February 03, 2023

- Preparing for New Consumer Privacy Laws in Colorado, Connecticut and... by: Elliot R. Golding and Kathryn Linsky
- Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulation Is Now in... by: Karen Tynan and Jennifer Yanni
- Court of Chancery Holds That Corporate Officers Owe Duty of Oversight by: Nathan E. Barnett and Ethan H. Townsend
- Illinois Supreme Court Rules All BIPA Claims Are Subject to Five-Year... by: Kevin M. Cloutier and David M. Poell
- Regulatory Focus on Investor Side Letters by: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
- CMS Finalizes Long-Awaited Rule on Medicare Advantage RADV Audits by: Ankur J. Goel and Jeremy Earl
- USCIS Starts Issuing 48-Month I-829 Petition Receipt Notices by: Luna Ma
- NLRB General Counsel Seeks to Restrict Employers’ Right to... by: Juan Larios and Catherine Kang
- Can a Federal Court Refuse Recognition of a Nondomestic Arbitral... by: Max B. Chester and Charles W. Niemann
- Decathlon Wins Almost 3 Million RMB in Chinese Trade Dress Dispute... by: Aaron Wininger
- Will U.S. Supreme Court Place an Undue Hardship on Employers When It... by: Stephanie L. Adler-Paindiris and Stephanie E. Satterfield
- Beltway Buzz, February 3, 2023 by: James J. Plunkett
- UK Regulation of Cryptoassets – Another Glimpse but Still None the... by: Judith E. Rinearson and Kai Zhang
- NYC Council to Consider Expanding the City’s Pay Transparency Law to... by: Allan S Bloom and Evandro C Gigante
- FRB Issues Policy Statement on Permissible Activities of State Member... by: Daniel Meade and Rachel Rodman
- Listen to Your Critics: SEC Commissioner Considers the Future of... by: David A. Lopez-Kurtz
- Illinois Supreme Court Rules Privacy Act Claims Have Five Year... by: Anne E. Larson and Harry J. Secaras
- FTC Raises Threshold for HSR Merger Reporting by a Record $10.4... by: Timothy Z. LaComb
- Attention New York Medicaid Providers: It’s Time to Upgrade Your... by: Carmen Jule and Jessica Sonpal
- Bipartisan Bill to Ban Most Non-Compete Agreements Reintroduced in U.... by: Clifford R. Atlas and Erik J. Winton
- OFCCP Identifies Contractors Whose EEO-1 Data Will Be Released on... by: Guy Brenner and Olympia Karageorgiou
- ESG Litigation Update: Climate- and Carbon-Focused Litigation by: J. Michael Showalter and Jane E. Montgomery
- Sixth Circuit Expands Retaliation Protections For Employees... by: Grant T. Pecor and Aaron Vance
- USCIS Announces Extension of Validity of Certain Green Cards by: Alexandra LaCombe
- Minnesota’s New CROWN Act Becomes Law: State Now Prohibits... by: Cynthia A. Bremer and Colin H. Hargreaves
- Bankruptcy Court Finds Cannabis Employee Not Entitled to Chapter 13... by: Jane Haviland
- FDA Announces Qualified Health Claim for Cocoa Flavanols in High... by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
- EEOC Hears Testimony Concerning Employment Discrimination in... by: Jesse R. Dill and Simone R.D. Francis
- Deploying A Holistic Approach to Automated Employment Decision-Making... by: Michelle Capezza and Corbin Carter
- Robo-Rights: As AI Art Takes Over, Who's the Real Artist in the... by: Anthony V. Lupo and Dan Jasnow
- FY 2024 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Period Will Be Open from March... by: Immigration & Compliance
- US Executive Branch Update – February 3, 2023 by: Stacy A. Swanson
- Revamping of Cosmetics Regulation and Safety by: John E. Wyand and Jennifer Tharp
- Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — February 2023 by: R. Neal Martin
- $31 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Results in Two Convictions by: D. Jacques Smith and Randall A. Brater
- Ten Minute Interview: Minority Direct Investments [VIDEO] by: Brian L. Lucareli and Glenn Singleton
- New Year – New Hurdles by: Robert T. Dumbacher
- GoodRx to Pay $1.5 Million in First Ever FTC Health Breach... by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
- How Not To Get Your Start In Banking by: Keith Paul Bishop
- SEC Commissioner Questions ESG Investing by: Jacob H. Hupart
- Additional Nelson Mullins Alerts by: Nelson Mullins Government Relations
- Europe: UK Regulator Issues New Recommendations to Firms on Consumer... by: Andrew J. Massey
- Lohngleichheit bei Teilzeitbeschäftigung by: Dr. Thomas Gennert and Lisa Scheipers
- All Things Chemical® Podcast: What to Expect on Capitol Hill and at... by: Lynn L. Bergeson
- EPA Requests Nominations for SAB; Members May be Asked to Participate... by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
- Pflicht zur ESG-Kundenbefragung gilt zukünftig auch für... by: Annabelle Juliette Rau
- DOE Awards $118 Million to Accelerate Domestic Biofuel Production by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
- Illinois Supreme Court Eliminates Possibility of One-Year Statute of... by: Nadine C. Abrahams and Jody Kahn Mason
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