December 23, 2021
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- Blockchaining Education - Legal Nuances to Know! by: Athira Sankar and Jaideep Reddy
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules in Favor of Worker Fired... by: Patrick M. Curran, Jr.
- Governance Of AIFS: In Contrast with Corporate Governance by: Srishti Chhabra and Nandini Pathak
- OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Survival Guide by: Denise E. Giraudo and David B. Chidlaw
- California Supreme Court Cases Employers Should Be Watching in 2022 by: Leonora M. Schloss and Karen Luh
December 22, 2021
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- New PCORI Fee Amounts Announced for the 2022 Reporting Period by: Brian M. Johnston
- SEC Adopts New Rules Requiring Universal Proxy Cards in Contested... by: John K. Wilson and Jessica S. Lochmann
- Key Takeaways | The Continuing Rise of The Spac: Where Does It Go... by: Caitlyn M. Campbell
- New York State Department of Labor Issues Proposed Rule for HERO Act... by: Evandro C Gigante and Laura M. Fant
- 2022 California Employment Law Round-up by: Thomas H. Petrides and Candice T. Zee
- Last Month at the Federal Circuit - December 2021 [PODCAST] by: Elizabeth D. Ferrill
- Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2022 – CMS Cuts... by: Krusheeta R. Patel and Edward S. Kornreich
- Puerto Rico Expands COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements to Cover... by: Juan Felipe Santos and Carlos J. Saavedra-Gutiérrez
- Government Ramps Up Enforcement Efforts on COVID-19 Relief Fraud by: Elisha J. Kobre
- FTC 2022 Regulatory Priorities to Include Privacy and Security by: Julia K. Kadish and Liisa M. Thomas
- Best Practices to Protect Against Increased Cyber Threats During the... by: Stuart M. Gerson and Alaap B. Shah
- The Government’s Role in Hydrogen Development [PODCAST] by: Pietro Caliceti and Dr. Martin Borning
- OIG Report Highlights Focus on Fraud with Genetic Tests by: Timothy Cahill and Joseph F. Zielinski
- Massachusetts Adopts Mask Advisory in Response to Surging COVID-19... by: Michael R. Bertoncini
- Chicago Issues COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Restaurants, Bars,... by: Jody Kahn Mason and Anderson C. Franklin
- Third-Party Releases Are Not Consistent with Bankruptcy Code:... by: W. Glenn Jensen
- SEC Proposes Amendments to Rule 10b5-1 Plans and Increased Disclosure... by: Irina Nica
- Weihnachtsgeld trotz Kurzarbeit? by: Dr. Thomas Gennert and Lukas Deutzmann
- OCC and FinCEN Issue $9 Million in Penalties for BSA-AML Violations by: Sarah E. Aberg
- Bad for Business? U.S. State Department Policies Restrict Foreign... by: Raymond G. Lahoud
- 2021 Cybersecurity Recap for Government Contractors (and What to... by: Townsend L. Bourne and Nikole Snyder
- SEC Proposes Large Security-Based Swaps Position Reporting Rules by: Elanit Snow
- Supreme Court to Consider Whether the FAA Mandates Arbitration of... by: Ashley M. Farrell Pickett and Radha D.S. Kulkarni
- Federal Court Revises Decision and Recognizes Participant Exception... by: Jeffrey D. Koelzer
- Two Recent Developments Promise to Shed Light on Accrual of BIPA... by: Brian W. Ledebuhr and Joseph A. Strubbe
- FTC Seeks to Move Beyond Notice and Consent to Restrict Data... by: Amy B. Gordon and Ryan P. Blaney
- SEC Proposes Amendments to the Requirements of Rule 10b5-1 Trading... by: David Slovick
- Massachusetts SJC Finds a Public Policy Exception to Employment At... by: Gregory (Greg) Keating and Alicia Maziarz
- EPA Announces Public Hearing For RFS Annual Rules by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Ligia Duarte Botelho
- FDA Update on China Food Facility Registration by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
- US Federal Labor Viewpoints – Week of December 13, 2021 by: Stacy A. Swanson
- Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2022 – Employment Law This Week [... by: Employment, Labor, Workforce Management Epstein Becker Green and George Carroll Whipple, III
- Massachusetts High Court Rules “ABC” Test Is Inapplicable To Joint... by: Christopher M. Pardo and Katherine P. Sandberg
