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Episode 337 -- Nicolas Garcia, GC at Orica, on Compliance Trends and Challenges in Latin America
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On October 29, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Mindy Brashears, PhD, to serve as the USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety. Dr. Brashears, a...more
In a landmark decision issued this week, the High Court of England and Wales offered the first significant judicial look at how UK copyright and trademark law apply to AI image generators. In Getty Images v. Stability AI, the...more
On November 6, 2025, Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the “Better Food Disclosure Act of 2025”, also known as the “Better FDA Act of 2025” (S. 3122) which would reform the Generally Recognized as Safe (“GRAS”) legal...more
As state laws increasingly limit local government authority over housing production, cities and housing opponents have sought refuge in provisions of the California Constitution that give "charter cities" – cities that have...more
As 2026 approaches, employers may want to assess the following wage-and-hour compliance issues: rising salary thresholds for overtime exemptions, widening gaps between federal and state minimum wage amounts, and increasingly...more
Kalshi, a federally regulated event contract exchange, is challenging state gaming regulators in multiple courts to determine whether it should be governed solely by federal law or also by individual state gambling laws....more
Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Gould is vowing that his agency will take a variety of steps to promote federal preemption. Speaking as part of a fireside chat at the Clearing House’s annual conference, Gould said that...more
On October 6, 2025, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in Syngenta Crop, LLC v. Nemeth, passing on an opportunity to clarify its prior decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern and address whether Pennsylvania’s...more
You know the emergency response is not good when you get a call at 4:30 a.m. telling you to turn on CNN. On January 5, 2020, a Z&D Tour Bus carrying 59 passengers on board rolled over on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in...more
In King v. UPS, decided on September 25, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s race and age discrimination claims, as well as his hostile work...more
At The Clearing House Annual Conference, Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould outlined an agency-wide strategy to defend and promote federal preemption across the banking system. As reported by Law360, he emphasized...more
The US Department of Justice, along with several state attorneys general, has issued subpoenas and civil investigative demands to hospitals, physicians, telehealth companies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers engaged in...more
A recent federal court decision highlights the power of online terms and conditions, and how “choice-of-law” clauses can dramatically influence privacy litigation. In Crowell v. Audible, a Seattle judge dismissed a proposed...more
The CFPB published an interpretive rule on Oct. 28, 2025, clarifying the scope of preemption under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and impact on state laws regarding credit reporting. The interpretive rule replaces a...more
On Oct. 30th, the Washington Supreme Court (6-3) issued a significant decision that will shape how product liability cases are handled when multiple states have connections to the dispute. ...more
A Massachusetts Superior Court decision from earlier this year serves as a poignant reminder to employers: the Massachusetts Wage Act (the Wage Act or the Act) may apply to employees who live and work out of state — so long...more
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has given an important ruling confirming its “long-arm jurisdiction”, with important consequences for the UK. The Mannheim Local Division (LD) confirmed in Fujifilm v. Kodak that it could hear...more
The Trump administration's FTC has abandoned the rule banning noncompete agreements nationwide, but is encouraging antitrust enforcers to bring challenges in court. Whereas Biden-era officials had concluded that only broad...more
According to a recent study conducted by Consumer Affairs, the average American moves 11.7 times in their lifetime. While the majority of these moves occur within the same county, or city, millions of Americans move every...more
Prior to Law No. 2 of 2025 Concerning the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts (New DIFC Courts Law)—a law which consolidates and updates the legal framework of the DIFC Courts—the DIFC Court of Appeal (Court of...more
On October 28, the CFPB published an interpretive rule in the Federal Register, replacing a previously withdrawn 2022 FCRA interpretive rule and clarifying that the FCRA “generally preempts State laws that touch on broad...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced an interpretive rule yesterday that clarifies the scope of the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s (FCRA) preemption of state laws that touch on the area of credit reporting....more
The High Court has recently handed down a further interesting decision in relation to the “service out” jurisdictional gateways in CPR 6.33(2B). In Campeau v Gottex Real Estate Fund I (OE) Waste S.À R.L [2025], the Court...more
On October 28, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued a new interpretive rule replacing its 2022 interpretive rule (withdrawn in May 2025) concerning the scope of preemption under the Fair Credit...more
This week, we discuss highlights from Epstein Becker Green’s 44th Annual Workforce Management Briefing, which covered some of the most pressing issues for employers today. Epstein Becker Green attorneys and clients from...more