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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Employers, Employees and Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations

Exceeding almost everyone’s expectations, President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed has reportedly delivered fantastic news about at least two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines. One vaccine is from Moderna; the other is...more

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SEC Adopts Rule Providing New Regulatory Framework For Fund-Of-Funds

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it adopted Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), providing a new regulatory framework for fund-of-funds and final...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Executive Order on Essential Medicines: A Timeline and Overview of Key Provisions

On August 6, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States.” The far-reaching EO seeks to ensure the domestic...more

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ACA Attacked By Left and Right; New Jersey’s Response

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After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision last December, declared the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) individual health insurance mandate unconstitutional as a result of Congress’ elimination of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Trends, Issue 15

This 15th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, showcases new and evolving trends. This week we note how COVID-19 has accelerated a pre-existing trend toward class action litigation. And...more

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President Trump’s Immigration Order – What does it Mean?

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President Trump issued a proclamation mandating a 60-day suspension on the issuance of immigrant visas for certain categories of family and employment-sponsored immigrants and diversity lottery winners. Employers should know...more

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President Trump Signs Executive Order Providing for a 60-Day Suspension of Certain Green Card Immigrant Visas

On April 22, 2020, citing concerns over preserving jobs for U.S. workers and the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that suspends issuance of immigrant-based visas for 60...more

Dechert LLP

International Trade Roundup: PPE Export Exemptions, Import Duty Postponement and Border Closures

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Key Takeaways - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) issued a regulation allowing companies to export personal protective equipment (“PPE”) in 10 defined circumstances discussed below. - U.S. Customs and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Suspends Entry of Travelers from 26 European Countries Due to COVID-19

- On March 11, 2020, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation restricting the entry of certain travelers that have been in one of 26 European countries in the 14 day period preceding their entry. - The rule...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Coronavirus Measures: U.S. Expands Travel Ban to Include Europe

President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation further limiting travel to the United States for foreign nationals traveling from several European countries. WHO IS IMPACTED? The Proclamation suspends entry to the United...more

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United States Trade Representative denies majority of requests for exemptions from tariffs

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 4 (February 20, 2020) - Since the United States began imposing tariffs on Chinese goods in early 2018, thousands of requests have poured into the Office of the United States Trade...more

Burr & Forman

Trump Administration Expands Tariffs Affecting Automobile, Construction & Electrical Companies

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New Tariffs on Imported Steel and Aluminum Derivative Products - On February 8, 2020, the United States expanded tariffs on steel and aluminum raw material imports to include finished product imports from all but a select...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

An Illusory Promise or Real Change? Transition at CFTC Brings Hope for Dodd-Frank Act Revisions

Over the past five years, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has settled 20 enforcement actions against financial institutions for violations of various Dodd-Frank Act regulatory requirements (i.e., rules other...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - December 2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent NLRB activity, including its issuance of a decision suggesting two members would be willing to reconsider a precedent regarding surveillance of employees’ union activity. We...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

President Trump to Restore Tariffs on Aluminum and Steel Imports from Brazil and Argentina

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While China commands the media spotlight in the global war on trade, new trade battles are being waged south of the equator. On Monday December 2, 2019, President Trump announced that he would reinstate tariffs on aluminum...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 11.21.2019 | Top Story: UAW President Resigns After GM Accuses Fiat Chrysler of Bribery

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More than a bit of drama in the auto world yesterday, with General Motors suing rival Fiat Chrysler, accusing it of “bribing United Auto Workers officials to gain competitive advantages in contract negotiations.”  The UAW’s...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Push for Medicaid Work Requirements Encounters Headwinds

Efforts by the federal government and some states to require certain Medicaid beneficiaries to work in order to maintain eligibility for benefits has run into a series of obstacles, both in the courts and in state...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Bifacial Solar Modules Now Exempt from Section 201 Tariff

On June 13, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ruled that bifacial solar modules are exempt from the Section 201 tariffs on solar cell and module imports. This exemption applies to articles imported on...more

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China's tariff exclusion process

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On 13 May 2019 China's State Council Tariff Commission announced a tariff exclusion process in which importers of certain U.S. goods subject to retaliatory tariffs can apply for exclusions from Chinese tariffs on a...more

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Administration Proposes Changes to the Drug Rebate Program

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On Jan. 31, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a long-awaited proposed rule that would, if finalized, remove the existing legal "safe harbor" that protects...more

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Federal Judges Halt Expanded Exemption From ACA Contraceptive Mandate

In back-to-back decisions, two federal district court judges have blocked implementation of a Trump administration rule that would exempt more employers from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Governance Implications of CFIUS Reform for US Investment Funds With Foreign Investors

In August 2018, President Donald Trump signed the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), which significantly reformed national security reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United...more

Dechert LLP

Global Private Equity Newsletter - Fall 2018: Congress Enacts CFIUS Reform in Effort to Strengthen Foreign Investment Rules

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President Trump signed into law the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) on August 13, 2018, which was included as part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). FIRRMA...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Reform of Foreign Investment in the U.S.: France and Other Allied Countries Might be Exempt

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday, July 10, expanding and increasing the powers of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The bill is called the Foreign Investment Risk...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

On FIRRMA Ground: Congress to Restrict Foreign Investment and Expand Export Controls

This week, there were reports that the Trump Administration would use emergency powers to restrict Chinese investment in the United States. On Wednesday, the White House backed away from that position after the House of...more

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