- Important Reminder for M&A transactions (including Internal... by: Oliver Geiss and Sam Hare
- OSHA’s New Rule on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Is Back in Force (... by: John E. Pueschel and Richard L. Rainey
- CFPB Fall Supervisory Highlights Shed Light on Agency Priorities –... by: Jennifer L. Galloway and Jessie Manzewitsch
- When Does Travel or Commute Time Count as "Hours Worked"... by: Patrick M. Madden and Monica A. Romero
- OSHA’s Vax or Test Mandate for Employers with 100+ Employees Is Back... by: Laurie Meyer and Abby S. Tilkens
- Amnesty for “Chocolate” Cars in Mexico by: Erika Padilla and Marcos Carrasco Menchaca
- OCSPP Accepting Comment on Candidates for ad hoc Reviewers for Draft... by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
- New York City Grants Non-U.S. Citizens Right to Vote in Local... by: Brian Shyr
- Court Rules "Thoughtful," "Disciplined," and... by: Keith Paul Bishop
- SEC Proposes New Rules for Share Repurchases and Rule 10b5-1 and... by: Sudhir N. Shenoy
- Oh, and Section 105, as Well—Limitations on The Bankruptcy Court’s... by: Woods Drinkwater
- Implications of The Sixth Circuit’s Whirlpool Opinion by: Lowell D. Yoder and David G. Noren
- SEC Committee Recommends Firms Improve Form CRS Disclosures by: Dorothy D. Mehta
- Ringing in the New Year: Regulators and Industry Seek to Bring... by: Jason H. Finger
- Michigan Pass-Through Entity Tax Enacted - Quick Action May Be Needed... by: Gregory A. Nowak and Ryan J. Riehl
December 21, 2021
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- New Prescription Drug and Health Care Spending Reporting Requirements... by: Hannah R. Demsien and Marian E. Dodson
- U.S. Government Begins Denying Afghan Applications for Humanitarian... by: Raymond G. Lahoud
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Set to Become Law by: Megan L. Morgan and Lauren A. Hopkins
- Department of Labor Rescinds Prior Regulation that Dramatically... by: John F. Quill
- Court Rejects Netflix’s Challenge to Poaching Injunction by: Anthony J Oncidi and Philippe A. Lebel
- New Year, New Laws: An Overview of New Laws Impacting New York... by: Cody Keetch and Jean D. Krebs
- Massachusetts Creates Exception to At-Will Employment for Employees... by: Mark W. Batten and Rebecca S. Fishbein
- If Your Disclosure of a Data Breach Was “Late,” You May Have to... by: Jean E. Tomasco
- Another Court Finds No ATDS If Dialing from a Curated List by: Amy Brown Doolittle
- Data Privacy, Security Considerations in Multi-Residence Buildings by: Damon W. Silver and Delonie A. Plummer
- Federal Cannabis Reform and SAFE Banking Act Receive Bi-Partisan... by: Stephan M. Wazny and Joel Wallace
- 2021 Year in Review: Financial Privacy Litigation and Developments... by: Amy Brown Doolittle and Kristin L. Bryan
- DOJ Announces Renewed Focus on Corporate Crime by: Peter R. Knight
- Survey of Smart Manufacturers Says SME’s Need a LIFT by: John D. Lanza
- Attacks on Contract’s Validity are Likely Insufficient to Overcome... by: Alexander G. Thrasher
- Third Update on Forced Labor for Imported Products by: Laura Siegel Rabinowitz and Donald S. Stein
- Washington Medical Commission Issues New Guidance for Telehealth... by: Laura Little and Lori A. Oliver
- New York City Is Poised to Require Employers to Provide Paid COVID-19... by: Susan Gross Sholinsky and Nancy Gunzenhauser Popper
- THE OTHER SHOE DROPS: Court Refuses to Dismiss TCPA ATDS Claim... by: Eric J. Troutman
- Sixth Circuit Reinstates OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard for... by: Caitlan M. Rocha and Robert K. Foster
- OSHA Reinstates Vaccination Requirement for Employers With 100+... by: Julie L. Gottshall and Michelle A. Gyves
- Boston: Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination to Enter Certain Indoor Venues... by: Michael R. Bertoncini
- California Authorities Announce Changes to COVID-19-Related... by: Jennifer L. Nutter and David Prager
- Group Health Plans Subject to New Prescription Drug and Health Care... by: Hannah R. Demsien and Marian E. Dodson
