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D. Reed Freeman Jr.
Companies around the world are rushing to integrate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into their user interfaces to automate and deliver tailored website and application interfaces, customer service interactions, and advertising content to individual users in more personalized ways than eve
Jin Yan
In PML Development, LLC v. Village of Hawthorn Woods, 2023 IL 128770 (Ill. 2023), the Illinois Supreme Court expressly adopted the partial breach doctrine.
J. Michael Showalter
A DC Circuit decision related to the US Environmental Protection Agency’ (EPA) hydroflurocarbons (HFC) phase out illustrates that federal regulations face significant scrutiny when reviewed in court even where the regulations have a textual hook and are largely consistent with prior agency practice.
Byron Dorgan*, Philip S. English*, Amy Antoniolli
Energy Podcast
Cissy Jackson, Daniel Sjostedt*
In November of 2022, we predicted a fertile post-election congressional landscape for Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) practice reform.
James D. Cromley, Michael K. Molzberger, Matthew F. Prewitt, Brian Farkas
New York, a state with a GDP larger than most sovereign nations, is on the brink of a significant change to its employment landscape. It may soon join the four other states that have banned employee noncompete agreements.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel, Shoshana Golden
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater
On June 16, 2023, in United States, ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., the US Supreme Court addressed the government’s authority to dismiss a qui tam False Claims Act (FCA) suit over a relator’s objection when the government initially declines to intervene in the litigation.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel, Apeksha Vora, Shoshana Golden
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
Amy Antoniolli, J. Michael Showalter
A group of Delta Air Lines’ customers filed a class action suit alleging that the airline’s marketing claims of carbon neutrality are false and misleading. While this may be the first greenwashing case filed against a major airline, it is not the first carbon-focused greenwashing action.
Henry Morris, Jr.
The pendulum has swung again in the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) continued effort to distinguish employees from independent contractors.
Dan Jasnow, Matthew L. Finkelstein*, Julia Ambros, Mariam Al-Koshnaw Creedon
In an early test of a potential landmark lawsuit involving generative AI coding tools, a claim for breach of open-source licenses partially survived the defendants’ motion to dismiss.
Brian Farkas, Les Jacobowitz
On May 15, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation that impedes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs at public higher education institutions throughout the state.
J. Michael Showalter
The US Environmental Protection Agency defines "environmental justice" as "the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and polici
Michael K. Molzberger, Matthew F. Prewitt
Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule that would, with limited exceptions, bar employers from using employee noncompete agreements and require rescission of existing noncompete agreements.
Jeffrey B. Tate , Samantha Overly Patel, Rachel Scott*, Jivesh Khemlani
On June 9, 2023, US House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith introduced the American Families and Jobs Act, which would have major implications for several provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA).
Dan Jasnow, Matthew Berlin, Yusef Abutouq, Emily B. Lewis
Last week — in separate actions over the course of 48 hours — the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed lawsuits against crypto asset platform operators Binance (including related entities and founder Changpeng Zhao), and Coinbase (including its parent company).
Lynn R. Fiorentino, Debra Albin-Riley, Brian P. Waldman, Robert G. Edwards, Ph.D., Shayshari Potter
Prop 65 Counsel: What To Know
Annie Chang Lee, Gayland O. Hethcoat II, M.H. Joshua Chiu
The recently passed Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2023 includes a new Stark Law exception and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) safe harbor, allowing hospitals and other health care entities to offer their physicians programs to improve mental health and resiliency.
Dan Jasnow, Kimberly A. Wachen, Charles B. Ferguson, Jr., Ankit Shrivastava
For better or worse, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Nadia Patel, Michael F. Dearington, Apeksha Vora
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
Amy (Salomon) McFarland, Megan A. Rzonca
NS Brands Ltd. (NatureSweet) recently filed its third lawsuit against Mastronardi Product Ltd. and Mastronardi Product USA Inc. (Angel Sweet) in just over 10 years, alleging unfair competition and trademark and trade dress infringement of its CHERUBS tomatoes packaging under federal and state law.
D. Reed Freeman Jr.
In the United States, the principle of data minimization is embedded firmly within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, through FTC enforcement activities, and in the host of state-level privacy laws and rules that have proliferated in recent years.
Thomas W. Abendroth
“Portability,” the concept of being able to leave one’s unused applicable exclusion amount to his or her surviving spouse, has increased the options in planning to enable married couples to reduce estate taxes.
Stephanie Trunk
On May 26, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Proposed Rule titled: “Medicaid Program: Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program.”