March 20, 2021
- In Appreciation: An African American Woman Lawyer on Dewey's... by: Eilene Spear
- SCOTUS Declines to Decide Whether Objective Falsity is Required to... by: Nancy J. Arencibia
- ESMA Allows Decision on Reporting Net Short Positions to Expire by: Carolyn H. Jackson and Nathaniel W. Lalone
- Pennsylvania Sued over Moratorium on Plastic Bag Bans by: Packaging Law at Keller and Heckman
- China’s Supreme People’s Court Releases Typical Cases of Punitive... by: Aaron Wininger
- Subject Matter Eligibility for Medical Diagnostic Claims – a Possible... by: Raj Pai
- California’s Statewide COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave is Back... by: Cepideh Roufougar
- California Employment Law Notes: March 2021 by: Anthony J Oncidi
- Securities Class Action Settlements Stay on Pace Despite Pandemic by: Laura E. Simmons and Laarni T. Bulan
March 19, 2021
- Beltway Buzz, March 19, 2021 by: James J. Plunkett
- Forced Labor and Supply Chains: A Complete Ban on Goods from Xinjiang... by: J. Scott Maberry and Mario Andres Torrico
- CFTC Acting Chairman Announces New Climate Risk Unit by: Kevin M. Foley and Christian B. Hennion
- COBRA Subsidies Provided Under New COVID Relief Package by: Christian Chandler
- Petition Filed in D.C. Appellate Court Seeking Review of EPA’s... by: James V. Aidala and Carla N. Hutton
- Nevada Moves to Create Esports Commission by: Ethan R. Aronson
- FINRA Publishes Updates to Private Placement Filer Form Pursuant to... by: Susan Light and Stanley V. Polit
- OSHA Implements COVID National Emphasis Program by: Megan Baroni
- McDermottPlus Check-Up: March 19, 2021 by: Mara McDermott and Kristen O’Brien
- Congress Extends Tax Credits for Voluntary COVID-Related Sick Leave... by: Bryan R. Cokeley and Susan Llewellyn Deniker
- Episode 12: The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Review... by: Labor & Employment Practice
- DOJ’s Fraud Section Posts Opening for Full-Time CARES Act Prosecutor by: Anthony J. Burba
- The Natural Gas Industry in a Climate-Focused Future: Regulators Take... by: Jared S. des Rosiers and Kayla J. Grant
- Ask a Litigator: What Do Employers Need to Know About Wage Statements? by: Stacey M. Cooper
- Weekly Immigration Round-up: Sharp Increase in Border Crossings; New... by: William C. Menard
- West Virginia Legislative Brief for 3/19/21 by: L. Gil White
- Chinese Invention Patent Application Filings Drop 70% in January 2021? by: Aaron Wininger
- CT Bans Discrimination Based on Hairstyles Historically Associated... by: Lawrence Peikes and Christine Salmon Wachter
- Future of the Workplace webinar 18 March – follow-up questions... by: David Whincup
- COVID-19 Vaccination: Paid Leave Enacted in New York by: Wendy Johnson Lario and Eric B. Sigda
- DOL Will Not Enforce ESG-Related Final Rule by: Katherine S. Walton
- UK Government and ICO Agree on Procedure for Future Adequacy Decisions by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
- Tips for Supervising a Trademark Survey Expert by: Danielle M. DeFilippis
- Transatlantic Trade | US and Europe – Week of March 15, 2021 by: Stacy A. Swanson and Christina Economides
- ESG: ESAs Consult on Draft RTS on Content and Presentation of... by: Carolyn H. Jackson and Nathaniel W. Lalone
- OSHA Launches New COVID-19 Initiatives: With More to Come by: Robert J. O’Hara
- CDC Issues Guidance for Employer-Operated Vaccination Sites by: Jennifer S. Geetter
- Is deidentification the silver bullet to allowing service providers... by: David A. Zetoony
- European Parliament Adopts Report Recommending Directive on ESG Due... by: Carolyn H. Jackson and Nathaniel W. Lalone
- Seven Cents in Website Revenue Just Doesn’t Cut It: Illinois Court... by: Zarish Baig and Kristin L. Bryan
- Some Press is Bad Press: False Light in the Modeling Industry by: Ramela Ohanian
- CA DFEH Issues Guidance on Mandatory Employee Vaccination by: Matthew I. Bobb and Julia Y. Trankiem
- Acting SEC Chair Lee Provides Public Statement Welcoming Public... by: Mark D. Wood and Mark J. Reyes
- COVID-19: US State Policy Report – March 17-18, 2021 by: Jeffrey L. Turner and Jacqueline Orfield
- What Categories of Information Could Trigger a Consumer Class Action... by: David A. Zetoony
- 2021 Open Payments (Sunshine Act) Reporting Window Closes March 31 by: Timothy Cahill and Bryan P. Murray
- House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on “Brain Drain: Rebuilding the... by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
- FERC Prepares to Launch Long-Awaited MBR Relational Database by: Kimberly Frank
- American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Tax Reports by: Matthew R. Zischke and Chip Gray
- Massachusetts Stepping Up COVID-19 Reopening, Replaces Travel Order... by: Michael R. Bertoncini