- Threat Landscape Update: Distributed Denial of Service Attacks by: Jena M. Valdetero
- Class-Action Against Whole Foods Dismissed by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
- SEC and DOJ Bring Parallel Civil and Criminal Charges Against Five... by: Toby M. Galloway
- White May Not Be the Trend in 2022: EU Bans Whitening Food additive... by: Reid Whitten and Julien Blanquart
- More Whiplash — DC Brings Back Mask Mandate and Encourages Vaccine... by: Guy Brenner and Arielle E. Kobetz
- North Carolina Muddies the Water on the Economic Loss Doctrine by: Avery Simmons
- The Latest News Affecting the Capital Markets by: Gary M. Brown and Wes Scott
- OSHA ETS ‘Vaccine or Test’ Mandate for Private Employers (100 or more... by: Jane H. Heidingsfelder and Sidney F. Lewis, V
- Washington’s Long-Term Cares Fund on Hold by: Craig A. Day and Sherry L. Talton
- Is Accountability Even Possible? by: Theodore F. Claypoole
- Florida Decision Highlights Strategy for Immediately Appealing Denial... by: Justin S. Swartz
- Foley Weekly Automotive Report December 21 by: John R. Trentacosta and Ann Marie Uetz
- A Whole Lot of “Cobbl[e]”-ty Gook After Wertheim by: Taylor K. Stark and Melanie M. Magdun
- Supreme Options for OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Test Mandate by: Shams Hirji and Colter Paulson
- District Court Rejects Purdue Pharma’s Chapter 11 Plan Over Non-... by: Stephen Lerner and Jihyun Park
- Weekly IRS Roundup December 13 – December 17, 2021 by: Rouzbeh “Robbie” Alipour
- ARPA Final Rule Expected in January by: Robert M Projansky
- CFPB Sets Sight On “Buy Now Pay Later” in Targeted Inquiries by: Brian R. Epling and Michael Gordon
- BREAKING: Seventh Circuit Certifies BIPA Accrual Question to Illinois... by: Kristin L. Bryan
- EPA Releases Draft TSCA Systematic Review Protocol for Public Comment by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
- The 'Glass Ceiling' for Black corporate executives is... by: Eric Bachman
- Weekly Bankruptcy Alert: For the week ending December 19, 2021 by: Business Practice Group Pierce Atwood
- FinCEN Publishes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Corporate... by: Thomas G. Appleman and Vera S. Hansen
- DFPI Grants Year-End Reprieve To CFL Licensees by: Keith Paul Bishop
- Telecom Alert: FCC NOI on Future of USF; FCC Settles 911 Rule... by: Jim Baller and Thomas B. Magee
- COVID-19: All or Nothing: Where the Federal Vaccination Mandates... by: Craig E. Leen and Erinn L. Rigney
- 6th Circuit Dissolves Stay of OSHA ETS Regarding COVID-19 Safety... by: Mitch Boyarsky and Bret A. Cohen
- NYC Issues Guidelines on Private Sector Vaccine Mandate by: Laura Stutz and Joanna Colacurcio
- Minimum Wage Increases in 2022: A Chart of Upcoming Changes and... by: Charles E. McDonald, III
- EPA Proposes Denial Of Undecided/Pending Small Refinery Exemption... by: Lynn L. Bergeson
- Ding Dong – Set-Off Is Gone | Set-Off Is No Longer Available as A... by: Ian J. Dorey and Rebecca Ryan
- Looking into workplace investigations, Part 5 – seeking truth,... by: David Whincup
- Types of Tax Court Opinions and Their Precedential Effect (Updated) by: Andrew R. Roberson and Kevin Spencer
December 20, 2021
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- The OSHA ETS Is Back On - For Now by: Aaron A. Bauer and Elizabeth N. Hall
- Federal Vaccine Mandates Are Back in Play—for Now by: Michelle S. Strowhiro and Abigail M. Kagan
- California Employers Must Comply with the Cal/OSHA ETS While... by: Sean Paisan
- Here We Go Again: Sixth Circuit Lifts Stay of OSHA COVID-19 ETS for... by: Luis E. Avila and David E. Khorey
- ETS Developments in the Supreme Court — and more on the Sixth Circuit... by: Colter Paulson
- Manufacturers Get Smarter on Smart Manufacturing by: Steven H. Hilfinger
- Feds Promise “More Stick Than Carrot” for Environmental Crimes... by: Kathy G. Beckett and William J. Powell
- New York Latest State to Provide Additional Employee Privacy... by: Katharine J. Liao
- Sixth Circuit Panel Member Questions Basis For Remand to ERISA Plan... by: James C. Goodfellow, Jr.
