The United States and Mexico announced an agreement on August 27, 2018 regarding key issues that have been the focus of trilateral discussions among the US, Mexico and Canada for over a year.
This two-part article on how the courts have analyzed claims for coverage under traditional crime policies, protocols, and procedures that companies can use to reduce the risk of falling victim to cyber phishing scams appeared in Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report.
Arent Fox San Francisco Managing Partner and Sports Practice Group Leader Rich Brand and Privacy, Cybersecurity & Data Protection Senior Associate Eva Pulliam co-authored the article, “Faces in the Crowd: Legal Considerations for Use of Facial Recognition Technology at Sports Arenas.”
All Bark and No Bite? State Department Explains Further the Waivers of the CBW Sanctions Against the Russian Government, Confirming that Many Exports, Even of National Security Controlled Items, Can Still Be Exported to Russia.
On August 27th, New York State published a model training, model policy, and model complaint form on sexual harassment in the workplace that applies to all employers, regardless of size.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General published a request for information seeking public comments on what new or modified safe harbors to the Anti-Kickback Statute or exceptions to the beneficiary inducements prohibition.
Last Thursday, the South Carolina District Court reinstated the Obama-era definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) in roughly half the country, furthering the ambiguity in the never-ending saga over how to define WOTUS under the Clean Water Act.
In today’s instant news environment, headlines are abuzz with different types of misconduct in the sports industry. These issues range from sexual misconduct allegations to player mistreatment.
Manufacturers are spending more money than ever before on incentives according to a recent online article published by McKinsey & Company, a New York based global management consulting firm.
Following on our previous alert, Proposition 65 amendments that take effect on August 30, 2018 impose new warning requirements on all participants in the product supply chain.
On June 6, 2018, NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued Memo 18-04 offering helpful guidance on employee handbooks after the Board’s decision in The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (Dec. 14, 2017).
Recent decisions arising out of the Arcapita bankruptcy case provide useful guidance regarding the minimum contacts required for bankruptcy court jurisdiction as well as when and how to apply international comity and the presumption against extraterritoriality in bankruptcy litigation.
In a recent opinion, United States Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn of the Southern District of New York held that Bankruptcy Courts may enter final default judgments against non-US defendants who fail to respond to a properly served summons and complaint.
Administrative deference is a fundamental tenet of environmental law. A recent decision in Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Pruitt, however, provides an important reminder that agency deference is bound by the four corners of the underlying statute.
President Trump signed into law the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) to modernize the CFIUS review process to address 21st century national security concerns today. Congress enacted FIRRMA as Title XVII of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, HR 5515.
The US Administration announced that it would be imposing sanctions on the Russian Government under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (CBW Act) over the use of a “Novichok” nerve agent in an attempt to assassinate UK citizen Sergei Skripal.
On July 9, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2770 into law, which seeks to protect victims of sexual harassment who complain to their employers from defamation claims by the alleged harasser.
