Companies with California operations affected by the continued devastation of the fires in the Los Angeles area should keep in mind applicable employment laws when responding to this natural disaster…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
At the same time, the new administration’s anti-DEI posturing has not been clearly mirrored by the courts, with courts handing employers legal victories over their DEI policies and practices in several recent high-profile cases…
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/ Civil Rights, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) previously announced a final trademark rule that will increase application filing, renewal, and other trademark-related fees effective January 18, 2025. The USPTO’s new fee structure…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property
The Trump administration’s food regulatory agenda will come into sharper focus once nominees for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and secretary of agriculture are confirmed…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Health
President-elect Donald Trump’s second term will almost certainly usher in profound changes to U.S. international trade and national security policy…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on January 16, at 10:00 a.m. ET.
The summaries below are based on publicly…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, Government Contracting
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced its annual adjustments to (1) the pre-merger notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the HSR Act), (2) the HSR Act filing fee…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Law
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published draft guidance on the Labeling of Plant-Based Alternatives to Animal-Derived Foods (Draft Guidance). The Draft Guidance recommends best practices for naming…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
Dive into our seventh edition of the XR Report, revealing transformative insights into the extended reality industry. This comprehensive analysis—based on surveys of 305 insiders and interviews with executives—uncovers…
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/ Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Science, Computers, & Technology
BlackRock recently published its updated “Proxy Voting Guidelines for Benchmark Policies - U.S. Securities” for the 2025 proxy season, along with its 2025 “Global Principles for Benchmark Policies” and “Engagement Priorities…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
In United States v. Nasri, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. government must satisfy Due Process requirements before it can seek civil forfeiture of assets located abroad. The 2-1 split panel…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
With the nomination of Commissioner Andrew Ferguson as chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) and Gail Slater to helm the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, the second Trump…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Elections & Politics, Mergers & Acquisitions
The decades-long fight over net neutrality appears to be over.
In one of the first appellate decisions since the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law
On December 11, 2024, the Los Angeles City Council approved proposed changes to the city’s Living Wage Ordinance (LWO) and Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance (HWMO) that, if implemented, would incrementally increase the minimum…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update regulations under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) on January 2, 2025. If adopted, DOJ’s proposed changes would…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting, International Law & Trade
