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On October 30, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA), an omnibus energy bill creating incentives for energy storage projects.
The plaintiff, BDO USA, P.C. is an accounting and professional services advisory firm. The defendants are Ankura Consulting Group, LLC, Ankura’s CEO Kevin Lavin, and Phuoc Vin Phan.
On June 12, 2023, Deckers Outdoor Corporation, owner of the UGG brand, sued Quince, an affordable fashion e-commerce company, alleging that Quince’s shearling lined boots infringed Deckers’ unregistered trade dress and one design patent (US Patent D927,161) (the “’161 Patent”) covering one of its most popular boots, the Classic Ultra Mini Boot.
On October 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule announcing changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), effective on or after January 1, 2026.
The last legislative session in California brought with it a wave of changes to California employment law.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the products hospitals and health systems use, make, or study. As health system innovations increasingly leap quickly across service lines, regulatory obligations can shift in real time.
A recent European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision on the obligations of European states to study carbon-intensive permitting decisions crystallizes how global climate commitments may be beginning to harden into justiciable standards in some jurisdictions.
The decision concerns eight patents owned by Stellar, LLC that were the subject of Motorola Solutions, Inc.’s inter partes review (IPR) petitions.
In the fourth episode of “Tax Stuff You Should Know,” hosts Bob Pluth and Gene Magidenko delve into the concept of profits interests, a valuable tool for partnerships and limited liability companies to reward service providers without triggering immediate adverse income tax consequences.
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Ford is considering discontinuing its electric F‑150 Lightning after racking up roughly $13 billion in EV losses since 2023, reflecting broader industry headwinds for large electric pickups as demand cools, costs remain high, and incentives fade.
On his first day in office, President Trump declared a national energy emergency and instructed federal agencies to use emergency procedures to facilitate domestic energy production. On October 29, the US Army Corps of Engineers issued its first Clean Water Act Section 404 permit under the president’s energy emergency declaration and its emergency procedures.
In the midst of a record-setting government shutdown, partisan divisions are deep, and legislating can appear zero-sum.
The Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (MNAA) took effect in October 2018, imposing certain statutory requirements for noncompete provisions to be enforceable. When the statute became law, many eagerly awaited case law guidance on how to interpret some of the murkier requirements.
As the automotive retail world turns, the Fall Conference for the National Association of Dealer Counsel (NADC) did not fail to provide some key insights for franchised dealers.
It’s hard not to experience whiplash with export controls recently. A little over a month ago, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the new Affiliates Rule, which took effect immediately on September 29.
Last week’s jury convictions of Safe Chain Solutions’ co-owners in United States v. Brosius, No. 1:24-cr-20255 (S.D. Fla.) coupled with US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) enforcement make one conclusion unavoidable: The DSCSA is both a regulatory mandate and a criminal risk boundary.
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On October 29, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, effective October 30, timely filed Employment Authorization Document (EAD) extensions will no longer be automatically extended 540 days while the EAD extension application is pending.
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Join AFS Life Sciences Partner Stephanie Trunk and Darshan Kulkarni, Life Sciences regulatory and compliance attorney, to unpack the recent acceleration of mergers and acquisitions across the life sciences sector.
The plaintiff National Recovery Agency Group, LLC (NRA) is a debt-collection firm that maintains large volumes of personally identifiable information (PII) of individual debtors.
On October 22, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) upheld the Appellate Division’s decision that employee retention bonuses are “outside the ambit of the Wage Act.”
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On October 21, the DC Council voted 9-4 to exempt most two-to-four-unit properties owned by individual landlords who do not own more than two housing properties in DC from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) under the revised RENTAL Act.