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Earlier this month, the DC Office of Tax and Revenue and the County Council of Montgomery County, Maryland, announced that on October 1, 2023, dramatic changes will be made with respect to transfer and recordation taxes on transfers of commercial properties.

ArentFox Schiff’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee Co-Chair and Partner Sailesh Patel was quoted by Chicago Lawyer about the firm’s post-merger DEI initiatives.

Enacted last year, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect on June 27, 2023. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) began accepting PWFA charges on that date.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Practice Group Leader Andrew I. Silfen has been named to the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors’ (AIRA) 2023 class of Distinguished Fellows.

Companies around the world are rushing to integrate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into their user interfaces to automate and deliver tailored website and application interfaces, customer service interactions, and advertising content to individual users in more personalized ways than eve

In PML Development, LLC v. Village of Hawthorn Woods, 2023 IL 128770 (Ill. 2023), the Illinois Supreme Court expressly adopted the partial breach doctrine.

Partner J. Michael Showalter spoke with the Associated Press about the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision not to test its Title VI authority in a recent case involving a predominantly Black community exposed to toxic chemicals in Louisiana.

A DC Circuit decision related to the US Environmental Protection Agency’ (EPA) hydroflurocarbons (HFC) phase out illustrates that federal regulations face significant scrutiny when reviewed in court even where the regulations have a textual hook and are largely consistent with prior agency practice.

Health Care Partner Hillary Stemple will present at the American Health Law Association’s (AHLA) Annual Meeting on June 26, 2023.

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In November of 2022, we predicted a fertile post-election congressional landscape for Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) practice reform.

New York, a state with a GDP larger than most sovereign nations, is on the brink of a significant change to its employment landscape. It may soon join the four other states that have banned employee noncompete agreements.

ArentFox Schiff is proud to announce that Partner Derek Barella has been elected a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers, a lifetime election for attorneys who have demonstrated outstanding performance and integrity, excellence, and dedication to the profession.

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ArentFox Schiff was featured as the transformative merger of 2022 by the National Law Journal in its news coverage of the country’s 500 largest law firms.

On June 16, 2023, in United States, ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., the US Supreme Court addressed the government’s authority to dismiss a qui tam False Claims Act (FCA) suit over a relator’s objection when the government initially declines to intervene in the litigation.

Andrew Katzenberg will speak at the American Bar Association on June 21, 2023.

Partner D. Reed Freeman was quoted on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) expanding enforcement of the Health Breach Notification Rule, which governs how health apps and similar technologies use and share consumers’ health information.

The pendulum has swung again in the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) continued effort to distinguish employees from independent contractors.

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

A group of Delta Air Lines’ customers filed a class action suit alleging that the airline’s marketing claims of carbon neutrality are false and misleading. While this may be the first greenwashing case filed against a major airline, it is not the first carbon-focused greenwashing action.

In an early test of a potential landmark lawsuit involving generative AI coding tools, a claim for breach of open-source licenses partially survived the defendants’ motion to dismiss.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that the firm has been named to Public Interest Law Initiative’s (PILI) 2023 Pro Bono Recognition Roster, which recognizes law firms and corporations that have made significant pro bono commitments and contributions in Illinois.

Bankruptcy partners George Angelich and Justin Kesselman will be hosting a panel discussion at NACM’s 127th Credit Congress on June 14, 2023.

The US Environmental Protection Agency defines “environmental justice” as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and polici