- Federal Court of Appeals Allows OSHA's Vaccination/Testing Rule... by: Robert S. Nichols and Amy Karff Halevy
- Telehealth: Key Takeaways From The CY2022 PFS Final Rule by: Joelle M. Wilson and Kathleen Snow Sutton
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: January 1, 2022, Brings... by: Laura L. Bilas and Heidi H. Jeffery
- The Performance Review Episode 13: Manage That: What’s the Deal with... by: Philip Person and Ryan Bykerk
- Sixth Circuit Lifts Injunction on OSHA’s COVID-19 ETS—New Enforcement... by: Robert J. O’Hara and Susan Gross Sholinsky
- New York City Requires Private Sector Employees to Be Vaccinated by... by: Sean J. Kirby
- California Publishes Initial Public Comments to CPRA by: Julia K. Kadish and Liisa M. Thomas
- EPA Submits TSCA Section 6(a) Rulemaking on Asbestos (Part 1:... by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
- European Commission Adopts South Korea Adequacy Decision by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
- OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate is Back Following Sixth Circuit Decision by: H. Devon Collins and Lira A. Johnson
- SEC Commissioner Crenshaw Voices Additional Support for ESG... by: Jacob H. Hupart
- Five Questions Retailers Should Ask Themselves When Selling Pesticide... by: Gregory R. Wall and Nancy B. Beck, PhD, DABT
- Sixth Circuit Lifts Stay on OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Test Rule by: Morris L. Hawk
- Benefits and Considerations for Patent Prosecution Under Patent... by: Charles Huang and Jing Zheng
- Transatlantic Trade | US and Europe – Week of December 13, 2021 by: Stacy A. Swanson and Christina Economides
- OMB Publishes Guidance Regarding Enforcement of Federal Contractor... by: Leonard V. Feigel
- The Time Has Come for Trademark Modernization Act Regulations by: Danielle M. DeFilippis
- Sixth Circuit Revives OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard by: Jonathan H. Schaefer
- The Wild ETS Ride Continues: The Stay Was Lifted, Now What? by: Suzanne King
- FTC Announces $2 Million Settlement with Ad Exchange Over Alleged... by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
- CFPB Issues Orders to Companies Offering BNPL Credit by: Moorari Shah and A.J. S. Dhaliwal
- Good Tidings for the Holidays! The U.S. Supreme Court Finally Will... by: Anthony J Oncidi and Philippe A. Lebel
- UPDATE: Sixth Circuit Panel Lifts Fifth Circuit’s Stay on OSHA’S... by: Rodney L. Bean and Ashley Faulkner
- The EEOC Releases Guidance: What Employers Should Know About COVID-19 by: Susan Gross Sholinsky and Frank C. Morris, JR
- CFPB Begins Scrutinizing Companies Using ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Credit by: Benjamin M. Saul and W. H. Langley Perry, Jr.
- FTC Announces 2022 Reviews of Key Guides and Rules by: Lesli C. Esposito and Marisa E. Poncia
- PPP Funds Doled Out to Fake Employees: $35 Million COVID-19 Relief... by: Tycko & Zavareei Whistleblower Practice Group
- A December to Remember: The Trademark Modernization Act Implemented... by: Norman J. Rich and Lindsey N. Birch
- ICE Announces Extension to I-9 Compliance Flexibility Regarding... by: Ella Leviyeva
- Moderna’s Appeal of PTAB Decision Dismissed for Lack of Standing by: Melanie M. Magdun and Shannon M. Patrick
- Sixth Circuit Re-Activates OSHA’s Private Employer Vaccinate-or-Test... by: Trevor M. Jorgensen and Julie Furer Stahr
- Allegheny County, PA Posts Important Information for Employers... by: Sheri L. Giger and Daniel L. Blanchard
- GETTING CLOSER: Judge Holding FN7 Dicta Issues Another Great ATDS... by: Eric J. Troutman
- Senator Outlines Stablecoin Principles by: Scott H. Kimpel
- Servicers That Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail, Warns NY AG by: Christy W. Hancock and Austin W. Holland
- SCOTUS Shelves Request to Review 11th Circuit Dark Tower Decision,... by: Spencer K. Beall and Margaret A. Esquenet
- Sixth Circuit Lifts Stay on OSHA's ETS Requiring COVID-19... by: Ahmad Chehab and Nhan T. Ho
- New York City Enacts Law to Regulate Use of Automated Hiring Tools by: Joseph C O'Keefe and Arielle E. Kobetz
- M&A Lawyers: Contract Trends to Know for 2022 by: PracticePanther
- Ringing in the New Year with Minimum Wage Increases and Revised... by: Michael S. Kun and Paul DeCamp
- OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccine, Testing Mandates Back On – Effective Jan. 10... by: Jackie S. Gessner and Mark S. Kittaka
- NYC Places Groundbreaking Restrictions on AI Use in Hiring Practices by: Jason C. Gavejian and Damon W. Silver
- SEC Proposes Another Round of Money Market Fund Reforms by: Jon-Luc Dupuy and Clair E. Pagnano
- A Not So Happy New Year for Employers? 6th Circuit Dissolves Stay of... by: Michael T. Taylor and Amelia A. Esber
- Looking Into Workplace Investigations, Part 4 – Respecting the Rights... by: David Whincup
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