May 24, 2022

- FTC Imposes Multi-Million Dollar Penalties for Deceptive Consumer... by: Susan M. Kayser
- California Supreme Court Rules Meal and Rest Break Premiums... by: Kate Gold and Ariel N. Brotman
- U.S. Supreme Court Holds Waiver of Arbitration Rights Does Not... by: Samia M. Kirmani and Scott P. Jang
- Illinois Issues Proposed Regulations in Connection With Equal Pay... by: Jennifer L. Colvin and Sarah J. Platt
- A Renewed Focus on Stablecoins [PODCAST] by: Anne M. Termine
- Deputizing State AGs: CFPB Issues Broad New Interpretive Rule on... by: Tonya M. Esposito and Benjamin M. Saul
May 23, 2022

- Court Holds That Initialing A Will Is Sufficient To Meet The... by: David Fowler Johnson
- Blockchain and Metaverse Legal Issues for the Government and... by: James G. Gatto and Yasamin Parsafar
- Congress Takes Steps to Prioritize Youth Mental Health by: Harry Sporidis and Rachel E. Feinstein
- California Court of Appeal Clarifies that a Derivative Plaintiff Must... by: John P. Stigi III and Alejandro E. Moreno
- Fifth Circuit Holds That SEC Administrative Law Courts Are... by: David Slovick and Vincent P. (Trace) Schmeltz III
- US EPA Adoption of New Phase I ASTM Standard E1527 Delayed by Adverse... by: Gary L. Pasheilich
- Understanding the Delta Among State Privacy Statutes: Jurisdictional... by: David A. Zetoony
- Colorado Joins Movement to Limit Non-Competes to High Earners by: John F. Birmingham Jr.
- Milestone Agreement to Pay U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Equally... by: Rachel E. Green
- Court Holds That Judges Can’t Invent Rules Governing Arbitration... by: Stuart M. Gerson
- Connecticut Legislature Seeks to Codify Limitations on Noncompetes by: Erik W. Weibust
- Telecom Alert:Broadband Speed Goals NPRM; WEA Pleading Cycle;... by: Gregory E. Kunkle and Casey Lide
- California Supreme Court Rules Additional Penalties May Be... by: Leonora M. Schloss
- Mississippi’s New Vaccine-Choice Law: All Fluff, No Wrongful... by: Christina M. Seanor and Matthew C. Lonergan
- The Biden Administration Re-Proposes to Tax Carried Interests as... by: Robert A. Friedman and Arnold P May
- New York Enacts Legislation Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers by: Steven L. Imber and Jennifer L. Osborn
- Preparation of Corporate and M&A Documents for Proposed 2022... by: Nathan P. Emeritz and Justin E. Mann
- Beware OFAC in a Time of Sanctions by: Peter D. Hutcheon
- Banks Set to Abandon SPAC Market as SEC Proposes New Rules by: David A. Lopez-Kurtz
- Weekly IRS Roundup May 16 – May 20, 2022 by: Tax Practice Group McDermott Will Emery
- China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Approves... by: Aaron Wininger
- Los Angeles Superior Court Invalidates California Law Requiring... by: John P. Stigi III and Alejandro E. Moreno
- ROUND 1 TO THE BAD GUYS: FTSA Survives First Serious Constitutional... by: Eric J. Troutman
- Timber Briefing: U.S. Lumber Prices Could Be Affected by Sanctions on... by: Daniel C. Kelly-Stallings and Marisa N. Bocci
- US Executive Branch Update – May 23, 2022 by: Stacy A. Swanson
- Antitrust Enforcers’ Third “Listening Forum” On Merger Reform... by: Arindam Kar
- Fifth Circuit Holds SEC’s In-House Courts and Judges Unconstitutional by: Joshua M. Newville and Julia D. Alonzo
- The Feds Double Down (Again): SEC Adds 20 Positions to Cryptocurrency... by: Matthew G. Lindenbaum and Robert L. Lindholm
- Biden Revisions to the NEPA Regulations Now in Effect by: Alexander L. Merritt and Kathryn C. Kafka
- Jury Awards $450,000 For Employer’s Termination of Employee After... by: Nicole A. Eichberger and Atoyia S. Harris
- University Of Groningen And University Of Graz Scientists Create A... by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Ligia Duarte Botelho
- New Draft Guidance on FDA Enforcement Discretion for Past-Due NDI... by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
- On Her Shoulders, Season 2 Episode 5 - Interview with Jenna Banks [... by: Corinne Smith
- FTC Blog: “The FTC Act Creates a De Facto Breach Disclosure... by: Joseph J. Lazzarotti
- Bill Would Require Passively-Managed Funds To Vote Proxies As... by: Keith Paul Bishop
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