Under what circumstances will two or more entities be considered an employee’s joint employers?
Michelle A. Cooke, Amy (Salomon) McFarland, Frederick J. Sperling, Chris L. Bollinger, Richard L. Brand, Kirstie Brenson, Danielle W. Bulger, Adam Diederich, Matthew L. Finkelstein*, D. Reed Freeman Jr., Dan Jasnow, Andrew Sevanian
With 2024 underway, our team highlights 10 of the most pressing legal issues facing the media and entertainment industry this year.
Effective March 20, New York City will allow “any person” to bring a private right of action for violations of the Earned Sick and Safe Time Act.
Policy debates normally focus on substance. Is climate change real? How can business entities weigh environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their decision-making?
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
On February 20, the US Supreme Court declined to hear challenges brought by rental unit owners to recent changes made to New York City’s Rent Stabilization Laws.
In 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reversed examiners’ decisions in about 30% of appeals, and only in about 7% of appeals related to patent applications for business methods, which include financial technology (fintech) inventions.
Consumer Advisory Committee Reinstated and Meeting Scheduled for April 4, 2024, on Heels of AI Robocall Ruling
2023 was another eventful year for class action litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
In 2023, we saw the continued proliferation of class action lawsuits filed by “consumer watchdog” plaintiffs under state wiretapping laws, particularly the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), against website operators that use standard online technologies, such as chat boxes and cookies — the latter of which do not even monitor “communications.”
Lynn R. Fiorentino, Nicholas J. Nesgos, Morgan Forsey, Jay Williams, Robert D. Boley, Adam L. Littman, Paula M. Ketcham, Adam D. Bowser, Benjamin M. Greene, Brett Young, Kimia Pourshadi
ArentFox Schiff’s annual review of significant developments and trends that shaped class action litigation in 2023 has major implications for companies across the country.
It is common practice for companies to utilize agreements requiring arbitration on an individual basis to avoid or limit the risk, burden, and expense of class and collective actions.
We are at the initial stages of a major paradigm shift that has significant implications for the municipal market over the next five to 10 years.
The use of arbitration agreements between employers and employees is a long-standing practice that has become an integral part of employment dispute resolution across the country.
Location, price, brand, and customer reviews are typically the key considerations when someone is choosing a hotel.
While every employer engages in some due diligence when considering a new hire, if your company routinely, or even occasionally, obtains a “consumer report” as a way to vet candidates, it behooves you to understand the rules set out in the Fair Credit Reporting Act as to how you can and can’t do this.
On March 7, at the annual American Bar Association (ABA) National Institute on White Collar Crime, US Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a new whistleblower program that will provide financial rewards to individuals who notify the US Department of Justice (DOJ) of misconduct.
Welcome to the first issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our new monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month.
Trade tensions between Washington and US trading partners, notably China, have complicated many supply chain decisions — what to buy, from where, made by whom, and at what tariff cost.
On March 12, the Second Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court dismissal of False Claims Act (FCA) claims predicated on alleged Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) violations.
On March 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a cross-government inquiry into the role private equity firms, other alternative asset managers, health systems, and private payers play in health care transactions.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning have revolutionized sectors across the globe. As industries embrace these technologies and a host of innovative ideas, however, heavily regulated industries will face an increasingly complex landscape of liability, regulation and enforcement.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel, Elizabeth Satarov, Laura Zell
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
Nancy A. Noonan, Diana Dimitriuc Quaia, Leah Scarpelli, Jessica DiPietro, Yun Gao, Mario A. Torrico, William G. Stroupe II
On March 14, 2024, Corteva Agriscience LLC (Petitioner) filed an antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitioners on 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D) from the People’s Republic of China and India.
Change Healthcare, an affiliate of Optum and UnitedHealth Group, processes more than 15 billion health care transactions annually and touches one of every three patient records.