October 26, 2020
- NNI Strategic Planning Stakeholder Workshop Will Be Held in January... by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
- Price Gouging Weekly Round Up: October 26, 2020 by: Christopher E Ondeck and John R Ingrassia
- COVID-19 Shutdowns, Related Litigation Put Pressure on Business... by: Rachel E. Keen and Jonathan Reid Reich
- Breaking stride? Elite running shoes back in the spotlight by: Sports & Entertainment - Squire Patton Boggs
- “Congress Delivered”: State AGs Heap Praise On TCPA In Amicus Brief... by: Eric J. Troutman
- FDA Announces a One Year Pilot Program to Evaluate Third-Party Food... by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
- You Can’t Always Get What You Want: The End of ESG Investing in ERISA... by: Pete S. Michaels
- Hacked Healthcare Provider Refuses to Pay Ransom, Attackers Target... by: Joseph J. Lazzarotti
- Federal Acquisition Security Council Accepting Comments on Interim... by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
- Aggressive SEC and DOJ Parallel Charges for Accounting Fraud by: James G. Lundy and Michael R. MacPhail
- Platform to Business Regulation – Now in Force by: Carlton Daniel and Lucy Hopman
- California Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on Retroactive... by: Erika Barbara Pickles
- California Governor Signs Law that Establishes New Safety Standards... by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
- Economic Analysis at the Class Certification Stage of Exchange Act... by: Kristin M. Feitzinger and Amir Rozen
- Nevada's Director Liability Standard Defeats Another Derivative... by: Keith Paul Bishop
- Online Employment Tribunal hearings – remote possibility or part of... by: Litigation Group Squire Patton Boggs
- DoD’s Interim Rule on CMMC: Phased Rollout to Immediately Impact Many... by: Scott A. Schipma and Danielle K. Muenzfeld
October 25, 2020
- Navigating the salary cap in the NBA: Los Angeles Lakers by: Jack Blakey
- AfCFTA – The Key to Ushering Trade and Investment to Africa by: Frank R. Samolis and Stacy A. Swanson
- China Releases Q3 2020 Patent Application Filing Data by: Aaron Wininger
- Transatlantic Trade: US and Europe – Week of October 19, 2020 by: Stacy A. Swanson and Christina Economides
- At it Again: Repeat TCPA Player Andrew Perrong Files New TCPA Class... by: Eric J. Troutman
October 23, 2020
- Court Correctly Dismisses Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Suit Against... by: David Fowler Johnson
- ESMA Publishes Consultation Paper on Draft RTS Relating to CCPs by: Carolyn H. Jackson and Nathaniel W. Lalone
- FERC Proposes Policy Statement on Oil Pipeline Affiliate Contracts by: Kayla J. Grant and Maeve C. Tibbetts
- Court Affirmed Finding That Testator Had Capacity To Execute A Will,... by: David Fowler Johnson
- IRS Issues Final Regulations Concerning Withholding on Partnership... by: Steven Hadjilogiou
- COVID-19 Weekly Newsletter: U.S. Eyes Third Wave as Scientific... by: Sarah-Lloyd Stevenson and James M. Vergis, Ph.D.
- Issues Impacting Enforceability of Liquidated Damages in Construction... by: Luke C. Tompkins
- FSB Publishes Global Transition Roadmap on LIBOR by: Carolyn H. Jackson and Nathaniel W. Lalone
- An “Employment Disaster Recovery Bag” Is a Must! by: David T. Harmon
- Does the CCPA Treat Some Types of Personal Information As More “... by: David A. Zetoony
- CDC Expands the Definition of Close Contact for COVID-19 by: Faith C. Whittaker
- Beltway Buzz, October 23, 2020 by: James J. Plunkett
- COVID-19: Further extension to the UK’s Job Support Scheme by: Robert Gaut and Philip Gilliland
- CFTC and Bank of England Sign Updated MOU for Supervision of Cross-... by: Christian B. Hennion and Jack A. West
- REMINDER: Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Next Steps by: Natalie C. Groot and Emma Follansbee
- New York State Releases First Guidance on New Paid Sick Leave Law by: Brian D. Murphy
- Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … Regular Rate Exclusions... by: Brock J. Seraphin
- McDermottPlus Check-Up: October 23, 2020 by: Mara McDermott and Kristen O’Brien
- Crossing State Lines: Interstate Travel in New England During the... by: Kathleen M. Hamann and Sarah R. Remes
- What Rights Would the CPRA Provide for Sensitive Category Data? by: David A. Zetoony
- British Airways Faces Significantly Reduced £20M Fine for GDPR Breach by: Huw Beverley-Smith and Charlotte H.N. Perowne
- New York State Releases First Guidance on New Paid Sick Leave Law by: Brian D. Murphy
- SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Auditor Independence Rules by: Mark D. Wood and Mark J. Reyes
- IRS and Treasury Department Release Last Set of Final Regulations on... by: Elizabeth L. McGinley and Don J. Lonczak
- FERC Policy Proposal May Advance State Efforts to Price Carbon... by: Eric L. Christensen and Brook J. Detterman
- CDC Updates Guidance on Return to Work by: Christopher S. Mann
- FCA Publishes New and Updated Whistleblowing Webpages by: Carolyn H. Jackson and Nathaniel W. Lalone
- K&L Gates Triage: CMS Cease and Desist Letters to COVID Labs and... by: Stephen D. Bittinger
- CCPA Updates for Late 2020 by: Patricia M. Wagner and Audrey Davis
- New York Issues Much-Anticipated Guidance on Taxation of... by: Richard C. Call and Alysse McLoughlin
- HHS Pirouettes Back to Original Position that Provider Relief Fund... by: Sven C. Collins
- Banking Agencies Issue Proposed Rule Addressing Role of Supervisory... by: Christina Grigorian
- California Expands Entitlement to Leave for Crime Victims by: Noel M. Hicks and Charles L. Thompson, IV
- New Cyber Fraud Reporting Platform! by: Peter Vogel
- Hamburg Data Protection Supervisory Authority Issues Record-Breaking... by: Dr. Thomas Nietsch
- CFTC Issues Staff Advisory on Virtual Currency & Approves Final... by: Kevin M. Foley and Jack A. West
FEATURED ARTICLES
by: Eric J. Troutman
Its not very often you read the phrase “North Carolina, Indiana and 35 other states.”
