AI is uniquely able to help law firms make their processes more efficient and, ultimately, save and make money. Here's how… more

Summer Symposium on Wednesday, June 13 at Suffolk University Law School where an esteemed panel of legal and corporate experts to provide background on the legal issues and analysis of the business implications surrounding GDPR best… more

Logging Company Fired Hebrew Pentecostal Truck Driver Because of His Sabbath Requirement, Federal Agency Charged - CHARLESTON, S.C. - J.C. Witherspoon, Jr. Inc., an Alcolu, S.C.-based logging company, will pay $53,000 and provide… more

There’s a new consulting business aimed at helping organizations better leverage project management in eDiscovery, litigation support and legal technology and it’s founded by the guy who literally wrote the book on project management… more

While much has been made of U.S. EPA’s alleged scaling back of enforcement on various fronts and other policy changes, a wave of enforcement against mobile source engines appears ready to break on the heavy-duty diesel industry. U.S… more

A round-up and outlook on recent regulatory, supervisory and monetary policy events - The run-up to mid-June 2018’s and the end of the second quarter 2018 has been eventful… and that’s before one looks at the US monetary policy… more

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) opened a 30-day comment period today to solicit comments on potential revisions to its regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). CEQ’s NEPA regulations were… more

On June 19, 2018, in Haynes v. Hooters of America, LLC, 2018 WL 3030840 (11th Cir. 2018), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals eliminated a useful defense strategy in the website accessibility arena when it held that a business’s… more

A Summary of Final Guidances for Communications That Are Consistent with FDA-Required Labeling and Communications with Payors - On June 12, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) finalized two draft guidance… more

Interest rate risks: BaFin publishes new Circular - BaFin has published a new Circular on interest rate risks in the banking book (IRRBB). It is aimed at German credit institutions and contains revised guidelines for calculating the… more

Repeal of Sunset of Twenty Year Statute of Limitations for Instruments under Seal - Currently instruments “under seal” enjoy a 20 year statute of limitation for enforcement versus the existing 4 year statute of limitation for… more

It has been widely reported that lawyers representing Colin Kaepernick in collective bargaining arbitration proceedings with the NFL are considering asking the arbitrator to issue a subpoena to compel President Trump to appear for… more

Pebley v. Santa Clara Organics, LLC - Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District (May 2018) - Typically, an insured injured plaintiff many not introduce evidence of the full amount billed by his or her medical providers. Pursuant… more

Shafer v. Walgreen – JSH attorneys Doug Cullins, Jennifer Anderson, and Kenneth Moskow achieved a significant trial court and appellate victory in a premises liability case where the plaintiff invoked the “mode-of-operation rule” and… more

On June 25, 2018 the amended Directive on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (DAC6) will enter into force. Under DAC6, EU member states will be obligated to include rules in their national legislation that will require… more

The 2nd session of the 87th Iowa General Assembly ended in the early afternoon of Saturday, May 5, 18 days past the scheduled adjournment date. In her Condition of the State Address, the Governor outlined her priorities for the… more

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a June 5th news release stating that Fuel Bio One LLC (“FBO”) pleaded guilty to an alleged Clean Water Act violation. FBO allegedly discharged over 45,000 gallons of wastewater… more

Some of the biggest pitfalls for policyholders lie camouflaged among seemingly “standard” policy conditions—often overlooked during the procurement or renewal process. This is especially true of allocation clauses, found most commonly… more

On June 5, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rule 30e-3, which allows registered investment companies to satisfy their obligations to deliver shareholder reports beginning in 2021, by making them available on… more

Signing of the Act on the principles of obtaining information about the criminal record of people applying for employment and people employed in financial sector entities (“the Act”) - The President of Poland has signed the Act that… more

The U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced the dates for the release of the results from the most recent round of supervisory stress tests conducted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act and related Comprehensive… more

Like most jurisdictions, California allows for “interpleader” actions, where a party holding funds that it has no interest in can deposit the funds with the court and force other parties with conflicting claims to the funds to litigate… more

On June 7, 2018, the USPTO issued a memorandum to the Examining Corps providing patent eligibility examination guidance based on the recent Federal Circuit decision in Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. West-Ward Pharmaceuticals. The Vanda… more

This may not be obvious to people who do not keep track of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)/Department of Justice antitrust enforcement policy, but an enforcement action has never been published involving an Accountable Care… more

The Czech National Bank has published an official benchmark stipulating a manner of generating test questions for the purposes of conducting professional exams pursuant to the Czech Capital Market Undertakings Act… more