D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Alexander S. Birkhold, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel, Laura Zell
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With a “why not” approach, Thomas Vilsack wishes to build and promote a more resilient rural economy by identifying innovative opportunities in agriculture and tackling climate change while incentivizing carbon credits.
The Biden Administration’s initial efforts include actions and goals designed to benefit the construction industry, either through Executive Orders or proposed legislative relief packages. Here is a summary of key announcements.
Recent antitrust activity is instructive for associations to identify and limit key areas of antitrust risk. Here are some highlights from 2020:
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a $1.2 million fine against glue manufacturing company, Chemence, Inc. for violating a 2016 consent order requiring the company to qualify its “Made in USA” claims in its promotional materials and product packaging.
On January 29, 2021, the EU and Canada adopted four important decisions to ready the novel Investment Court System (ICS) for disputes arising under the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
On January 8, 2021, the agency governing Proposition 65, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed to amend the content and conditions for use associated with the widely-used short-form warning permitted under Proposition 65.
Advertising cannabis products along California’s interstate highways, briefly lived, is now significantly restricted.
In this recording of a recent Arent Fox event, former D.C. Councilmember and new Arent Fox Partner David P. Grosso talks with Government Relations Practice Co-Leader Jon S. Bouker and Senior Government Relations Director Oliver Spurgeon III about what the new D.C. Council’s legislative activity and
The Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Rule, if implemented by the Biden Administration, would significantly impact companies that have an international nexus in a number of different sectors.
Plan sponsors should review their plan documents to determine whether the Act’s relief can be applied to their retirement plans.
On January 29, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued a press release announcing the immediate end of its Payroll Audit Independent Determination program launched by the Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) in 2018.
Calls for Significant Changes To Federal Domestic Preference Policy, Waivers, and Buy American Eligibility
As COVID-19 cases have spiked across the country, many businesses have adjusted certain operations with an eye on customer and employee safety, as well as to ensure compliance with recent changes to government orders.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Alexander S. Birkhold, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel, Laura Zell
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Major changes to copyright law were shepherded in through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, the highly publicized pandemic relief bill passed on December 27, 2020.
All eyes in the cannabis industry will be watching an upcoming case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that could dramatically ease the tax burden of cannabis entrepreneurs, who pay tax rates many times higher than most non-marijuana businesses.
With the change of administrations typically comes a flurry of activity across all government agencies, and the same can be expected with the official start of the Biden Administration now well underway.
We know that PPP borrowers of any amount need to be ready if the government comes knocking. Today we’ll talk about HOW to best prepare, especially if you will be applying for loan forgiveness.
Fraud and abuse regulations have been adapted to meet today’s technology for electronic data, promoting cooperation among health care providers for the exchange of health information and the protection of such information from cyberattacks.
The Trump era of the last four years is regarded in the popular press as one of federal deregulation, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which will commemorate the eleventh anniversary of its founding later this year, was often viewed as no exception.
As we’ve reported, on his first day in office President Biden revoked Executive Order 13950, the controversial Trump administration order that prohibited federal contractors, subcontractors, and grant recipients from providing certain workplace diversity training and programs.
General Motors is getting electrified!
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working to dramatically increase the number of available vaccinators who may administer COVID-19 shots.
In addition to dramatically changing the policies of former President Trump on the pandemic, the economy, immigration, and other key issues, the Biden Administration is likely to substantially increase the federal government’s oversight of the insurance industry in at least two ways. First, by regul