The importing community received long-awaited clarity in plans for new Section 301 customs duties on Chinese goods this last Friday, September 13. The Office of the US Trade Representative ("USTR") released the final text of a…
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/ International Law & Trade
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against real estate software company RealPage, alleging that its algorithmic pricing system has contributed to widespread price-fixing…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Real Estate - Residential
On August 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a final rule promulgated by the Department of Labor (“DOL”) restricting when employers could take a tip credit for tipped employees under the Fair Labor…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Background on Indiana’s “Baby HSR” Law -
Indiana passed Senate Bill 9 in March 2024, which requires an Indiana healthcare entity involved in a merger or acquisition with another healthcare entity with a value of at least…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, Mergers & Acquisitions
Yesterday, a Texas Federal Court permanently blocked the Federal Trade Commission's attempt to ban noncompete agreements. In doing so, the Texas Court determined that the Rule exceeded the FTC’s authority and, as such, was an…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law
As every employer in the U.S. is likely aware, the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) near-universal ban on non-competes nationwide, which the FTC voted to implement via regulatory rulemaking on April 23 of this year, has been…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law
In 2023, the number of federal corporate prosecutions remained far below the 25-year average after two consecutive years of increases.
..The DOJ’s Fraud Section secured just $690 million in penalties across eight corporate…
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/ Business Organizations, Criminal Law, Government Contracting, Intellectual Property, Securities Law
Google and Microsoft are spearheading the Coalition for Secure AI, focusing on supply chain security and mitigation strategies. Whether this attempt at self-regulation will ultimately succeed is unknown, as it overlaps with…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
Over the past few months, a wave of new lawsuits has been filed in California state court against online retailers alleging violations of California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1747.08 (“Song-Beverly”)…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy
Twenty-six states filed litigation in courts nationwide to prevent the enactment of President Biden’s April 2024 revisions to the Title IX statute aimed at increasing protections for LGBTQIA+ athletes, pregnant and parenting…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law
A pivotal decision by a New York Appellate Division court holding that earnouts based on the future revenue of a dental practice violated the NY Fee Splitting Prohibition could substantially impact the structuring of health care…
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/ Business Organizations, Business Torts, Health, Mergers & Acquisitions
As value-based care (VBC) models continue to grow across our nation’s health system and specifically within different specialties like nephrology, the costs and challenges of maintaining these models continue to rise. In…
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/ Health
The amendments clarify that a plaintiff is only entitled to liquidated damages for up to one violation per person. Businesses had previously faced steep settlements or damage awards into the billions of dollars…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy
As we previously reported, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a Final Rule adjusting the minimum annual salary that an employee must be paid to qualify for the executive, administrative, and professional (“EAP”) exemptions…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The hot mess known as the FTC Rule to Ban Non-Competes (“Rule”) continues to get hotter and messier as two Federal District Courts issue conflicting opinions. This conflict between the Federal Courts will not be resolved before…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law
