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Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a $1.2 million fine against glue manufacturing company, Chemence, Inc. for violating a 2016 consent order requiring the company to qualify its “Made in USA” claims in its promotional materials and product packaging.

Recent antitrust activity is instructive for associations to identify and limit key areas of antitrust risk. Here are some highlights from 2020:

On January 29, 2021, the EU and Canada adopted four important decisions to ready the novel Investment Court System (ICS) for disputes arising under the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

On January 8, 2021, the agency governing Proposition 65, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed to amend the content and conditions for use associated with the widely-used short-form warning permitted under Proposition 65.

In this recording of a recent Arent Fox event, former D.C. Councilmember and new Arent Fox Partner David P. Grosso talks with Government Relations Practice Co-Leader Jon S. Bouker and Senior Government Relations Director Oliver Spurgeon III about what the new D.C. Council’s legislative activity and

Advertising cannabis products along California’s interstate highways, briefly lived, is now significantly restricted.

The Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Rule, if implemented by the Biden Administration, would significantly impact companies that have an international nexus in a number of different sectors.

Calls for Significant Changes To Federal Domestic Preference Policy, Waivers, and Buy American Eligibility

On January 29, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued a press release announcing the immediate end of its Payroll Audit Independent Determination program launched by the Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) in 2018.

Plan sponsors should review their plan documents to determine whether the Act’s relief can be applied to their retirement plans.

With the change of administrations typically comes a flurry of activity across all government agencies, and the same can be expected with the official start of the Biden Administration now well underway.

The Trump era of the last four years is regarded in the popular press as one of federal deregulation, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which will commemorate the eleventh anniversary of its founding later this year, was often viewed as no exception.

We know that PPP borrowers of any amount need to be ready if the government comes knocking. Today we’ll talk about HOW to best prepare, especially if you will be applying for loan forgiveness.

Major changes to copyright law were shepherded in through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, the highly publicized pandemic relief bill passed on December 27, 2020.

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

All eyes in the cannabis industry will be watching an upcoming case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that could dramatically ease the tax burden of cannabis entrepreneurs, who pay tax rates many times higher than most non-marijuana businesses.

Fraud and abuse regulations have been adapted to meet today’s technology for electronic data, promoting cooperation among health care providers for the exchange of health information and the protection of such information from cyberattacks.

The growing role that international trade rules are playing has left many corporate leaders to look beyond regularly imposed tariffs.

In addition to dramatically changing the policies of former President Trump on the pandemic, the economy, immigration, and other key issues, the Biden Administration is likely to substantially increase the federal government’s oversight of the insurance industry in at least two ways. First, by regul

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working to dramatically increase the number of available vaccinators who may administer COVID-19 shots.

As we’ve reported, on his first day in office President Biden revoked Executive Order 13950, the controversial Trump administration order that prohibited federal contractors, subcontractors, and grant recipients from providing certain workplace diversity training and programs. 

On Wednesday, January 13th, the Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative (HGPII) released its 15th Annual Report. 

DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein ruled on December 16, 2020, that the District’s ban on the filing of new eviction cases during the public health emergency is unconstitutional.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) that FMCSA’s rest break regulations preempt the California meal and rest break rules (CA MRB Rules).