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Kay C. Georgi
Following up from the Executive Order 13685 which effectively banned US trade and investment with Crimea, the Department of the Treasury has just issued General License 5.
Michael L. Stevens
On December 15, 2014, a divided National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) published its controversial Final Rule on Representation-Case Procedures (the Rule).
Dan Jasnow, Thorne Maginnis
TRUSTe, Inc., a major provider of privacy certifications for online businesses, recently settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that it has been engaging in deceptive business practices.
Kay C. Georgi, Matthew Nolan
The United States and the European Union imposed additional sanctions on Russia and Crimea.
Kay C. Georgi, Matthew Nolan
In a live press conference yesterday, President Barack Obama announced the beginning to a thaw in more than 50 years of chilly relations with Cuba.
Wayne H. Matelski
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a dozen Warning Letters to dairy farms across the country.
Brian P. Waldman, Wayne H. Matelski
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued Guidance that describes circumstances that could occur during a drug facility inspection that might be deemed to constitute a “delay,” “denial,” “limitation,” or “refusal” of an inspection.
Byron Dorgan*, Timothy J. Feighery
Michael L. Stevens
In order to prevent employee theft, some employers — particularly in the retail arena — require their employees to undergo security screenings before leaving the employer’s facilities.
Michael L. Stevens
in a radical departure from settled National Labor Relations Board (the Board or NLRB) precedent, a sharply divided NLRB ruled in a 3-2 decision that a policy limiting the use of an employee’s work email to work-only purposes violated the National Labor Relations Act (the Act or NLRA).
Cutting Class: California Health Provider Overcomes Class Action Treatment of Patient Billing Claims
Debra Albin-Riley, Lowell C. Brown, Thomas E. Jeffry, Jr.
Anthony V. Lupo, Matthew R. Mills
Recently, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on proposed updates to its broadcast Contest Rule.
Brian P. Waldman
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final regulations requiring that calorie information be listed on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, and retail food establishments, and final regulations governing mandatory calorie declaration on food sold in vending machines.
Andrew I. Silfen
Questions Standing of Indenture Trustees to Pursue Fraudulent Conveyance Claims
Michael L. Stevens
The Chicago City Council, by a vote of 44-5, approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to boost Chicago’s minimum wage to $13 per hour by mid-2019.
Anthony V. Lupo, Matthew R. Mills
The Federal Trade Commission recently named Ashkan Soltani as its newest Chief Technologist.
Michael L. Stevens
On November 25, 2014, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the controversial “Retail Workers Bill of Rights.”
The Patent Act’s fee shifting provision provides that a “court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party.”
Stanley H. Abramson
The General Accounting Office (GAO) recently released a report critical of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) pesticide residue monitoring programs for food.
Michael L. Stevens
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed a decision of the Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor, which had determined that a company’s disclosure of the identity of an SEC whistleblower.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that its Form 477 Filer Interface has reopened.
The Bankruptcy Code definition of “intellectual property” does not explicitly include “trademarks.”
Board Bursts Broker’s Bubble: TTAB Sustains Opposition on Fraud Grounds for First Time in Five Years
Anthony D. Peluso, Elizabeth H. Cohen
For the first time since 2009, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has sustained an opposition on the grounds that the applicant committed fraud on the USPTO.
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