- Connecticut Rolls Back COVID-19 Safe Workplace Rules by: Tanya A. Bovée and Russell N. Jarem
- American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Provides Temporary Free COBRA... by: Stephanie D. Ahmad and Ian A. Herbert
- Did the CPRA expand the scope of the private right of action? by: David A. Zetoony
- California State Healthcare Worker Accesses COVID-19 Data on More... by: Joseph J. Lazzarotti
- Trade Secret Law Evolution Podcast Episode 34: Forum and Venue Issues... by: Jordan D. Grotzinger and Justin K. Victor
- CAFC Affirms PTAB’s Rejection of Patent Application as Abstract by: Eric Magleby and Christina Ji-Hye Yang
- UPDATED: COVID-19 Immigration And Travel Ramifications by: Elizabeth Baker and Julianne Cassin Sharp
- Mexico’s COVID-19 Traffic Light Monitoring System: News for March 15–... by: Pietro Straulino-Rodriguez
- Proposed Settlement in Mowi Smoked Salmon Class Action by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
- 6 Tips for the Lawyer Working from Home by: Practice Panther Blog
- 340B Drug Pricing Program 2021 Outlook [PODCAST] by: Richard P. Church and Andrew D. Ruskin
- The Lactalis case: continuation and end by: Katia Merten-Lentz
- Understanding the Basics of NCDOI Licensee Complaints by: Amy H. Wooten
- Building Compliance Programs for AI Tools by: Anjali N.C. Downs
- American Rescue Plan Act Brings Back COBRA Subsidies, Prompt Action... by: Samuel Parks
- BEST MODE for Patent Practitioners: Bypassing Traps of the Bypass... by: Majid AlBassam and Alex E. Wolcott
- The Investment Company Act - What Does Tonopah Have To Do With It? by: Keith Paul Bishop
- Minnesota Governor Walz Gradually Eases COVID-19 Business Restrictions by: Colin H. Hargreaves
- Shanxi Fines 7 Chinese Intellectual Property Firms for Unauthorized... by: Aaron Wininger
- Statutory Offer To Compromise Void Without Express Acceptance... by: Katherine C. Sample
- The Saver is at the Heart of TPR’s 15-year Strategy by: Labor and Employment Practice Group Squire Patton Boggs
- COVID-19: Comfort Zones - Overview of Business and Social... by: Kathleen M. Hamann and Suzanne King
March 18, 2021
- The American Rescue Plan Act Provides a Flood of Funding for Industry... by: Curtis R. Hearn and Emily Gauthier
- You Get a Shot, and You Get a Shot! California Paves the Way for... by: Anthony J Oncidi and Philippe A. Lebel
- COVID-19: Maine Governor Janet Mills Extends State of Emergency March... by: Newell A. Augur and Andrea Cianchette Maker
- Latest Stimulus Package Provides Additional Funding, Expanded... by: Curtis R. Hearn and Aimee Andrepont Decuir
- Law Firm SEO: Top Search Engine Optimization Strategies for Lawyers by: Jason Hennessey
- Gov4Nano Conducting “Data Sharing and FAIR Data Use Survey” by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
- California Privacy Protection Agency Board Members Appointed by: Linn F. Freedman
- Illinois Coalition Backs Telehealth Bill Supporting Payment Parity... by: Kathleen M. Premo and Priya Kaulich
- American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Employment Law Update by: Ellen M. Bronchetti
- The Restaurant Revitalization Fund: A Much-Needed Boost for... by: Curtis R. Hearn and Aimee Andrepont Decuir
- New Opportunities and Issues for Dependent Care Flexible Spending... by: Bruce Barth and Virginia E. McGarrity
- The Battle of the Bills Begins: Proposed Federal Data Privacy... by: Philip J. Bezanson and Brittney E. Justice
- How Biden’s American Rescue Plan Impacts Employee Leave by: Margaret R. Kurlinski and Katheryn (Katie) M. Ybarra
- ICE Investigators Use Private Database Covering Millions of... by: Raymond G. Lahoud
- Consider Conducting a Virtual Tabletop Exercise by: Linn F. Freedman
- Beyond Essential Goods and Services: Price Gouging Laws Being Applied... by: Christopher E Ondeck and John R Ingrassia
- Maine Individual Income Tax Deadline Extended to May 17, 2021 by: Jonathan Block and Kris J. Eimicke
- OSHA Rolls Out National Emphasis Program, But No Emergency Temporary... by: Leonard V. Feigel
- Ironic Justice: WeLeakInfo Users’ Information Compromised by: Linn F. Freedman
- TCPA Quick Hitter: Hundreds of Unwanted Calls—But No Class... by: Eric J. Troutman
- Mobile App Platform Entitled to CDA Immunity over State Law Claims... by: Jeffrey D. Neuburger
- Department of Labor Expands Unemployment Insurance Eligibility To... by: Karen Jennings Evans and Holly H. Williamson
- COVID-19: Congress Extends FFCRA Payroll Tax Credit through September... by: Katharine I. Rand
- Effective Dates for Final Drone Rules Announced by: Kathryn M. Rattigan
- Brexit's Impact on UK-Based Charities by: Nicholas Holland and Laura Harper
- Wisconsin Wage and Hour Law: Rounding Employee Time by: Jonathan E. Sacks
