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In Los Angeles alone, the LA City Attorney’s Office has in recent years initiated numerous lawsuits against hospitals and nursing facilities for homeless patient “dumping” – a practice generally described as discharging homeless persons without regard to their safety or ability to find shelter.

WASHINGTON — Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the election of nine new Partners effective January 1, 2019.

While he did not use a hemp pen like the one used by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to sign the conference report, President Trump signed into law the 2018 farm bill that includes a provision that legalizes hemp. Specifically, the provision would remove hemp from the federal list of c

Joel Wallace was quoted on a recent ruling from Federal Judge Reed O’Connor in the Federal District Court in Fort Worth, Texas, that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual coverage mandate is unconstitutional and, in the absence of the individual mandate, the rest of the ACA cannot stand.

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled that it remains concerned with the issue of administrative deference following its grant of certiorari last week to hear Kisor v. O’Rourke specific to the issue of whether the Court should overrule Auer v. Robbins and Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.

Arent Fox has successfully procured a patent for Acronis, a leading provider of cloud backup and cyber protection, for a new technology of verifying data integrity using a blockchain network.

Headlines that matter for privacy and data security.

The Germans are joining ranks with the Swedish.

In the quick pound of a gavel, the entire U.S. pharmaceutical and biologics industries were thrown into doubt after Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas found the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – and therefore the entire act – unconstitutional.

WASHINGTON, DC — Arent Fox LLP and Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP are pleased to announce they have reached a formal agreement to merge, effective January 1, 2019. The merger will mark Arent Fox’s first expansion into the Boston market.

The $50 billion dollar global online event ticketing market is expected to grow to $70 billion dollars by 2025. This growth coincides with recently heightened allegations of deceptive practices.

Due to environmental concerns, many jurisdictions have restricted the ability of retail stores to provide plastic bags to customers at checkout.

GM announced on Tuesday that it will cut 50 jobs at a lithium ion battery assembly plant in suburban Detroit.

Groceries can now come in a driverless vehicle – but you will have to bring them into the house yourself.

Arent Fox LLP and Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP are pleased to announce they have reached a formal agreement to merge, effective January 1, 2019. The merger will mark Arent Fox’s first expansion into the Boston market. Founded in 1980, Posternak is a 55-lawyer Boston-based firm focusing on busines

The Trump Administration revealed the new and long-awaited “waters of the United States” or “WOTUS” rule last week, which is designed to clear confusion on one of the most hotly debated topics in environmental law today – the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

The Defendants moved to dismiss Dr. Griffin’s suit.

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

Schiff Hardin has been recognized in the 2019 BTI Client Service A-Team, a data-driven ranking of law firms named by clients as consistently delivering superior levels of client service.

On October 5, 2018, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that it had negotiated a $3.85 million civil penalty with Costco Wholesale Corporation over an alleged failure to report product hazards involving an electronic trash can.

Earlier this month, Arent Fox LLP received the “Best Deal of the Year” award from the Washington DC Economic Partnership for a deal financing the acquisition of a new training center for the Spanish Education and Development Center.

Intellectual Property Practice Group Co-Leader Imron Aly was quoted on how including patents in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s “Purple Book” — which lists biological products, including any biosimilar and interchangeable biological products — might affect developers.

Alexander Young, partner and deputy practice group leader for the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups, has been named a Notable Practitioner in North America in the Corporate and M&A Practice Area by the IFLR1000.

Bitcoin cryptocurrency and other cryptocurrencies have experienced immense growth, as demonstrated by the skyrocketing values and development of technical solutions involving blockchain technologies.

To be entitled to protection under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and analogous state laws, information must be “secret.”