January 21, 2020
- NLRB Overturns Obama-era Initiatives: A Round-Up of the December... by: Norma Manjarrez
- Smoking Cannabis Legally in Illinois: What’s an Employer to Do? by: David M. Holmes
- OSHA Is Raising Its Maximum Penalty Amounts, Again! by: Michael T. Taylor and Adam Roseman
- Tfue v. FaZe Clan: Three-Ring Litigation Circus to Continue in 2020 by: Jonathan L. Israel
- Members of Congress Request FTC Investigation of Financial Data... by: Jeffrey D Neuburger
- Safie Specialty Foods to Pay $125,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual... by: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- At Long Last: FTC, DOJ Issue New Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines by: Dan Mogin and Jennifer M. Oliver
- Union Launches National Organizing Effort in Gaming and Tech... by: Patrick L. Egan and Jonathan J. Spitz
- Federal Agency Actions (Could) Lead to Big Changes by: Kevin E Hyde
- Union’s Failure to Provide Factual Reasons as to Why It Needed... by: Mark Theodore and Scott S. Tan
- California Advances State Microgrid Policy by: Buck B. Endemann and Olivia B. Mora
- HHS OIG Flags $2.2 Billion in Potential Medicare Advantage... by: Sven C. Collins and Colin R. Jennings
- More Clarity on What Constitutes a Final, Appealable Order in... by: Charles Tabb and Carly Everhardt
- Fifth Circuit Holds Failure to Mitigate is No Bar to Statutory... by: Om V. Alladi
- 2020 SEC Exam Priorities for Securities Industry Registrants by: Richard M. Cutshall and Steven M. Felsenstein
- Employment Law Legends, Episode 4 – The Burdens of Proof: McDonnell... by: J. Paul Rinnan
- Department of Labor Clarifies that Franchising Does Not Make Joint-... by: Jess A. Dance
- False Claims Act Recoveries Back On The Rise by: Marisa T. Darden and Chase S. Goldstein
- ‘Disparate Impact’ Impacts Fortune 500 Company: Think Twice Before... by: Mary Margaret Spell and Minia E. Bremenstul
- California Holds Workshop on PFAS in Food Packaging by: Packaging Law at Keller and Heckman
- MedPAC Discusses Restructuring Medicare Benefits and Votes on Payment... by: McDermott + Consulting
- Update on Federal Register Notice on Artificial Intelligence (AI)... by: Michael T. Renaud and Marc T. Morley
- Let Slip the Dogs of War…the SEC vs. Telegram by: Richard B. Levin and Stephen A. Rutenberg
- Negative Interest Rates x Negative Bond Yields = Positive Arbitrage? by: Michael A. Cullers
- How Millennial Lawyers Are Pushing Firms to Rethink the Role of PR... by: Debra Pickett
- GDPR Processor to Controller: Has Your Role Changed? by: Dominic Dhil Panakal
- California Federal Court Leaves Retail Employees Holding the Bag by: Peter J. Wozniak and Mark Wallin
- Department of State Announces Visa Reciprocity Changes by: Lindsey H. Steinberg
- The (Rock) Finer Points of the Absolute Pollution Exclusion by: Larry P. Schiffer
- Telecom Alert - APTS Promotes Inquiry Into FirstNet Interoperability... by: C. Douglas Jarrett and Gregory E. Kunkle
- The Intersection between the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts: Qui... by: Stephen M. Kohn
- CCPA Has Just Gone Into Effect, But Businesses May Need to Prepare... by: Jonathan Ende
- NJ On the Verge of Requiring Severance Benefits for Employees During... by: Ari G. Burd and Jeri L. Abrams
- Virginia Considering Student-Athlete Name, Image and Likeness... by: Gregg E. Clifton
- Health Care Enforcement Year-in-Review and 2020 Outlook: Civil Fraud... by: Brian P. Dunphy and Laurence J. Freedman
- Weekly IRS Roundup January 13 – 17, 2020 by: Tax Practice Group McDermott Will Emery
- California Court of Appeal Aligns with Ninth Circuit on ADA Website... by: Jean-Paul Cart
- 2019 Non-Compete Statutes Are Officially In Effect: Are Employers... by: Jennifer Janeira Nagle and Mark D. Pomfret
- New Official Controls Regulation in the European Union by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
- 2020 To-Do List: Health Plan Performance Report Card by: Jonathan F. Buck
- CCPA and ‘Reasonable Security’: A Game Changer by: Jaime B. Petenko
- China – U.S. Phase 1 Deal: Is It Enough? by: Susan Kohn Ross
- Business Judgement Rule Inapplicable if Director is Engaged in Self-... by: Scott I. Unger
- Representative Rush's Section 6(b) Bill -- Stripping Basic Due... by: Charles A. Samuels and Shawn N. Skolky
- DOJ, FTC Propose Much-Needed Vertical Merger Guidelines by: Dan Mogin and Jennifer M. Oliver
January 20, 2020
- Saracens’ relegation and the knock-on effects by: Sports & Entertainment - Squire Patton Boggs
- Though CCPA is Now Live, Questions About Its Constitutionality Linger by: Jonathan Ende
- DOJ and FTC Propose Highly Anticipated Vertical Merger Guidelines by: Daniel E. Hemli and Jacqueline R. Java
- SPB In-Depth: Service Animals as Reasonable Workplace Disability... by: Melissa Legault
- Trade Secret Law Podcast Episode 15: What Constitutes a Trade Secret... by: Jordan D. Grotzinger and Ashley M. Farrell Pickett
- Little by Little, Attorney General Becerra Sheds Light on the CCPA in... by: Amy C. Pimentel
- Ninth Circuit Orders EPA to Develop Total Maximum Daily Loads for... by: Eric L. Christensen and Allyn L. Stern
- Offered Free Cyber Services? You May Not Need to Look That Gift Horse... by: Ryan T. Siehr
- Supreme Court Rules "Now or Never" to Appeal Stay Relief... by: Lance P. Martin
- Seattle Launches Energy Efficiency as a Service Program, Encouraging... by: Eric L. Christensen
- Sixth Circuit Considers Whether Comparator Info is Discoverable in a... by: Natalie M. Stevens and Samuel H. Ottinger
- Court Denies Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award Based on Judicial... by: Rachel J. Schwartz
- New and Updated California Workplace Safety Regulations Expected in... by: Karen Tynan and Kevin D. Bland
- A Letter to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Second Circuit Affirms District Court’s Order as It Addressed Party’s... by: Rachel J. Schwartz
- New Whistleblower Protection in the EU – Time to Reshape The... by: Financial Services Practice Squire Patton Boggs
- Court Holds That A Husband Had No Interest In His Deceased’s Wife’s... by: David Fowler Johnson
- Federal Court Dismisses Policyholder’s Third-Party Action Against... by: Alex B. Silverman
- Review Commission Gains Quorum After Senate Confirmations by: Trever L. Neuroth
- The Roles of the Players in Class Settlements. Part 2: Class Counsel by: Donald R. Frederico
- It’s the Final Countdown: Being Prepared for Regulation Best Interest by: John Kincade and Jamie Lacy
January 19, 2020
- Third Circuit Affirms Order Declining to Consolidate Reinsurance... by: Rachel J. Schwartz
- Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital and EEOC Reach $195,000 Agreement to... by: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Eliminate Investor Fraud Claims in 2020: Recent Texas Supreme Court... by: Ladd Hirsch
- EPA Announces Enforcement Actions to Protect Drinking Water at Eight... by: EPA
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