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For the second consecutive year, International Trade partner David Hamill and Canada-US.Cross Border Business Affairs director Birgit Matthiesen contributed their insights to Lead, Reach and Connect, the must-read magazine for the Automotive Parts Manufactures Association.

Former Senator and Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor Byron Dorgan (D-ND) spoke with Fox Business News along with former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) on whether President Trump is on the right track in the early days of his Administration.

In an interview with Dope Magazine, Food and Drug associate Emily Leongini discusses how the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently responding to the proliferation of state-legalized cannabis and how that could impact the growing cannabis industry.

As the newly-announced co-chair for the Institute for Representative Government (IRG), former Rep. Philip English, a senior advisor in the Government Relations practice at Arent Fox LLP, will help bring together elected officials from around the world to facilitate exchanging ideas and views.

Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce that the firm negotiated an exceptional carve-out on behalf of Volkswagen dealer Palisades Volkswagen in a nationwide VW dealer diesel scandal class action settlement – the largest ever of its kind.

On January 9, New York Intellectual Property leader Marylee Jenkins was named Chair of the Patent Public Advisory Committee by The US Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office. This will be Ms. Jenkins’ second full term as a PPAC Member.

What is most notable about this guidance is that FDA has taken the position that this type of information may be shared before a product has been approved. 

Arent Fox LLP’s Trademark practice has been recognized as one of the best in the country by World Trademark Review.

Today, January 19, 2017, FDA and USDA published a flurry of new policy documents related to the agencies’ regulation of plants, animals, and microorganisms produced using new breeding methods, like gene editing. 

In an opinion article recently published by The Hill, former Senator and current Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor Byron Dorgan described the steps that are necessary for the Democratic party to be successful in future elections.

This is HHS’ first enforcement action against a covered entity that reported a breach, but did not do so timely.

As the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump nears, retailers should be paying close attention to expected seismic changes in domestic trade policy that will have an important impact on the fashion industry.

On January 12, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control granted Arent Fox LLP’s petition to have Zimre Holdings Limited removed from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list.

Former Senator and Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor Byron Dorgan spoke with MSNBC correspondent Kate Snow on Republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

In a recent feature, LawinSport asked leading sports lawyers to share their views on the top headlines and trends to follow in the sports industry in 2017.

Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill, the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017, that, if enacted, would eliminate judicial deference to agency regulations.

Today the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Controls issued a general license that effectively removes US sanctions against Sudan (North) effective January 17, 2017. 

The Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, published a Final Rule on January 5, 2017 addressing how 340B covered outpatient drug “Ceiling Prices” are to be calculated under the 340B Drug Pricing Program.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued guidance for both businesses and consumers on defending against ransomware, both of which are based on lessons learned from the FTC’s recent ransomware workshop, with panelists that included security researchers, technologists, law enforcers, and bu

In an important decision clarifying California’s rest period requirements, the California Supreme Court has held that nearly all employees subject to the state’s rest periods rules cannot be subject to on-duty or on-call rest periods.

The Morning Consult article “Firewall of Advisers May Insulate Trump From Administration’s Trade Supporters” discusses the three major trade-relations positions and the choices for each role in the incoming Trump Administration

Inside U.S. Trade recently discussed the creation of a National Trade Council by President-elect Trump in the article, “Analysts: Trump’s National Trade Council may spur cooperation, or new tensions.”

Please join Arent Fox on Friday, February 3 from 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Pacific for our annual Medical Staff Leaders and the Law Conference being held at the Avenue of the Arts Hotel in Costa Mesa. 

An interesting case came out of the Federal Circuit in Amdocs (Israel) Limited v. Openet Telecom, Inc., No. 2015-1180, 2016 WL 6440387 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 1, 2016) in which the Court reversed the district court’s granting of Openet’s motion for judgment.