On August 6, 2024, Governor Healey signed amending legislation that will allow owners of registered land in Massachusetts to voluntarily withdraw the registered land from the jurisdiction of the Land Court under a long...more
There are several new developments in the Internal Revenue Service’s ongoing campaign to combat false and fraudulent Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims, including an indefinite extension of the agency’s moratorium on...more
The next installment of our updates on SECURE 2.0 is on another new in-service withdrawal option. SECURE 2.0 allows plan sponsors of defined contribution plans to amend their plans to allow plan participants who are victims...more
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has had a significant impact on commercial activity for many organizations on a local and international scale. Organizations with commercial operations in the region (both Ukraine and Russia)...more
This 20th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, finds both plaintiffs and defendants with reasons to celebrate. Insurance carriers avoided consolidation of coverage disputes in...more
In a 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) in Johnson Controls, Inc., 368 NLRB No. 20 (July 3, 2019), adopted a new standard that applies to an employer’s anticipatory withdrawal of union recognition, and...more
Seven years after Mylotarg® (gemtuzumab ozogamicin) was voluntarily withdrawn from the market, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has re-approved Mylotarg® product....more
The PTAB denied Apple’s motion to withdraw both its IPR petition and concurrent motion for joinder to prevent Apple from circumventing potential estoppel ramifications in Apple Inc. v. Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. KG,...more
On 30 January 2017 the African Union ("AU") voted in favour of the collective withdrawal by its member states from the International Criminal Court ("ICC"). This was a bold move considering a withdrawal of such magnitude...more
President Trump’s pick for Labor Secretary, Andrew F. Puzder, has withdrawn his name from consideration. Support for Puzder had eroded quickly over the last week....more
Secretary of Labor nominee Andy Puzder withdrew his nomination on February 15. Neither his statement nor his Twitter posts gave any reason for the withdrawal, but it was known that his nomination was in trouble with several...more
Andrew Puzder has withdrawn from consideration as Secretary of Labor. As we previously reported, Puzder’s confirmation hearing, scheduled for tomorrow, had been postponed multiple times amid increasing scrutiny surrounding...more
In response to the wave of strike suits filed outside Delaware in connection with mergers and acquisitions and executive compensation matters, boards of some Delaware corporations adopted exclusive forum bylaws. Those bylaws...more
In this issue: - Voluntary Withdrawal of Appeal in Delaware Exclusive Forum Bylaw Case - SEC Chair Speaks on Public Company Disclosure - Identity of Heinz Traders Uncovered in $4.8 Million Insider Trading...more
On February 1, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register to amend the Rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 regarding the...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if adopted, will codify the FTC’s longstanding informal procedures for voluntarily withdrawing and refiling an HSR Act Premerger...more