In most... Read More >
by: Pete S. Michaels
The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) is forging ahead with a controversial new proposed... Read More >
by: James G. Lundy
The number of public company and accounting fraud cases filed under SEC Chair Jay Clayton has... Read More >
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At the class certification stage of Exchange Act securities class actions, at least... Read More >
by: Frank R. Samolis
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the African continent has seen challenges like other parts of the world... Read More >
by: Lary Stromfeld
I. Introduction
On October 23, 2020, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“... Read More >
The US Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued final... Read More >
by: David A. Zetoony
Yes and no.
The CCPA references directly, or by incorporating definitions from other code... Read More >
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced the arrests of 15... Read More >
Like everything else in this new COVID-19 era, union elections have been upended this year. After... Read More >
On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order 13950, “Combating Race and Sex... Read More >
by: Lisa M. Campbell
On October 15, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with... Read More >
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CORONAVIRUS NEWS
On Oct. 21, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released...
THE BUSINESS OF LAW
In the aftermath of a car accident, you will have to deal with insurance companies to get the...
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Federal Law News
In In the Estate of Flarity, a son of the testator challenged the trial court’s probating of a 2004 will and the appointment of two of his siblings, named in that will, as executors. No. 09-19-00089-CV, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 7536 (Tex....
With the end of the year just around the corner, many employers may be contemplating giving year-end bonuses to their non-exempt employees. And bonuses, year-end or otherwise, can create problems for employers when it comes to...
With the end of the year just around the corner, many employers may be contemplating giving year-end bonuses to their non-exempt employees. And bonuses, year-end or otherwise, can create problems for employers when it comes to...
by: Mara McDermott and Kristen O’Brien
This Week’s Dose
Further coronavirus (COVID-19) relief negotiations continue to sputter along with low likelihood of an agreement before Election Day.
Congress
COVID-19 Relief Updates.
Senate...
by: Mark D. Wood and Mark J. Reyes
On October 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments (the Amendments) to its long-standing auditor independence rules. The Amendments, which largely mirror the amendments proposed in December 2019, reflect...
by: Elizabeth L. McGinley and Don J. Lonczak
On September 21, 2020, the IRS and Treasury Department released the last set of final regulations (the 2020 Final Regulations) under the bonus...
On October 15, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a ...
On October 21st, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance on what constitutes “close contact” with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 for purposes of...
State Law News
On November 3, 2020, while the rest of the country is focused on the 2020 election, the California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int’l, Inc. to address an unanswered question...
On September 18, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3336 (“AB-3336”) into law. AB-3336 (codified at...
NRS 78.138(3) imposes a statutory presumption that other than in cases of a change in control of the corporation, directors and officers, in deciding upon matters of business, act in good faith, on an informed basis and with a...
In Keel Recovery, Inc. v. Tri City Adjusters, Inc., a company sued its former employee for breach of fiduciary duty related to reporting certain alleged criminal activity related to the repossession of vehicles. No. 05-19-00686-CV, 2020...
by: Luke C. Tompkins
Liquidated damages are a sum specified in a contract as the measure of recovery in the event of a breach of the contract.
Liquidated damages provisions are common in construction contracts to guard against damages that the owner or a...
INTERNATIONAL LAW NEWS
Earlier this year, we reported on an evolution in the form of cyberattack known as ransomware –attackers transitioning from denying affected users access to critical data by encrypting it to removing data from the compromised...
by: Carlton Daniel and Lucy Hopman
Since 12 July 2020, the Platform to Business Regulation has been directly applicable in the UK and all EU member states....
Remote evidence in Tribunal hearings have traditionally been limited to circumstances where an individual’s location or health makes it very difficult for them to attend the venue. Historically the ETs have not much liked it...
by: Aaron Wininger
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently released data through the third quarter of 2020. September 2020 invention patent application filings were up...
On October 19, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) concerning central counterparties (CCPs) under Regulation (EU) 2019/2099 (EMIR 2.2) (the Consultation...