- House Republicans Reverse Course on Earmarks, Congressionally... by: Frank C. Guinta and Anthony M. DeMaio
- Additional CCPA Regulations Are Approved by: Deborah George
- Paid Social Media Advertising Campaigns for Law Firms: Part 4... by: Eilene Spear
- FDA Issues Import Alert for Higenamine Supplements by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
- Impact of American Rescue Plan Act on State and Local Governments by: Ronald C. Liscombe and Jeffrey S. Aronoff
- Earl v. NVR, Inc., trading as Heartland Homes of PA: Werwinski is dead by: Lydia A. Gorba
- What Does it Take for Hospitals to Establish OIG Compliance? 10... by: Dr. Nick Oberheiden
- U.S. Central Bank Not Currently Concerned About Inflation – Fed... by: Robert C. Gabrielski
- Spring State Law Round-Up (CT, IL, OH, NY, PA, DC) by: Shennan Harris and Ariel S. Cohen
- EEO-1 Reporting for 2019 and 2020 to Close in July 2021 by: Dean R. Singewald II and Peter M. Stein
- SEC Commissioner Calls for a Brave New Approach to Corporate Penalties by: Sarah E. Aberg and Melissa M. Mikail
- CFPB Rescinds Short-Lived Guidance on Abusiveness Standard by: Claudia Callaway and Christina Grigorian
- EAT Looks Through Sash Window for Better View on Worker Holiday Pay... by: David Whincup
- Mississippi Gaming Commission Meeting Report March 18 Meeting by: Thomas B. Shepherd III and Christopher S. Pace
- Recent Impacts to the Automotive Supply Chain and Change Drivers for... by: Vanessa L. Miller and Mark A. Aiello
- Special Considerations in Video Game M&A Transactions by: Zachary M. Turke and Taylor R. Parks
- GDPR in the USA? New State Legislation Is Making This Closer to... by: Jani K. Mikel and Bryan Clark
- Bipartisan Bill to Exclude Digital Tokens from Federal Securities Laws by: Chelsea Lomprey
- The Bipartisan SCALE Act: Increasing Investments in CCUS by: Anna Burhop and Patrick K. Johnson
- DOL Issues Long-Awaited Guidance on Locating Missing Retirement Plan... by: Jeffrey D. Mamorsky and Terry L. Moore
- Can Hashtags Get you in Trouble? by: Sara Tucker
- EPA Announces Settlement Resolving Alleged TSCA Reporting Violations by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
- Biden EPA Moving Forward with National Drinking Water Regulations for... by: Kaitlyn R. Maxwell and Bernadette M. Rappold
- Tennessee Federal Court Dismisses Recent Food Contamination-Related... by: Syed S. Ahmad and Geoffrey B. Fehling
- OSHA Taking Its Time to Issue COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard by: Courtney M. Malveaux
- Litigation Breeding Ground: Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy... by: Ryan Blaney and Julia D. Alonzo
- Litigation Breeding Ground: Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy... by: Ryan Blaney and Julia D. Alonzo
- The American Recovery Plan Provides (Generous and Administratively... by: Alden J. Bianchi
- Episode 34: Forum and Venue Issues in Delaware Trade Secret... by: Jordan D. Grotzinger and Justin K. Victor
- WOAH: The ACLU Just Filed an Amicus Brief Supporting Creasy and it is... by: Eric J. Troutman
- Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2021 by: Margaret A Dale and Michael R. Hackett
- Economic Principles and the Reform of the European Commission's... by: Gerhard Dijkstra and Vikram Kumar
- COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives Without the HIPAA Headache by: Jessica E. Kuester and Matthew Hoffman
- CDC Provides Guidance for Workplace Vaccination Programs by: Evandro C Gigante and Harris M Mufson
- Conflicting Dispute Resolution Provisions: English Court Stays it... by: Tim Fox and Peter R. Morton
- They Went Where? by: Keith Paul Bishop
- Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB’s Rejection of Patent Application as... by: Eric Magleby and Christina Ji-Hye Yang
- New COVID-19 Relief Law Includes Full COBRA Premium Subsidy by: Timothy J. Stanton and Michael K. Mahoney
- Litigation Minute: Legal Considerations for Supply Chain Disruptions by: Laura K. Veith
- Board Members Appointed to California Privacy Protection Agency by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
- New York State Announces New COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines by: Evandro C Gigante and Harris M Mufson
- Pension Schemes Act 2021 Under the Microscope – TPR Consultation on... by: Clifford Sims
- IMS Insights Podcast: Episode 24 - Helene Wasserman on The Impact of... by: Teresa Barber
FEATURED ARTICLES
by: Kevin M. Foley
On March 17, Acting Chairman Rostin Benham of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced... Read More >
by: James V. Aidala
On March 3, 2021, the Farmworker Association of Florida, Environmental Working Group, and Center... Read More >
by: Megan Baroni
