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As part of its initiative to ensure consumer protection rules are up-to-date with economic and technological advances, the Federal Trade Commission recently completed its first review of the CAN-SPAM Rule, and ultimately voted to keep the Rule in place without making any changes.

On February 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States denied a request from Maryland’s Attorney General to review the decision of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which held the state’s drug price gouging law to be unconstitutional.

While President Trump’s border security policy has dominated recent news headlines, his deregulation policy has quietly jockeyed into a better position to survive court scrutiny.

Partner Sarah A. W. Fitts was ranked in Chambers Global 2019 for the fifth year in a row for her work in Energy: Electricity (Transactional) - USA. Sarah was recognized for her “good judgment and business sense.”

The core question, in Parker v. Reema Consulting Services, Inc., 2019 WL 490652 (Feb. 8, 2019), was whether a false rumor that a female employee slept with her male boss to obtain promotion can ever give rise to her employer’s liability under Title VII for discrimination “because of sex.”

California is one of a handful of states requiring employers to pay a certain minimum to employees as reporting time, or “show up,” pay. 

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed legislation that would require businesses to disclose the presence of potentially hazardous chemicals, including carcinogens, on the labels of products.

Arent Fox’s Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring practice was retained as counsel to represent the official committee of unsecured creditors in the cases of Glansaol Holdings Inc and Philmar Care, LLC.

A case filed in 2015 by 21 minors, Juliana v. United States, seeks to hold the U.S. government liable for climate change.

Massachusetts moved one step closer to establishing a paid family and medical leave program with the recent release of draft regulations by the newly formed Department of Family and Medical Leave (the “Department”).

In this video episode of Fashion Counsel, Arent Fox Partner Anthony Lupo and Social Media Influencer Jeremy Fragrance discuss trends of the fragrance industry.

The Center for Biosimilars

Just over 50 years ago, Congress passed the Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Act, with the intent to make it more efficient for parties to litigate factually similar but geographically dispersed complex cases.

A tune all too familiar to many Americans.

WASHINGTON, DC — Arent Fox is pleased to announce that once again Firmwide Managing Partner Cristina A. Carvalho and Complex Litigation Partner Hunter T. Carter have been named to the Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers list by Latinvex.

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) released its 2018 caseload statistics. ICSID registered a record 56 new cases: 49 under the ICSID Convention Arbitration Rules; 6 under the Additional Facility Rules; and 1 under the ICSID Convention Conciliation Rules.

California hospitals, medical staffs, and medical groups, take note: In addressing an issue that has been debated for years, the California Court of Appeal has concluded that a hospital’s directive to a group in a “closed” department to not schedule a practitioner due to competency issues constitute

Arent Fox hosted the Institute of Food Technologies and American Society for Nutrition’s 8th Annual Food Policy Impact meeting at the DC office on February 11-12th.

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

On February 5, Procter & Gamble announced its acquisition of is This is L. Inc., owner of L. products, to meet growing demands for feminine hygiene products in the naturals segment. The company’s portfolio primarily includes high quality tampons, pads, liners, and wipes made with organic cotton.

The US Government will begin accepting applications for new H-1B employees soon, on April 1st. So, it is time to survey potential new hires and current employees in other immigration categories (ex: F-1 OPT’s, TN’s, J-1’s, and L-1’s) to identify who will need H-1B visa’s, and start preparing for tho

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has released a proposed rule (the Proposed Rule) that would make significant changes to an often relied upon Anti-Kickback Statute regulatory “safe harbor” – the Discount Safe Harbor – pursuant to which pharmaceutical manufactur

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently upheld a trial court decision in favor of JetBlue concerning the termination of a disabled employee due to her excessive absenteeism. Miceli v. JetBlue Airways Corp., No. 18-1345 (January 28, 2019).

Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to have 95 attorneys named to the 2019 Leading Lawyers list.