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Partner Ross Panko was quoted on the US Supreme Court oral arguments in Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products, which will decide if dog toys using the Jack Daniel’s trade dress and the words “Bad Spaniels” are protected under the First Amendment.

On March 17, 2023, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development reinstated a 2013 discriminatory effects rule regarding liability under the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.). In doing so, HUD rescinded a 2020 rule regarding proving liability under the Act.

As part of ArentFox Schiff’s recognition of Women’s History Month, the firm is sponsoring the National Women’s History Museum’s companion website for their new exhibition, “We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC.”

On March 22, 2023, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued GC Memo 23-05 providing guidance on the recent decision in McLaren Macomb. Below are some of the notable points set forth in the Memorandum.

Louisiana has been at the center of the past year’s eruption of environmental-justice related enforcement activities.

Jacquelynne Jennings will speak at the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission’s Municipal Market Disclosure Fundamentals and Evolving Practices Conference on March 28, 2023.

With the advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Google’s Bard, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage from students looking for an easy answer to c-suite executives hoping to stay ahead of the game.

In the landmark case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the US Supreme Court overturned its prior rulings in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, which had recognized a constitutional right to abortion protected from government interference.

On the heels of recent legal setbacks and challenges for NFT collections offered by Dapper Labs and DraftKings, the New York Attorney General (NYAG) filed suit in New York state court against the parent companies of cryptocurrency trading platform, KuCoin.

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposal to amend Rule 206(4)-2, the “custody rule” (the “current rule”), which currently requires all investment advisors with the ability to possess client funds and securities to hold funds in a designated bank account.

ArentFox Schiff LLP has launched the Hospital Municipal Bonds Initiative, comprising a multidisciplinary group of lawyers with extensive experience in tax-exempt hospital financings, restructurings, workouts, and health care counseling.

The Minnesota Legislature is currently considering legislation prohibiting the presence of intentionally added PFAS in a variety of consumer products by 2026 and in all consumer products by 2032.

ArentFox Schiff represented Vervent, Inc. in its acquisition of a high-performance business process outsourcing (BPO) organization in the Philippines in an expansion of its contact center and servicing business.

ArentFox Schiff represents First Mid Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FMBH) in its announced agreement to acquire Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQX: BHWB) in a in a 100% stock transaction of approximately $90.3 million.

Join ArentFox Schiff Partner Reed Freeman and Associate Michelle Bowling for a hot topic discussion on new privacy laws for 2023.

Valuation is a key element in bankruptcies. Generally, a higher valuation of a bankrupt firm means larger creditor recoveries, and a higher valuation of pre-petition collateral means a smaller “adequate protection” package for prepetition secured lenders.

ArentFox Schiff is proud to announce that the Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring group has been awarded “Industrials Deal of the Year” for the sale of Masten Space Systems to Astrobotic Technology, Inc. by The M&A Advisor for the 17th Annual Turnaround Awards.

Executive branch priorities are clearly set out in agency budget requests. While the amount budgeted generally changes when Congress has its say, the original request provides unique insight into how agencies perceive what can and should happen in the next fiscal year.

On March 14-15, 2023, at US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Forced Labor Technical Expo (Expo), “Tools for Supply Chain Transparency,” 19 technology service providers (providers) presented their forced labor supply chain diligence solutions.

In a pro bono partnership with Buried Alive Project, ArentFox Schiff helped secure the release of Tony Lewis, who was serving a life sentence for a drug offense in Washington, DC. After spending nearly 34 years in prison, Lewis will be released on March 20, 2023.

Less than a month after denying copyright protection to AI-generated illustrations in a comic book, the US Copyright Office issued a statement of policy last Thursday to provide guidance on copyright protection of works that contain material generated using AI assistive technology.

ArentFox Schiff represented The Benchmark Company, LLC as sole bookrunning manager in ICZOOM Group Inc.’s initial public offering.

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