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Environmental Liability in Bankruptcy: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Perspective

In general, environmental law seeks to protect public health and the environment by providing for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response to the release or disposal of hazardous substances. And more...more

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Wireless Roundup (April 2024)

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FCC Requests Comment on Proposed Rules Regarding Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination: In this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks...more

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Electric Vehicle Risks: New Focus of Regulators

The use of electric vehicles (EVs) and micromobility devices (EMDs), e.g., electric scooters, electric bikes, and hoverboards, is on the rise and the accompanying potential risks of EVs and EMDs have become a new area of...more

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FBI and DOJ Offer Guidance on SEC Cybersecurity Incident Disclosure Rules

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On December 18, 2023, new cybersecurity rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) became effective. Among other things, those rules require SEC registrants to disclose certain information about...more

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Public Company Watch: December 2023

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In the December Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including a preview of the SEC’s latest regulatory agenda, an update regarding the Fifth Circuit vacating the SEC’s share repurchase rules,...more

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Cyber Incident Reporting Guidance: DOJ Explains How It Will Determine if a Public Disclosure Poses Substantial National Security...

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The cyber reporting landscape is rapidly shifting. Many agencies are developing rules, and a major player has been the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with important questions arising about implementation of...more

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SEC Cyber Reporting Mandates: How to Request a National Security or Public Safety Delay

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On December 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) new disclosure requirements go into effect and will require public companies to publicly report material cybersecurity incidents within four days of making a...more

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The Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine and the Food, Beverage and Agribusiness Industry — What You Need to Know

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In this episode, host Jonathan Havens, co-chair of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness (FBA) Practice, speaks with colleague Justin Danilewitz, a litigator in the Firm’s White Collar and Government...more

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International statement calls for backdoor access into encrypted communications

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 23 (December 10, 2020) - Officials from the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India and Japan released a statement calling for big tech firms to allow...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - October 2020 #4

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Court allows Exide to abandon a toxic site in Vernon. Taxpayers will fund the cleanup - Bullet Los Angeles Times – October 16 - Chief Judge Christopher Sontchi of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware ruled...more

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Competitor collaboration: From combatting COVID-19 to the climate crisis

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Competition regulators have shown their ability to act quickly and decisively in order to help allay the worst impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. Could these responses provide a template for achieving environmental and...more

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Federal agencies issue advisory on unmanned aircraft system detection and mitigation

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Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS or drones) are increasingly popular in the United States and around the world. While most UAS operators operate safely and comply with relevant laws, growing security and privacy concerns over...more

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Corporate titans faulted for playing dubious roles in opioid-overdose crisis

Walmart and Johnson and Johnson, two of America’s corporate titans, each acted in ways that helped to fuel the opioid crisis that federal experts estimate claims 128 Americans’ lives each day, news media investigations show....more

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$8 billion Risperdal verdict? It’s not the money, it’s the message, Big Pharma

When regular citizens get together in the civil justice system to deliberate difficult claims about complex matters, they may not get everything just right to the satisfaction of the disputing parties. But jurors’ wisdom and...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

Criminal Justice Reform in America: Confronting Reentry Challenges

The United States comprises about 4% of the world’s population – and houses about 22% of the world’s prison population. The U.S. Department of Justice reports that each year approximately 650,000 people are released from...more

Fisher Phillips

Your Comprehensive Guide to 2018 Proposed California Legislation

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February 16 was the deadline to introduce new bills in the California Legislature. By that date, nearly 2,200 bills were introduced. While that may seem like a staggering amount of legislative proposals (especially for a...more

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News Now: Your One Minute Legal Insight (Embryos, Marijuana, TABOR, and More)

As always, there are a lot of topics to cover in this edition of News Now. Here are your highlights...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Uber’s got more than a spot of bother on its hands in London after this morning’s announcement that the company’s largest market in Europe won’t renew the ride-hailing service’s license to operate in the city (citing “a lack...more

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DOJ Reports on Drones Flying Contraband to Prisons

While drone delivery services are certainly on the agendas are large retailers like Amazon, inmates in jails across the U.S. are already using drones to receive their own aerial contraband shipments. Through a Freedom of...more

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Acquittals in Vascular Solutions Case Deal Setback to DOJ

On February 26, 2016, a federal jury in Texas returned not guilty verdicts with respect to charges brought against Vascular Solutions Inc. (“VSI”) and its CEO by the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), dealing a decisive blow...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Federal Court Orders Apple to Unlock San Bernardino Gunman’s Phone

Apple must help the FBI unlock an iPhone used by one of the attackers in the San Bernardino, Calif. assault in December, a federal magistrate judge ruled this week. The ruling handed the government an important victory in an...more

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