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What’s Going On With Trump’s Lockup?

Cooley LLP on 9/20/2024

The impending expiration of the lockup agreement in the context of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (Nasdaq: DJT) raises some fascinating legal issues, as well as a once-in-a-lifetime case study on the market implications...more

EPA Announces $7.5 Billion in Water Infrastructure Loans

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/20/2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Sept. 6, 2024, announced the availability of $6.5 billion in Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) funding and $1 billion in State Infrastructure Financing...more

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center’s September 19 Threat Briefing on Healthcare Technology Security

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 9/20/2024

As healthcare technology continues to evolve, so does the need for robust compliance strategies to safeguard patient information and ensure the integrity of medical devices. In a joint September 19, 2024 presentation, the...more

CFPB Challenges Financial Institutions to Produce Evidence of Affirmative Consent to Overdraft Fees

Cooley LLP on 9/20/2024

On September 17, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a circular explaining that financial institutions may violate the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and its implementing regulation, Regulation...more

Arbitration and Insolvency: A Comparative View from England & Wales, Singapore and Hong Kong

White & Case LLP on 9/20/2024

If the agreement between a creditor and debtor refers disputes to arbitration, what limits should be placed on the creditor to pursue winding-up proceedings based on an unpaid debt under that agreement? Should a court simply...more

Athletes, Arenas, and Cyberattacks: The Evolving Landscape of Cybersecurity in Sports

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/20/2024

As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, the sports industry faces unique challenges in safeguarding its data, athletes, and events. During a recent panel discussion at the Aspen Cyber Summit, Reynold Hoover, CEO of the...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – September 2024 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 9/20/2024

SBA Proposed Changes to 8(a) Program Impacts Applicants and Participants - As PilieroMazza noted recently here, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a major proposed rulemaking that will impact government...more

District Court Charts Pathway for Election Gambling

BakerHostetler on 9/20/2024

Kalshi is a CFTC registered exchange that allows for the placing of cash bets on a variety of real-world events. Specifically, through what it calls “event contracts,” Kalshi allows users to buy positions on whether an event...more

Restricting Remote Work Interfered With Employee's FMLA Rights

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 9/20/2024

The Family and Medical Leave Act does not require employers to allow qualified employees to work remotely. While such requests may fall under the Americans with Disabilities Act’s reasonable accommodation obligation, the FMLA...more

The Current State of DACA and Biden’s Parole in Place Program

Warner Norcross + Judd on 9/20/2024

Recent developments in the ever-changing landscape of United States immigration policy highlight the ongoing challenges for undocumented immigrants and their families. Two key developments – the status of Deferred Action for...more

CFPB Releases New Circular on Opt-In Requirements for Overdraft Services

Troutman Pepper on 9/19/2024

On September 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published Circular 2024-05 (Circular) addressing whether a financial institution violates the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and Regulation E by...more

U.S. Government Plans to Restrict Low-Value Imports Under De Minimis Exemption

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/19/2024

Under the current de minimis rule, shipments with an aggregate value up to $800 per day per person can be imported free of duties and taxes, except for antidumping and countervailing duties and taxes collected by other...more

U.S. Steel Industry Files New Trade Case Against Imports of Corrosion Resistant Steel From 10 Countries

Clark Hill PLC on 9/19/2024

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,...more

Internet Archive’s Free E-Book Lending Not Fair Use

Irwin IP LLP on 9/19/2024

Hachette Book Grp., Inc. v. Internet Archive, No. 23-1260, 2024 WL 4031751 (2d Cir. Sept. 4, 2024) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling that nonprofit digital library...more

Captive Insurance in Bermuda

Conyers on 9/19/2024

Bermuda is the world’s leading domicile for captive insurance companies, with over 600 active captive licences on its register generating over US$24 billion in gross written premium. Having formed the first modern captive in...more

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, September 2024

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 9/19/2024

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Updates Safer Choice And DfE Standard: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 8, 2024, the availability of the final updated Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE)...more

New Hampshire PFAS Bill Signed into Law

Integral Consulting Inc. on 9/19/2024

On August 2nd, Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire signed into law House Bill 1649, which bans the sale of certain products with intentionally added PFAS effective January 1, 2027. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...more

FinCEN and Banking Agencies Propose AML Program Rule Updates for Banks and Other Financial Institutions

Goodwin on 9/19/2024

Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Proposed Rule revising its regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) requiring financial institutions to...more

Employer’s ‘Take It or Leave It’ Offer of Remote Work as Reasonable Accommodation Is a Jury Question, D.C. Circuit Rules

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/19/2024

On August 9, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on an employee’s...more

CFPB Publishes Overdraft Fee Guidance

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 9/19/2024

On Sept. 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published guidance for federal and state consumer protection enforcement officials to use to prevent banks and credit unions from charging overdraft fees in certain...more

Patent Poetry: Jury Awards $30 Million in Artificial Eyelash Patent Case

AEON Law on 9/19/2024

A federal court jury in Texas has awarded more than $30 million in damages to woman-owned beauty start-up Lashify Inc. The jury found that Qingdao Lashbeauty Cosmetic Co., a Chinese company doing business as Worldbeauty,...more

Ontario, Canada Court Affirms City Lacked Control of Workplace and Exercised Due Diligence, Upholding Acquittal of OHSA Charges

Littler on 9/18/2024

In R. v. Greater Sudbury (City), 2024 ONSC 3959, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (OSCJ) dismissed an appeal of the trial judge’s decision in which she acquitted the City of Sudbury (City) of various charges under...more

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