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We represented Boustead Securities, LLC as the sole underwriter in Know Labs, Inc.’s $8.28 million public offering of common stock.

In a new report issued September 8, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) outlines the environmental and energy impacts of cryptocurrencies and digital assets and calls for the development of federal and state regulations to mitigate those impacts going forward. 

Citizen suits begin with private parties sending “notice letters” to potential defendants apprising them that, if a specified action isn’t done within a certain period, litigation will be filed. A primary purpose of these letters is to allow parties to fix issues outlined in the letters.

Headlines that Matter for Privacy and Data Security.

On August 19, 2022, the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury, as well as the Office of Personnel Management, released a highly-anticipated final rule clarifying the procedures and considerations for resolving disputes related to surprise medical bills.

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries.

Health Care Partner Annie Chang Lee will speak about COVID’s impacts on health care providers at the Physicians Legal Issues: Healthcare Delivery & Innovation Conference (PLI) on Thursday, September 15.

Prop 65 Counsel: What To Know

In response to customer insight about car buying habits, Ford has just unveiled new plans that will change what people expect from car ownership.

ArentFox Schiff secured an important victory for Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. when the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found that the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act permits a pharmaceutical company to pursue false advertising claims against a compounding pharmacy, Edge Pharma, LLC.

Standing is a major issue in nearly all environmental citizen suit cases. A split panel of the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s award of a $14.25 million Clean Air Act (CAA) penalty against a petroleum company which had been found liable for “thousands.”

Does anyone feel like they’ve seen this movie before? On September 6, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or “the Board”) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that dramatically changed the joint employer analysis under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or “the Act”).

In an article for Northwestern University’s Law and Economics, Partner Allen Horwich and Northwestern University Associate VP for Research Crista Brawley present a complete case study of clinical trial-specific insider trading law, with recommendations that can be applied to other industries.

A Ninth Circuit panel that previously upheld a California law prohibiting mandatory employment arbitration agreements in the workplace withdrew its decision and ordered the matter to be resubmitted for a panel rehearing. 

On August 16, 2022, we prepared an alert discussing Mickelson v. PGA Tour, Inc. and the claims made by suspended PGA Tour players (“Player Plaintiffs”) against PGA Tour, Inc. (“Tour.”) Quite a bit has transpired in the past three weeks both in and out of the courtroom.

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

Partner J. Michael Showalter was quoted on the ways low-income communities could access renewable and clean energy as a result of tax credits, increased federal funding, and other benefits from the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act.

Whether CCRC residency agreements are treated as leases or contracts under state law could impact the recovery of CCRC bonds in the event of the insolvency of the CCRC owner. Some states treat CCRC residency agreements as leases and others as contracts.

The recently unveiled California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework (the Framework) creates a new regulatory and governance structure to promote the exchange of health information between health care providers in California.

Employing foreign nationals in this uncertain and ever-changing immigration climate can be daunting.

AFS partnered with GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) to assist in and secure a favorable client outcome in Williams v. Kincaid, a suit alleging lack of reasonable accommodation for gender dysmorphia under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Christine Quigley will present at the Illinois State Bar Association Trusts and Estates Section on September 7, 2022.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce the 2022 AFS Fellows. Twenty extraordinarily talented attorneys representing a mix of industry teams, practice groups, and geographic locations will soon begin a three-year professional development program that fosters leade

The Biden Administration has long been clear that it believes environmental justice (EJ) issues should be at the forefront of federal environmental law.

ArentFox Schiff represented Avatar Corporation in its sale to Caldic B.V., completed August 31, 2022.