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AFS International Team Co-Leader and Partner Sarah Fitts will serve as moderator for a webinar hosted by the International Bar Association (IBA) on November 19 at 11:00-12:00 GMT.

ArentFox Schiff is proud to be a sponsor of the 63rd Annual Hawaii Tax Institute Conference, where partners Cindy Brittain, Brian Janowsky, and Christine Quigley, along with Senior Associate Xiang Qu and Associate Jiahua Wang, will be presenting.

ArentFox Schiff attorneys Cindy Brittain and Xiang Qu will present at STEP Seattle/Pacific Northwest’s upcoming program “China’s New Tax Regime and Offshore Trusts” in Seattle and on Zoom, November 12, 2026.

International Trade & Investment Partner, Megan Barnhill, and Senior Associate, Mario Torrico, will speak at the 3rd International Trade Compliance Forum, Is Geopolitics the New Driving Force Behind International Trade? Risks and Strategies in the New Global Balance of Power, taking place November 12-13, 2026, in Milan, Italy.

Chicago Partner Matt Prewitt will serve as a moderator at the IP Strategy Summit: New York, hosted by CenterForce, on November 19 in New York.

Partner Justin Goldberg will speak at the 2026 Capital & Policy Summit in Washington, DC on November 18, 2026.

Partner Amy Antoniolli will speak at the 2026 Midwestern Transmission Summit in Chicago, Illinois on December 2, 2026.

ArentFox Schiff is hosting and sponsoring the NYCPA Private Wealth Conference in New York on December 10. AFS speakers include Kevin Matz, Tracy McLaughlin, Brittany Sokoloff, Patricia Pileggi and Vanessa Meeks.

For the first time in more than a decade, no state put cannabis legalization before voters this cycle.

Maryland is changing the rules for ready-to-drink (RTD) distribution. Effective November 9, under the new regulation, suppliers will be permitted to appoint different wholesalers to distribute the same brand of “non-conforming beverages” in different counties, subject to certain requirements.

Artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools can now replicate or “clone” well-known software products in a matter of weeks rather than years.

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The Washington Department of Ecology recently released draft regulatory determinations under the state’s Safer Products for Washington (SPW) program.

Government Relations Practice Co-Chair and former US Senator, Byron Dorgan, was quoted in a recent article discussing how Democrats may pursue clean energy policies and seek to lower energy costs after gaining majorities in US Congress, while President Trump retains veto power.

In the runup to and aftermath of highly contested midterm elections, partisan divisions seem deeper than ever.

On October 28, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) published a Notice of Rule Development proposing to amend the standards and licensure requirements for assisted living facilities (ALFs), including new regulations implementing a memory care services license.

The FABRIC Act is back before Congress for a third time, and its joint liability provision would make brands answerable for wage compliance at their US contractors. Fashion Law Journal spoke with Anthony Lupo, Alexis Glynn and Starshine Chun of ArentFox Schiff on what the bill would mean for brands and their supply chains, and on the legal work behind heritage brand acquisitions.

Partner J. Michael Showalter was quoted in a recent article discussing growing voter opposition to data center development and the potential impact of local bans and moratoriums on future projects.

As election officials continue tabulating the results across the nation, it is clear that Congressional Democrats will have robust majorities in the US House of Representatives and US Senate during the 120th Congress. In a midterm election that featured a Democratic takeover of historic proportions, we saw a combination of expected and unexpected results that led some observers to doubt it was real. One Democratic television commentator exclaimed, “Don’t wake me up,” since the wins that were piling up were more than he could have dreamed of.

Families should prepare heirs not just to receive assets, but to take on the knowledge, decisions and responsibilities that come with them

A federal grand jury in Tampa returned an indictment charging two foreign nationals with conspiracy in connection with an alleged scheme to import and sell counterfeit Ozempic sourced from China and to defraud the United States, as well as with smuggling, and selling counterfeit drugs.

Privacy & Data Security Practice Group Leader, D. Reed Freeman, and Associate, Perry Jackson, will present on recent developments in Federal Trade Commission (FTC) privacy enforcement and policy. During the session, he will discuss enforcement actions under the Trump/Ferguson leadership, highlighting the issues, industries, and data practices that are currently drawing FTC scrutiny.

This month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance providing an overview of how the agency intends to implement the mandatory recall authority established under the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA).

On October 16, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a suit by a private equity-backed buyer seeking to enforce restrictive covenants against a former partner of the accounting firm it had acquired.

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