SEC rules prohibit taking “any action” to impede an individual from communicating directly with the SEC about a possible securities law violation, including by enforcing, or threatening to enforce, a confidentiality agreement…
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/ Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
On Friday, September 13, 2024, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced its final modifications to the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese-origin goods. USTR will keep all of the proposed tariff…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, International Law & Trade
On September 6, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) in the U.S. Commerce Department issued an interim final rule (“IFR”) under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to add new export controls on semiconductor,…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Earlier this summer, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued a decision affirming the lower court’s decision that the Mining Law of 1872 does not impose a limit on the number of mill sites that a mining claimant may use…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
As Russia continues its war against Ukraine and Ukraine has itself recently opened a new front by capturing Russian territory in its Kursk region, the United States announced on August 23 its latest tranche of sanctions against…
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/ Elections & Politics, International Law & Trade
Cognac, which originates from a specific region of France and is named after the commune of Cognac, is far more popular outside its native country. Indeed, according to the industry group Bureau National Interprofessional du…
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/ Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
Cybersecurity requirements for federal contractors and grantees continue to proliferate—and those requirements do not just come with contractual risk. Increasingly, the United States government is leveraging enforcement tools,…
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/ Government Contracting, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a section in the US Copyright Act that provides a safe harbor for internet service providers so long as they comply with a notice and takedown system. The way the DMCA works is a…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) just launched the new corporate whistleblower awards pilot program that it previewed this past March…
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/ Business Organizations, Criminal Law, Securities Law
On August 1, 2024, the 2024 amendments to Delaware’s entity statutes went into effect. These include amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “LLC Act”),…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions
Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. (AGM) merged into Assured Guaranty Inc. (AG) on August 1, 2024. Issuers with outstanding bonds insured by a policy from AGM need to ensure a material event notice is timely filed on EMMA…
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/ Insurance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Law
On July 16, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced new guidance for examination of patent applications directed to critical and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI)…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Whataburger has once again found itself in the news over a lawsuit it filed over naming rights against a long-standing East Coast burger establishment for its purported infringement of the WHATABURGER trademark…
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/ Business Torts, Intellectual Property
