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Episode 160 -- A Deep Dive into the Herbalife FCPA Settlement
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and State of New York (“NY”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) with the following: Westchester Joint...more
The Florida Supreme Court has taken steps to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of civil litigation, and it has issued two separate per curiam opinions introducing proposed substantial amendments to the Florida Rules of...more
On February 14, 2024, Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas signed an Administrative Order amending Section 202.70(b)(1) of the Uniform Rules for the Supreme and County Courts (Rules of the Commercial Division of the...more
The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc., and the Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (collectively, “Riverkeeper”) sent a July 14th Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to file a...more
Last June, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought a lawsuit against Gravity Defyer and its owner in federal court, alleging that the defendants were making deceptive pain-relief claims for Gravity Defyer footwear. The...more
On February 17, 2023, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) announced the launch of the new Trademark Decisions and Proceedings Search Tool. This tool allows users to filter and search expungement and reexamination...more
For years, lead generators have obtained telephone numbers for their clients to call by obtaining the consumer’s consent to receive calls from certain entities specifically identified by the lead generator. A typical model...more
Even the best litigator loses on a motion every now and then. When that happens in Arkansas state court, oftentimes the judge may file a verbatim order drafted by opposing counsel as the final order. Sometimes these orders...more
What you need to know about the VARA Marketing Regulations - Following the issuance of Law No.4 of 2022 on the Regulation of Virtual Assets in February 2022 (the "DVAL") and the establishment of the Dubai Virtual Assets...more
A question that occasionally arises with petroleum underground storage tanks (“USTs”) and aboveground storage tanks (“ASTs”) is the various parties that may be responsible for complying with the relevant federal and state...more
The SEC’s Division of Enforcement talks a lot about valuing voluntary and proactive cooperation and remediation by companies. Yet less often do companies see some tangible evidence that such efforts can actually translate to...more
Earlier this year court officials in Clark County, Nevada, attempted to rein in deposition misbehavior by issuing an administrative order that collects in one place the law pertaining to the most common deposition-related...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a Final Administrative Order (“Order”) to McCann Resources, Inc. (“MRI”) for alleged violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) Underground Injection...more
On July 1, 2022, Administrative Order 141/22 (“AO 141/22”) became effective, revising many of the previous changes to New York’s Uniform Civil Rules (“Uniform Rules”) made by Administrative Order 270/20 (“AO 270/20”),...more
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) released on June 6 proposed new rules that would implement parts of the Environmental Justice Law, N.J.S.A. 13:1D-157, requiring certain industrial facilities to...more
On March 16, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Crosby (Texas) Independent School District (Crosby) and its former Chief Financial Officer, Carla Merka, with misleading investors in a $20 million municipal...more
The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Coosa Riverkeeper, Inc., (“CRI”) filed a Complaint in the United States District Court (Northern District of Alabama) against Newcastle Homes, Inc. (“Newcastle”) alleging...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 1 issued a draft guidance, “Formal Meetings Between FDA and Sponsors or Requestors of OTC Monograph Drugs” (Meeting Guidance), that specifies the procedures and principles...more
Environmental regulators have recently taken significant enforcement actions against cannabis companies who violate fundamental environmental laws. What can other cannabis and hemp operators learn from these cases? Watch...more
On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) announced the posting of the first batch of final administrative orders for over-the-counter (“OTC”) drug monographs. The move marks a new...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Red Line Contractors, LLC, (“Redline”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
Any serious Texas Supreme Court follower knows that the Court isn’t the only institution in that courthouse. Osler McCarthy, the Court’s staff attorney for public information, is another one. Many court watchers wait eagerly...more
SEC Rule 10b5-1 plans have long provided an effective means for corporate insiders to buy and sell their own company’s securities without fear of civil or criminal insider trading liability, but these plans have come under...more
On May 24, 2021, Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks issued Administrative Order 159/21 (AO/159/21) to extend the stay of residential foreclosure actions through August 31, 2021, for cases in which the mortgagor submits...more
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, borrowers and lenders alike have sought clarity regarding the permissibility of UCC foreclosure sales in the midst of the ongoing pandemic and the resulting economic fallout, as...more