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This round includes US export control sanctions on trade in controlled products and technology.

Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its White Collar & Investigations practice with the addition of partner Peter R. Zeidenberg.

Arent Fox filed suit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc. and NCCMI, Inc. on behalf of Bersin Properties, LLC.

On April 22, 2014, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced settlements of close to $2 million with two health care entities for violations of the Privacy and Security Rules promulgated under the Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Automotive partner Aaron H. Jacoby talked with Law360 about five auto litigation trends to be aware of, including the recent high-stakes suits on topics such as whether auto manufacturers can bypass dealerships based on Tesla’s direct sales model as well as whether auto manufacturers will be forced

On April 24, 2014, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of a challenge by Arent Fox client New York Prosperity and Protection PAC (NYPPP) to the constitutionality of New York’s anti-independent expenditure law. Partner Craig Engle represent NYPPP.

Working conditions of interns have been the focus of a series of unpaid wage actions in New York City and elsewhere.

On April 14, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit stuck down portions of the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Final Rule on Conflict Minerals (Final Rule) as unconstitutional.

It is unlikely that any ruling by a Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ever sparked such nationwide commentary as that of Region 13 Regional Director Peter Sung Ohr in ruling that Northwestern University scholarship football players are “employees” of the University.

Following his recent controversial decision that scholarship football athletes at Northwestern University are employees who can unionize.

On April 17, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control granted Arent Fox LLP’s petition.

By a 2-1 vote, a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB or Board) ordered a California hospital found to have bargained in bad faith to reimburse the Union for its negotiating expenses and extended the certification year by another 12 month period.

The Federal Trade Commission alleged that a 2014 promotional contest on Pinterest violated Section 5 of the FTC Act.

The US District Court for the District of Columbia recently dismissed a former university employee’s claims under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act (the DCHRA) that she was wrongfully discharged for opposing gay marriage.

On April 13, 2014, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) signed a law (S.B. 365) that will limit exposure for employers who hire employees with a criminal conviction history.

On April 3, 2014, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order sanctioning those responsible for the conflict in South Sudan. The Executive Order blocks the property and entry of designated entities and individuals.

In an important victory for health care providers, a federal district court in Illinois recently held that health plans may not simply unilaterally recover overpaid funds from health care providers, but rather must provide the appeal and other procedural protections required under ERISA.

In 2009, President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which, among other things, extended the statute of limitations for claims against an employer accused of paying an employee less based on her sex.

Arent Fox Government Relations partner Jon S. Bouker was quoted by Congressional Quarterly (CQ) in a cover story highlighting a different tone on Capitol Hill that has seen appropriators encouraging administration officials to increase their spending requests after a half-decade of belt tightening a

On April 7, 2014, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Maryland Minimum Wage Act of 2014 (the Act), increasing the state’s minimum wage rate to $10.10 per hour by July 1, 2018.

Yesterday, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a public notice seeking comment on TextMe, Inc.’s petition for expedited declaratory ruling and clarification filed on March 18, 2014. Comments are due May 7, 2014.

On February 26, 2014, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) petitioned the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow the National Security Agency (NSA) to maintain its database of telephone records that would otherwise need to be purged pursuant to its existing data-collection.

The Amalgamated Transit Union sought to organize the bus mechanics at the Respondent First Transit’s Phoenix facility in February 2010. The Union already represented the Respondent’s bus drivers, fuelers, and cleaners at the facility.

On April 2, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau released the Lifeline Biennial Audit Plan, which establishes a uniform set of audit procedures by which certain Lifeline service providers must be reviewed.

By an 8-1 vote in Brandt v. United States, the Court preserved the certainty and predictability in land titles and upheld one of the fundamental policies of the country’s property law system.