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J. Michael Showalter, Alex Garel-Frantzen, Samuel A. Rasche
Last week, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Biden Administration’s efforts to cancel $430 billion in student loan balances was legally unsupportable.
Birgit Matthiesen, Daniel J. Deeb, David R. Hamill, Antonio J. Rivera, James Kim*
The AFS team traveled to Sacramento June 13th to participate at EVS 36, hosted this year by the Electric Drive Transportation Association.
Hunter T. Carter, Brian Farkas
In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court sided with defendants seeking to compel arbitration of claims filed against them in federal court.
J. Michael Showalter, Robert A.H. Middleton
In the United States, environmental and public health measures often correlate to variables like education, income, and a community’s racial makeup.
Gayland O. Hethcoat II, Mariam Al-Koshnaw Creedon
As more states adopt consumer data privacy laws, Nevada and Washington stand out for their recent passage of legislation aimed specifically at protecting “consumer health data.”
Robert R. Pluth, Jeffrey B. Tate , Evgeny Magidenko
On June 26, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of Moore v. United States, a development that reverberated throughout the world of tax.
Henry Morris, Jr., Lauren C. Schaefer
Title VII requires employers to accommodate their employees’ religious practices unless it would impose an “undue hardship on the conduct of the employer’s business.”
Jeffrey E. Rummel, Karen Ellis Carr
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced the next public meeting of its Precision Agriculture Connectivity Task Force, scheduled for July 11, 2023.
Pamela M. Deese, Emily B. Lewis
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to evidence a strong commitment to bringing enforcement actions against false or deceptive US-origin marketing claims.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Nadia Patel, Michael F. Dearington
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
Buyers and Sellers Beware: Upcoming Transfer and Recordation Tax Changes in DC and Montgomery County
Jeffrey A. Mitchell, Emily B. Lewis
Earlier this month, the DC Office of Tax and Revenue and the County Council of Montgomery County, Maryland, announced that on October 1, 2023, dramatic changes will be made with respect to transfer and recordation taxes on transfers of commercial properties.
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
Henry Morris, Jr.
Enacted last year, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect on June 27, 2023. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) began accepting PWFA charges on that date.
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.
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.
Byron Dorgan*, Philip S. English*, Amy Antoniolli
Energy Podcast
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.
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.
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
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.
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