The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) continues to issue and extend waivers under Governor Newsom’s March 30, 2020 Executive Order, which authorized the DCA to temporarily modify licensing and staffing requirements for healthcare professionals licensed under the California Business and Profession
The Arch case provides a possible roadmap for policyholders in the United States to maximize insurance payout due to COVID-19 and the impacts of government restrictions on businesses.
Sailesh Patel, Intellectual Property Practice Group co-leader and chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee, will join a discussion about the various challenges that women and minorities encounter when pursuing a legal career.
Arent Fox Partner Pamela Deese will speak as part of a webinar titled “Avoiding the IP Pandemic Pare Down: Don’t Exchange Short-Term Gain for Long-Term Pain” on November 11, 2020.
Last week, electric automaker Tesla, Inc. launched its own brand of liquor, “Tesla Tequila,” with supplies selling out almost instantaneously. A team from Arent Fox advised Tesla on all legal aspects.
Schiff Hardin LLP is advising Kimball International, Inc., a leading design driven furniture manufacturer, in the acquisition of Poppin, Inc., a tech-enabled B2B commercial furniture design company, for $110 million with potential for additional contingent payments equal to $70 million.
In this video episode of Fashion Counsel, Arent Fox Fashion & Retail Practice Leader Anthony V. Lupo discusses lessons learned from COVID-19 with Eduardo Perez, CFO of Saint Laurent, Donatella Bordignon, CFO of Alexander Wang, and Richard Naranjo, VP Shared Financial Services of Kering Americas.
On August 4, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) announced that the Honorable Vernon S. Broderick of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a Consent Order approving a partial settlement in a case brought by CFTC in 2013.
On November 2, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules relating to the modernization and harmonization of the private offering framework. These rules were initially proposed on March 4, 2020, and were adopted with few changes based on comments received.
On October 30, the US Small Business Administration quietly and without alerting borrowers, circulated to Paycheck Protection Program lenders a draft questionnaire titled “Paycheck Protection Program — Loan Necessity Questionnaire (For-Profit Borrowers).”
Arent Fox LLP is once again accepting applications from second-year law students for its annual $20,000 Diversity Scholarship. Applications from second-year law students can be submitted on a rolling basis until the deadline on Monday, February 1.
The CPRA, also referred to as CCPA 2.0, is a more robust version of the CCPA. The original drafter of the CCPA put CPRA on the ballot to amend and bolster key provisions in the CCPA.
Please join Octane5 in a Licensing Fireside Chat with Arent Fox Intellectual Property Partner Pamela M. Deese as they discuss strategies for avoiding long-term negative consequences of short-term thinking.
Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat-Ohio, recently introduced a bill to nullify Executive Order 13950, which prohibits federal contractors, subcontractors, and grant recipients from inculcating “race or sex stereotyping,” “race or sex scapegoating,” and other “divisive concepts” in their workplace
Twenty-four Arent Fox LLP practices have been recognized in the 2021 “Best Law Firms” rankings that are published annually by US News & World Report and Best Lawyers.
On November 3rd, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published an opinion letter addressing whether the FLSA requires employers to pay non-exempt employees for time that they spend in voluntary training programs.
The US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has proposed a new Export Control Classification Number (ECCN), 2D352, to control “software” that is capable of being used to operate nucleic acid assemblers and synthesizers.