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Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

In this installment of our post-Dobbs risk assessment series for hospitals and academic medical centers, we consider the ongoing impact of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on delivery of clinical services beyond abortion.

On Thursday, July 13, 2023, Major League Cricket (MLC) launched its inaugural season to a sold-out stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas. The Texas Super Kings beat the Los Angeles Knight Riders by 69 runs, in an exciting opening match.

The US District Court of the Southern District of New York has appeared to hand digital asset sellers their first victory, albeit partial, amidst a flurry of enforcement actions by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including suits against Coinbase and Binance.

Ruling on a lingering legal issue from the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Supreme Court held that an employer is not liable for cases of “take-home” COVID-19 — that is, where a household member allegedly caught the virus after an employee became infected at work and brought it home.

On June 8, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations (DOE) published a risk alert informing advisors of focus areas during examinations for the Marketing Rule.

For better or worse, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Within two months of its initial release to the public, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users, making it at the time the fastest-growing consumer application in history.

Prop 65 Counsel: What To Know

The Biden Administration is in the process of revising a cog fundamental to federal policymaking. The cog, a guidance document issued by the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) entitled Circular A-4, has the potential to dramatically alter the regulatory environment.

A recent ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California allows anonymous coders to pursue claims for alleged breach of open-source software licenses by artificial intelligence assisted coding tools.

Signed into law on July 13, 2022, the District of Columbia Cannabis Employment Protections Act, provides major new workplace protections for marijuana users.

In a putative class action filed on June 28, 2023, in the Northern District of California, and in other similar cases, plaintiffs allege that OpenAI, Microsoft, and their respective affiliates violated the privacy rights of millions of internet users through large-scale data scraping.

On September 14, 2022, The New York Times published an article detailing the Chouinard family’s transfer of the majority of their ownership interests in Patagonia to a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.

In certain circumstances, shareholders of corporations and members of limited liability companies can obtain confidential communications between corporate management and the company’s attorney that would otherwise be protected by the attorney-client privilege.

Now is a good time to review your trust instruments, family office documents, or company’s governing documents and succession plans to ensure you are prepared to deal with whatever the future brings before it happens.

Against the backdrop of increased government scrutiny of fashion supply chains, including recent Congressional inquiries and CBP detentions of cotton products and apparel, New York lawmakers reintroduced a 2023 version of 2022 Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act.

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

A class action complaint filed recently against Foot Locker, Inc. in New York alleges that the footwear retailer is misleading consumers into believing that products are scarce or about to sell out, when that is not in fact the case.

On July 12, 2023, PURIS Proteins LLC, a domestic producer of pea protein, which is a plant-based protein used in foods, filed antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) petitions requesting trade relief on imports of certain pea protein from China.

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards have joined the climate-disclosure reporting frameworks that take a financial materiality-led approach.

This US Supreme Court’s administrative and environmental decisions were somewhat predictable for much of the 2022-2023 term. And then they weren’t – the final weeks of the term especially featured some high-drama decisions.

Major changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations applicable to unsolicited informational robocalls to landlines are coming into effect on July 20, 2023.

Below is a table of currently pending PBM (Pharmacy Benefit Manager)-reform legislation, featuring brief descriptions, links to the texts, and additional information about each bill.

No personal services are more important than health care. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), involving machines to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, is leading to an expansion of the term “personal.”

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has set forth a revised proposed second amendment to 11 NYCRR Part 500, the regulation regarding cybersecurity requirements for financial services companies (the Second Amendment).