Arent Fox LLP and Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP are pleased to announce they have reached a formal agreement to merge, effective January 1, 2019. The merger will mark Arent Fox’s first expansion into the Boston market. Founded in 1980, Posternak is a 55-lawyer Boston-based firm focusing on busines
The Trump Administration revealed the new and long-awaited “waters of the United States” or “WOTUS” rule last week, which is designed to clear confusion on one of the most hotly debated topics in environmental law today – the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Schiff Hardin has been recognized in the 2019 BTI Client Service A-Team, a data-driven ranking of law firms named by clients as consistently delivering superior levels of client service.
On October 5, 2018, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that it had negotiated a $3.85 million civil penalty with Costco Wholesale Corporation over an alleged failure to report product hazards involving an electronic trash can.
Earlier this month, Arent Fox LLP received the “Best Deal of the Year” award from the Washington DC Economic Partnership for a deal financing the acquisition of a new training center for the Spanish Education and Development Center.
Intellectual Property Practice Group Co-Leader Imron Aly was quoted on how including patents in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s “Purple Book” — which lists biological products, including any biosimilar and interchangeable biological products — might affect developers.
Alexander Young, partner and deputy practice group leader for the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups, has been named a Notable Practitioner in North America in the Corporate and M&A Practice Area by the IFLR1000.
Bitcoin cryptocurrency and other cryptocurrencies have experienced immense growth, as demonstrated by the skyrocketing values and development of technical solutions involving blockchain technologies.
In a steady drumbeat of US sanctions targeting Iran during the month of November 2018, the Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated Iran-based financial facilitators of malicious cyber activity and, for the first time, associated digital currency addresses.
On December 4, Complex Litigation Partner James H. Hulme was elected Vice President of the Council for Court Excellence at the nonprofit’s semi-annual board meeting held in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
On November 29, the opening day for the LA Auto Show, LA Managing Partner Aaron Jacoby hosted a dozen executives from different Chinese automotive sector companies, including electric/battery, the Chinese “CarMax”, distributors and dealer groups in the Los Angeles office to discuss China’s car marke
We are pleased to announce that Arent Fox professionals will be presenting during the 2019 Chief of Staff Boot Camp hosted by The Institute for Medical Leadership.
Last week, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”) reversed a 2015 decision by the Delaware Bankruptcy Court (the “Bankruptcy Court”) disallowing the portion of an unsecured claim filed by appellant Wilmington Trust Company (“WTC”) for postpetition attorneys’ fees
Intellectual Property Practice Group Co-Leader Imron Aly described the three key features of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Biosimilar Action Plan: education, interchangeability, and international data sharing.