On February 1, 2022, a federal court in California issued the first major ruling in a False Claims Act case testing the Department of Justice’s newly minted Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, notching a win for the government. In United States ex rel. Markus v. Aerojet RocketDyne Holdings, Inc.
In this installment of the Five Questions, Five Answers podcast, Birgit Matthiesen, Antonio J. Rivera, and James Kim invite Steve Christensen, the executive director of the Responsible Battery Coalition, to discuss how the USMCA impacts the North American battery industry.
In a case of first impression, on January 24, 2022, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued an opinion in H1 Lincoln, Inc. v. South Washington Street LLC holding.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced upward revisions to the jurisdictional thresholds for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act last week. The basic size-of-transaction threshold will now be $101 million.
In a January 19, 2022, speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Michael S. Regan confirmed that “[f]or this EPA, environmental justice is not an add-on or an afterthought ― it is a central driving factor in all that we do.”
Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the firm has earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index and the distinction as a 2022 “Best Place to Work for LGTBQ+ Equality.”
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A marketing services company and its owner will be banned from the auto industry under an Order issued by the Federal Trade Commission after the Commission found that they illegally misled consumers to believe their websites were affiliated with a government stimulus program.
Property management companies (PMC) need to pay attention to a recent change in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement discretion concerning liability from renovations that could encounter lead-based paint.
The role of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors in capital allocation and investment decisions are poised to take center stage in 2022. A trend that entered the mainstream with a statement from the Business Roundtable in 2019, signaling a shift in the business community.
The Biden Administration has indicated that the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will include environmental justice issues among its priorities.
The “core mission” of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to ensure that the health care providers who care for Medicare and Medicaid patients protect their patients’ health and safety gives the agency broad authority to regulate the conduct and operations of participating providers
On January 13, Canada announced that it would join Mexico in requesting a dispute settlement panel to address a disagreement over the US interpretation of the automotive rules of origin under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). This is the latest development in the on-going trilateral dispute.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the proposed Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the Proposed Rule) on January 12, 2022, in the Federal Register.
Five years ago, USCIS routinely took three months to issue employment authorization documents (EADs) and advance parole (AP) travel documents.
On January 24, 2022, The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on behalf of the Forced Labor Task Force (Task Force), published a Federal Register Notice to request public comments regarding the implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) and the due diligence standards.
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On January 14, 2022, a federal court in the Northern District of California endorsed the SEC’s novel “shadow trading” theory of insider trading. In SEC v. Panuwat, the Court held that a person can violate securities laws by trading in the securities of an issuer.
The New York State Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act (S7428/ A8352) (Fashion Act) would require fashion retailers and manufacturers doing business in New York State to comply with stringent supply chain mapping requirements and to disclose the environmental and social impacts of t
On January 11, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that, effective immediately, the Agency’s review of applications for new pesticide active ingredients (AI) pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) will uniformly incorporate analysis und
A California appellate court has ruled that a wrongful death action filed by an employee and her children arising from the death of the employee’s spouse from COVID-19 after she allegedly contracted the virus at work and infected her husband, was not “derivative” of her infection.
With growing consumer shift toward “sustainable” products, retail companies must ensure that claims of sustainability can be substantiated while planning ahead for anticipated changes to the Federal Trade Commission’s Green Guide in 2022. Anthony Lupo and Dan Jasnow have your main takeaways.
Effective January 1, 2022, California Senate Bill 41, the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), imposes requirements on the collection, use, and disclosure of genetic data collected or derived from direct-to-consumer genetic testing products and services.
In this WorldSmart podcast, Ecuadorian politician and diplomat Ivonne Baki joins Hunter Carter and Malcolm McNeil to discuss women in politics, fair trade agreements with Ecuador, and the art of diplomacy.
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