Kilpatrick partner Sterling Perkinson and counsel San Parikh recently presented a CLE webinar for Strafford that focused on the 2024 Final Regulations and 2024 Proposed Regulations released on July 19, 2024, implementing the…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Kilpatrick’s David Hughes recently participated in a panel discussion at the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois annual state and local tax conference in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. David’s session, “Income Tax Jeopardy! A…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation
For companies who offer recurring subscriptions, it is important for them to understand the Federal Trade Commission’s recently finalized rule applicable to negative option marketing that requires such companies to make the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection
On September 19, 2024, Governor Newsom signed SB-942 the California AI Transparency Act (“SB-942” or the “Act”) into law. Broadly, the Act, which becomes operative on January 1, 2026, codifies requirements “Covered Providers”…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
With increasing scrutiny on how companies handle personal data of children under 18, several new laws are reshaping the legal landscape. Even companies that may not intend to direct their services to children still need to be…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
On October 3, 2024, the Federal Circuit held that a false advertising cause of action arises where a party falsely claims that it holds a patent on a product feature and advertises the feature in a manner that causes consumers…
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/ Consumer Protection, Intellectual Property
The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) made significant changes to the rules governing the correction of overpayments from employer sponsored retirement plans, including 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, and defined benefit pension…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
Fifteen months ago, the FTC and DOJ proposed a radical expansion of the information required to be provided to the antitrust agencies by merging parties as part of a premerger notification filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions
The court in American Cyanide Co. (No. 1) v. Ethicon Ltd. (1975) UKHL 1, established guidelines for when courts should grant interim injunctions. There, an American company, American Cyanide, claimed a British company, Ethicon…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Since being confirmed by the Senate in July 2021, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has issued 26 memoranda. Many of the GC Memos issued during GC Abruzzo’s tenure present novel…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Does your company produce products or packaging that ultimately winds up in landfills? If so, are you aware that you may be defined as a “producer” under new state laws and required to comply with new regulations to reduce the…
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/ Consumer Protection, Environmental Law
Kilpatrick’s Jordan Goodman recently presented on the topic of “State False Claims Acts: Knowing What They Are and How to Avoid Them” at the annual 2024 IPT Sales Tax Symposium in Grapevine, Texas. The discussion provided an…
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/ Government Contracting, Taxation
Kilpatrick’s Jordan Goodman was recently a part of a distinguished panel at the 55th Annual Council on State Taxation (COST) Annual Meeting in St. Louis. This session analyzed the most impactful recent changes in state corporate…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation
California’s already stringent Automatic Renewal Law (“ARL”) will become more demanding in July 2025 when AB 2863, which was signed on September 24, 2024, takes effect. In short, the amendments: (1) expand the scope of the law;…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
As we have previously reported, the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires most privately held companies organized in the U.S. and foreign companies that register to do business in a U.S. state to file an online…
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/ Business Organizations, Criminal Law, Finance & Banking