Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
As regulatory activity and litigation concerning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) continue to pick up across the U.S. and around the world, recent developments in North America highlight one of the challenges faced…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade, Toxic Torts
The Petition - The U.S. Steel industry, including Steel Dynamics, Inc., Nucor Corporation, United States Steel Corporation (“U.S. Steel”), Wheeling-Nippon Steel, Inc., and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber,…
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/ International Law & Trade
On Aug. 20, a new federal court decision from the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission halted enactment of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Rule banning noncompete agreements throughout the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law
In Hamilton v Amazon.com, a Colorado Wage Act case, a former Amazon warehouse worker brought a suit against Amazon alleging Amazon failed to pay him the correct amount of overtime during time periods he also worked on a holiday…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On Aug. 31, the California legislature passed Senate Bill (SB) 219, making targeted changes to SB253, the landmark California law that requires firms to report Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions beginning in 2026 and Scope 3…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Environmental Law
This is an exciting time for cannabis entrepreneurs as the US government is poised to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III drug in a move that recognizes cannabis’ medical and therapeutic uses and may open the door for new…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Intellectual Property
The Learned Concierge - Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
While many have heard of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, or “BIPA,” Illinois has a similar, although less infamous, statute covering genetic information – the Genetic Information Privacy Act or “GIPA.” While GIPA…
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/ Civil Rights, Health, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its Final Noncompete Clause Rule in which the FTC essentially banned all employment noncompetes with two narrow exemptions: (i) existing noncompetes with “senior executives”…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law
On July 14, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) joined the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of…
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/ Finance & Banking
The Learned Concierge - Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Here’s an interesting case that at first blush appears to be an accommodations case, but on a deeper dive is a workplace misconduct case. In Spagnolia v. Charter Communications LLC, The Tenth Circuit Appeals affirmed the lower…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Join us for an insightful webinar as we delve into the ever-evolving landscape of telehealth in 2024. In this session, Carrie Foote and Paul Schmeltzer will explore the latest trends shaping telehealth, including advancements in…
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/ Health, Science, Computers, & Technology