In early March, Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Mike Lee (R-UT), along with Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), reintroduced the Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone Calls (HANGUP) Act. The legislation would rescind an Obama-era measure,...more
Congress has continued its 57-year tradition of passing an annual defense authorization bill with the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019 finalized by Congress on August 1 and signed...more
8/24/2018
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Covered Transactions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Export Controls ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
We are pleased to present the latest edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
This issue provides insurance information for companies facing...more
Part I – TCPA: Regulatory Update -
FCC Evaluates Comments Received in Several TCPA Proceedings -
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) is busy evaluating scores of comments and reply comments it...more
We are pleased to present the latest edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more
We are pleased to present the latest edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This month’s issue examines a recent Illinois federal court ruling...more
A provision to extend the current EB-5 Program until September 30, 2018 is contained in the proposed Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (“Omnibus”). If passed by the Congress and signed into law by the President this week,...more
Greetings from our TCPA & Consumer Calling team at Mintz Levin. In this issue of our newsletter, we cover recent TCPA regulatory, litigation, and judicial developments. Our Regulatory Update features a discussion on the...more
Lawmakers are again considering changes to the EB-5 Program. In fact, before the end of this month, we may see provisions from the “Immigrant Investor Visa and Regional Center Program Comprehensive Reform Act” or “EB-5 Reform...more
We are pleased to present the latest edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This month’s issue examines an FCC rulemaking proceeding concerning...more
Congress nearly averted a shutdown last week, but just missed the mark when Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) temporarily blocked Senate passage of the fifth – and supposedly final — continuing resolution (CR) of this fiscal year...more
2/13/2018
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DACA ,
EB-5 ,
EB-5 Regional Centers ,
Foreign Investment ,
Government Shutdown ,
Immigrant Investor Program ,
Stakeholder Engagement ,
Trump Administration ,
Visa Applications ,
Visas
Three days into the government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) took to the Senate floor Monday afternoon to announce an agreement to end the impasse and reopen the...more
1/26/2018
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DACA ,
EB-5 ,
EB-5 Regional Centers ,
Foreign Investment ,
Government Shutdown ,
Immigrant Investor Program ,
Investors ,
Trump Administration ,
Visa Applications ,
Visas
Three days into the government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) took to the Senate floor Monday afternoon to announce an agreement to end the impasse and reopen the...more
1/25/2018
/ Continuing Resolution ,
DACA ,
EB-5 ,
EB-5 Regional Centers ,
Foreign Investment ,
Government Shutdown ,
Immigrant Investor Program ,
Investors ,
Time Extensions ,
Trump Administration ,
Visa Applications ,
Visas
This edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest focuses on following opt-out instructions and potential ramifications when a plaintiff fails to properly or reasonably do so. Rulings from U.S. District Courts in New Jersey and...more
With just hours to spare in order to avoid a government shutdown, the House and Senate approved on December 21 a short-term continuing resolution (CR) funding federal activities through January 19. The CR was approved in the...more
We are pleased to present the latest edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This month’s issue examines four recent rulings from Seventh...more
We are pleased to present the latest edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This month’s issue examines a ruling from the US Court of Appeals...more
With all eyes in Washington focused on tax reform, let’s not forget that there is a hard deadline approaching to address funding of federal activities with the current continuing resolution (CR) set to expire soon. The CR has...more
Ready for good news about TCPA litigation? In this edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest — providing insights on Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) cases and regulations — we point to a glimmer of hope for businesses....more
The chances of a stand-alone EB-5 bill gaining consensus with lawmakers on Capitol Hill are low. With the GOP failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, lawmakers may be spending time readjusting priorities in unexpected ways...more
9/29/2017
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
EB-5 ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Register ,
Foreign Investment ,
Immigration Reform ,
Proposed Rules ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
The chances of a stand-alone EB-5 bill gaining consensus with lawmakers on Capitol Hill are low. With the GOP failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, lawmakers may be spending time readjusting priorities in unexpected ways...more
We are pleased to present our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This month’s issue covers the latest Commission releases as well as what’s new on Capitol...more
As we discussed yesterday at Mintz Levin’s Third Annual Employment Law Summit, big changes are likely in the offing as all three branches of our federal government begin to deal with labor and employment issues following...more
4/10/2017
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Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Joint Employers ,
McLane Co. v EEOC ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Neil Gorsuch ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Over-Time ,
Persuader Rules ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Right to Work ,
SCOTUS ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Part I – TCPA: Regulatory -
Commission Releases and Actions -
The FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) and Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) that proposes to make it permissible for voice service providers...more
We are pleased to present the latest edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This month’s issue features updates on the latest regulatory...more