Leader Douglas Grimm and Senior Government Relations Director Oliver Spurgeon will present at CTeL’s Digital Health Summit on June 9, 2021.