Making Trade Inclusive for All Americans Podcast: A Conversation with the President of the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA)
H.R. 1 – Disclosures, Disclaimers, and FEC Certifications: What Corporations, Non-Profits, and Trade Associations Need to Know
2014 Construction SuperConference Recap and Lessons for 2015
Gene Grabowski on Trade Associations
Parties intervening in a CEQA case and actively litigating to defend the agency’s challenged decision in order to protect a direct and immediate interest are subject to being held jointly and severally liable for a successful...more
Find the week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick summary...more
As we wrote about in February, Cal/OSHA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would significantly expand who may accompany agency inspectors during workplace walkaround inspections. The proposed regulation — 8 CCR §...more
In a decision dated 17 March 2026 (published on 1 April 2026), the French Competition Authority (the "Authority") imposed a fine of €3.4 million on the Syndicat National des Moniteurs du Ski Français (the "SNMSF"), for having...more
United States Steel Corporation and the United Steel, Paper, and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (collectively, “Petitioners”) have filed new petitions with...more
In this edition of Development Incentives Quarterly, we welcome Nathan Ohle, president & CEO of International Economic Development Council (IEDC). In the Q&A, Nathan discusses the IEDC, its 100-year history and the value it...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued its long-awaited decision in NetChoice v. Bonta, addressing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) for the second time on appeal....more
Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (RMA), the first packaging-focused extended producer responsibility (EPR) law in the United States, faces escalating legal, industry, and legislative pressure. A...more
Packaging-related Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws are now operational in multiple states and expanding rapidly, imposing complex registration, reporting and fee obligations that vary significantly across...more
A coalition of ten Republican state attorneys general recently sent letters to companies participating in plastics-related section 501(c)(3) and section 501(c)(6) organizations, warning that their participation may violate...more
Florida AG James Uthmeier led a group of 10 Republican AGs in sending a notice letter to nearly 80 corporations associated with plastics and packaging advocacy organizations, warning that their participation could raise...more
On 15 December 2025, the European Commission (EC) announced fines on three automotive starter battery manufacturers and their trade association for cartel behaviour in breach of EU competition law. A fourth manufacturer blew...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently filed two important “Statements of Interest” in private antitrust cases that affect trade associations and groups that set accreditation standards. These...more
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division continues to apply sustained pressure to the real estate industry, making clear that traditional practices—whether embedded in trade association rules or facilitated through...more
On December 5, 2025, four national food and beverage trade associations (the American Beverage Association, the Consumer Brands Association, the National Confectioners Association, and FMI the Food Industry Association) filed...more
This month, the attorneys general of Florida, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Montana sent letters to various environmental groups expressing “collective concern” about potentially anti-competitive recycling practices....more
Spending on federal and state lobbying continues to soar – a reality that has created new challenges for companies, trade associations, and other groups trying to advance their advocacy goals. To supplement their direct...more
Last week, a coalition of retail and restaurant trade associations sent a letter to leaders of congressional banking committees urging them to enact national legislation to allow them to round cash transactions to the nearest...more
Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) Policies are unilateral policies set by manufacturers that dictate the advertised price for products, but not the actual resale price. These policies promote healthy competition among resellers,...more
Staff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight issued No-Action Relief Letter 25-25 on July 31, 2025 to help ease compliance burdens placed on reporting counterparties in meeting the...more
An association’s board often confronts difficult decisions. One that is particularly challenging is whether and how to remove a sitting director....more
Judge Lewis Liman in the Southern District of New York recently dismissed antitrust complaints brought by direct and indirect purchasers against six major suppliers of concrete admixtures, cement additives, admixtures for...more
Petition for Rulemaking with Respect to Cybersecurity Incident Disclosure - A group of financial services industry trade associations submitted a joint petition for rulemaking requesting that the SEC amend the...more
On May 6, 2025, with almost no discernible press or public announcements, the Dental Trade Alliance (DTA) – a trade association of dental suppliers and service providers – issued a revised and restated U.S. Code of Ethics...more
Does the First Amendment protect associations’ communications with their members when petitioning government agencies?...more