As the demand for GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy increases with consumers eager to shed pounds, the supplement industry is weighing in. Dietary supplement companies have been considering ways to address this new demand in…
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/ Consumer Protection, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
We have frequently written on AGs interest in AI. In what Texas calls the “first-of-its-kind healthcare generative AI” settlement, the state resolved its investigation into Pieces Technologies’ alleged misleading statements…
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/ Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
As we rapidly approach the November election, important legal and political questions are resurfacing at the FTC—with new criticism coming from both within the Commissioner ranks and from Congress. On Tuesday, September 17,…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Privacy
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”)’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (“ILAB”) published a series of reports on September 5, 2024, with extensive new insights into the incidence of forced and child labor in global supply…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, International Law & Trade
Many who work with defined contribution plan administrators and consult plan sponsors on their ERISA fiduciary duties have been carefully monitoring Disberry v. Employee Relations Committee of the Colgate-Palmolive Company et…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
On September 13, the Biden-Harris Administration published a fact sheet regarding its intended plans for tackling the exponential increase of shipments claiming the de minimis exemption and calls upon Congress to complement…
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/ International Law & Trade
Each month, Kelley Drye’s Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients and friends. Please review the deadlines below and contact us if you would like assistance or have any…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
On December 6, 2023, Google introduced its new Gemini AI model with a video that showcased some of its capabilities. The video demonstrated how Gemini could identify hand-drawn images, make sense of gestures, create games, make…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
42 state attorneys general joined forces in a bipartisan National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) letter to Congress, backing the United States Surgeon General’s recent call for Congress to require a surgeon general’s…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Last week we attended the National Association of Attorneys General 2024 Presidential Initiative Summit in Portland Oregon, titled “America’s Youth: AGs Looking Out for the Next Generation.” Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum of…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The FCC released a Public Notice on September 10, 2024, announcing that the deadline for payment of regulatory fees by licensees and other regulatees is September 26, 2024. The FCC collects annual regulatory fees from most…
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/ Communications & Media Law
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report documenting its review of 70 publicly available income disclosure statements from a wide range of multi-level marketing (MLM) and direct selling companies…
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/ Business Torts, Consumer Protection, MLM / Direct Sales
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “the Agency”) has announced that it is delaying the reporting period for its controversial per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) disclosure rule eight months, with the…
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/ Environmental Law
In 2021, Earth Island Institute filed a lawsuit against Coca-Cola, alleging that the company’s campaign to promote its sustainability efforts and goals amounted to greenwashing. A year later, the DC Superior Court dismissed the…
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/ Environmental Law, Consumer Protection
As Maine struggles to develop a reporting system in the wake of the legislature’s overhaul of the Pine Tree State’s PFAS reporting requirements, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (“MPCA”) announced that it aims to begin…
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/ Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Products Liability
