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On Monday, November 30, 2015, Nordstrom and denim manufacturer AG Adriano Goldschmied filed a motion to approve a settlement in California federal court, agreeing to pay more than $4 million to settle a consumer class action suit that accused them of falsely labeling jeans as “Made in USA.”
On December 2, partner William Charyk addressed alternative compensation agreements for partnerships at an event sponsored by the District of Columbia Bar Taxation Section.
The FTC may start to scrutinize marketers that engage in cross-device tracking. Advertisers engaged in cross-device tracking should review their online disclosures to ensure that the tracking is adequately described.
Effective January 1, 2016, New York City’s Commuter Benefits Law requires that non-government employers with 20 or more full-time non-union employees in New York City must offer all full-time employees the opportunity to use pre-tax income to purchase certain transportation benefits.
Multinational businesses and EU member states are currently making ad hoc decisions to regulate data transfer to the US. To address the chaos, several EU data protection authorities have issued new guidance.
A federal judge for the Southern District of California recently held in Branca v. Nordstrom, Inc. that a class action could proceed with claims that Nordstrom made deceptive savings claims at a Nordstrom Rack store.
Partner Stephanie Trunk has been selected as a member of Bloomberg BNA’s Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report advisory board.
Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce it will begin accepting applications from first-year law students on December 1, 2015 for its 11th annual Diversity Scholarship Program.
Banks are a key target for hackers, and finance hub New York aims to set first state regulations in this space. While the cyber regulatory landscape continues to shift, companies should constantly analyze and update security measures as compliance does not guarantee security.
Arent Fox LLP served as counsel to the Brooklyn Nets on an extension of the team’s existing media rights agreement with Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) for the exhibition of the team’s games and ancillary programming.
As the threat of Chinese hackers has become a top priority, the US has ramped up prosecutions against Chinese-American scientists for espionage and trade secrets violations, creating headline after headline.
Partner Peter Zeidenberg published an opinion article with the Washington Post on November 12 on the heels of successfully convincing the Department of Justice to drop charges against two Chinese-American citizens accused of illegally sending sensitive information to contacts in China.
Federal regulations require institutions and institutional review boards (IRB) that are responsible for review and oversight of human subject research to prepare and maintain adequate documentation of IRB activities, including minutes of IRB meetings.
On November 10, New York's attorney general ordered DraftKings and FanDuel to stop accepting bets from the state's residents, arguing the games constituted illegal gambling.
Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce that partner Cristina A. Carvalho has been selected as firmwide Managing Partner.
The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, a division of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, issued a Medicaid Drug Rebate Program notice to state Medicaid contacts emphasizing appropriate access to, and coverage of, direct-acting antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C virus.
Puerto Rico continues to face a fiscal crisis of unprecedented proportion. The island of only 3.5 million people carries a massive debt load of $72 billion and $44 billion of unfunded pension liabilities.
Arent Fox Health Care partner Debra Albin-Riley published an article in the November 5 edition of Bloomberg BNA’s Health Law Reporter that covers a recent California Supreme Court ruling that significantly impacts the Anti-SLAPP motion’s viability in cases involving hospital peer review actions.
On November 4, Arent Fox partner Darrell Gay and senior associate Temitope Yusuf were honored at the 2015 Legal Defense Fund 29th Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner in New York City.
Urban Outfitters, Inc. recently settled an overtime wage and hour class action brought by one of its employees who alleged that he and others similarly situated were forced to work overtime without appropriate pay and that the Company violated a number of other California labor laws.
On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 into law. The two year budget deal increases overall spending limits and prevents the United States from defaulting on its debts by suspending the debt limit through March 2017.
On October 21, 2015, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed eight pieces of legislation, known collectively as the Women’s Equality Act and effective in January 2016, into law.
Seventeen Arent Fox LLP practice areas have been recognized in the 2015 “Best Law Firms” rankings that are published annually by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers.
There has been no let-up in the push for a final Trans-Pacific Partnership since the accord was signed by the 12-member countries on October 5th. This is especially true in the US, where US Trade Representative Michael Froman said that the agreement will be the template for future trade pacts.