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
Join Kelley Drye Ad Law attorneys for an upcoming webinar: “Why You Should Care About the FTC’s Rule on Fake Reviews.” This session will break down the final rule announced by the FTC on August 14, 2024, designed to combat fake…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “the Agency”) has announced that it is proposing to ban the solvent 1-bromopropoane (“1-BP”) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) in all but one consumer product, as…
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/ Consumer Protection, Environmental Law
On June 27, 2023, the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act (INFORM Act) went into effect. As we have previously written, the INFORM Act aims to deter criminals from selling…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
The ability of employers to legally enforce noncompetition restrictions received a big win last week when a federal court in Texas set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule seeking to ban noncompete clauses…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On August 23, 2024, the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and State published new restrictions on Russia aimed at further limiting its access to U.S. materials and international procurement networks for its military…
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/ International Law & Trade