As a part of its ongoing efforts to increase workplace attention on COVID-19, OSHA recently... Read More >
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by: Bryan R. Cokeley
On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) took effect. While most of the media... Read More >
Climate change policies at the state and federal levels will have significant impacts on natural... Read More >
In one of the latest developments in the Biden administration’s recent initiatives to strengthen... Read More >
by: Robert J. O’Hara
President Biden’s January 21, 2021 Executive Order (EO) on COVID-19 tasked the Occupational Safety... Read More >
by: Timothy Cahill
As a reminder to our life sciences clients including drug manufacturers, medical device... Read More >
by: Kimberly Frank
Significant changes to the market-based rate (MBR) program administered by the Federal Energy... Read More >
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) applications are powerful tools that already have been deployed by... Read More >
by: Majid AlBassam
Although America Invents Act (AIA) patent practice is entering its 8th year, many pre-AIA patent... Read More >
by: Curtis R. Hearn
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) that was enacted on March 11, 2021, includes additional... Read More >
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Federal Law News
by: Raj Pai
On March 11, 2021, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in In re PTAB of Trustees of the Leland...
Both in market research and in trademark infringement litigation, trademark surveys can be a useful way to determine how recognizable a product or its packaging is to the public, as well as whether two products are so similar...
by: Zarish Baig and Kristin L. Bryan
A commonly asked question after being named as a defendant in data privacy litigation is “well, do we have any available defenses to have the complaint dismissed?” A recent ruling out of Illinois provides some clarity on what...
By way of background, in November 2020, a class action lawsuit was filed asserting various causes of action against Mowi USA, LLC and Mowi Ducktrap, LLC (collectively “Mowi”) arising out of their alleged misrepresentations in marketing smoked...
by: Eric J. Troutman
Sometimes in class litigation having a really bad case isn’t actually such a bad thing.
Take the case of Abdallah v. Fedex Corporate Servs., Case No.: 16-cv-3967, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49145 (N.D. Ill. March 16, 2021)....
by: Lydia A. Gorba
Like many Western Pennsylvania homebuyers, Lisa Earl was enticed by Heartland Homes’ billboards and post signs touting luxury finishes, timeless design, and quality architecture. Understandably, when she chose to build with...
by: Syed S. Ahmad and Geoffrey B. Fehling
In a setback for retail-policyholders hoping to enforce coverage for losses due to COVID-19 in federal court, a Tennessee district court recently knocked out a complaint filed by a sprawling Nashville establishment seeking...
State Law News
by: Anthony J Oncidi
Trial Court Properly Dismissed Employee’s CFRA And Disability Discrimination Claims
Choochagi v. Barracuda Networks, Inc., 60 Cal. App. 5th 444 (2021)
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by: Ethan R. Aronson
The State of Nevada has taken to the initials steps to create an official commission governing esports with the introduction of ...
by: Stacey M. Cooper
Just as current and former employees are entitled to inspect their personnel file, Labor Code Section 226(c) entitles...
by: L. Gil White
Welcome to the 2021 Legislative Brief, your one-stop shop for legislative news from a variety of sources throughout West Virginia, and my view of the legislative happenings on the horizon. Today marks the 38th day of the 60-day...
Connecticut Bans Discrimination Based on Hairstyles Historically Associated With Race
Earlier this month, Connecticut became the latest state to ban discrimination based on...
INTERNATIONAL LAW NEWS
On March 15, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced its decision not to renew the requirement for holders of net short positions in shares traded on an EU regulated market to inform the relevant national...
by: Aaron Wininger
Per China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) data, since deleted (see disclaimer at bottom), the number of invention patent applications filed in January 2021 was 48,201 versus 164,538 in January...
by: David Whincup
Sign-ups for our Future of the Workplace webinar yesterday show much continuing uncertainty on the part of employers as to just what happens next in practical HR terms as the lock-down staggers to a scheduled end in June. As...
On March 19, 2021, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (“DCMS”) signed a ...
