In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or...more
Join Tom Fox as he explores the world of podcasting, and get ready to be inspired to start your podcast. In this episode, Tom explores how podcasters can use Podcast Seasons to expand their creativity and profitability. ...more
Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you the compliance professional and the compliance stories you need to...more
ComplexDiscovery’s Editor’s Note: Deepfake technology represents one of the most pressing challenges for cybersecurity and governance professionals today....more
KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER BRAZILIAN LAW - 1. OVERVIEW OF BRAZILIAN HISTORY - Brazil is a federative republic and the largest country in both South and Latin America. It is also the world's...more
As discussed in our last update on the November 2022 Proposition M, Empty Homes Tax Ordinance (the “Empty Homes Tax”), the San Francisco Apartment Association, the Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute, the San...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced significant changes to the patent fee schedule which will take effect on January 19, 2025. The changes include new or significant increases to several...more
In a highly anticipated decision on an issue facing courts across the country, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held in late October that Massachusetts hospitals’ use of online tracking technologies that collect and...more
The outcome of the US presidential election this month, coupled with the prospect of a crypto-friendly president and Congress, have unleashed a torrent of enthusiasm that has been building throughout the crypto sector this...more
The Town of Enfield, New Hampshire, appears to have been the victim of a man-in-the-middle scheme involving the transfer of $742,000 to a fraudulent bank account. The town is constructing a new $7.2 million public safety...more
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently provided clarification related to a municipality’s grant or denial of special land use permit applications. The case highlights the care municipal bodies must take to document their...more
In Yu v. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 2024 HRTO 1401, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) dismissed an application alleging the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) discriminated against the worker by...more
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board met on November 8th and voted to adopt new regulations for data broker registration requirements. Under current requirements, data brokers are required to register with...more
According to a federal district judge in Mississippi, a cancer center’s investors bought themselves a lawsuit because of a conscious decision not to structure the ownership arrangement in compliance with a safe harbor. A...more
Enacted in August 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”) expanded energy tax credits by increasing credit amounts across the board and broadening eligibility criteria to include new technologies....more
As many practitioners are aware, the litigation process in New York often feels like a tortoise race, with many cases taking years to resolve. Section 3213 of the CPLR (“Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint”) is a bit of an...more
Last year, as reported in a memo recently obtained by WIRED, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued internal guidance that its examiners and other employees cannot use generative artificial intelligence...more
On November 14, 2024, the Chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (“CCP”), John Moolenaar (R-MI), introduced H.R. 10127, the Restoring Trade Fairness Act (the “Legislation"), which would suspend US...more
On November 20, 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a new Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for Supply and Service Contractors designated as “Fiscal Year 2025 Release 1.” The...more
Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced settlements with two data brokers, Growbots, Inc. and UpLead LLC, for failure to register and pay the fees required of a data broker under the California...more
On 6 November 2024, the government released its much-anticipated guidance on the offence of failure to prevent fraud (the Guidance), as introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act)....more
What's Inside this Issue? This edition of the K&L Gates Competition & Consumer Law Round-Up provides a summary of recent and significant updates from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), as well as...more
Jamie McKnight v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al., No. 23-1449, 2024 WL 2156223 (E.D. Pa. May 14, 2024) - The plaintiff alleged he suffered injuries to his scalp from the application of a defective mole removal cream....more
In a partially published opinion filed October 31, 2024, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. 1) held, in light of AB 1307 and the Supreme Court’s decision in Make UC a Good Neighbor v. Regents of University of...more
Who has standing to challenge abandonment of a mineral interest under the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act (“DMA”)? Earlier this year in two cases, both styled Cardinal Minerals, LLC v. Miller, the 7th District Court of Appeals of...more