The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have announced actions to phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes from foods in the U.S. food supply. In a news release, FDA said it…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Health
On March 25, 2025, Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL), introducing notable changes to Sections 144 and 220 of the DGCL. These amendments took immediate effect and may impact…
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/ Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Law
The Georgia General Assembly has passed comprehensive tort reform legislation, S.B. 68, that should interest any company operating or litigating in Georgia. In addition, the General Assembly passed S.B. 69, which regulates and…
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/ Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Personal Injury
Much like Blockbuster Video rental stores (of which you might be surprised to learn there is still one remaining), the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) was quietly slipping into obsolescence with the advent of the Internet…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Recently, in a case of first impression, Judge Angel Kelley of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts confronted a “seemingly simple” question on a motion to dismiss: does a difference of one day…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law
A highlight from this issue includes Class Definitions…
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/ Civil Procedure
Arecent report put the odds of an asteroid hitting the earth in December 2032 at 3.1%—which is 3,100 times more likely than an organization resolving an enforcement action with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Privacy
Déjà vu all over again: after Colorado and Virginia established competing standards for comprehensive privacy laws in 2021, history appears to be repeating itself in the artificial intelligence (AI) space. Virginia’s legislature…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Highlights from this issue include cases such as Pro Se Civil Rights Class Actions. The Seventh Circuit affirmed that a pro se prisoner cannot adequately represent a class, and more…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Settlements in the employment law context can set up thorny tax issues for employers. In this alert, we will discuss two key issues companies should consider when working toward a settlement agreement: the deductibility of…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) is a nonpartisan national forum for America’s state and territory attorneys general to collaboratively address issues important to their work protecting the rule of law and…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
The question of how much diligence buyers must demonstrate may be considered in a new authenticity case brought recently in the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court against a Miami gallery for selling $6 million in fake Andy Warhol…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a proposed front-of-package nutrition label, the "Nutrition Info box," that would give consumers readily visible information about the "Low," "Med" or "High" levels of a…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health
A five-year legal dispute between heirs of the renowned artist Thomas Hart Benton and the trust department that administered and managed the Benton Trust produced a significant ruling last month in Jackson County, Missouri…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Finance & Banking, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Members of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP’s Government Investigations and White Collar Practice attended a Cornerstone Research event on December 11, 2024, about the outlook for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Elections & Politics, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
