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Two important and very different decisions regarding public pensions were issued by the Supreme Court of Illinois and the Supreme Court of New Jersey. These decisions are significant not only for the workers and taxpayers in these States, but also for the owners and insurers of municipal bonds.

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit released a decision requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider a 2008 rule prohibiting certain per-click leasing arrangements under the Stark Law.

Arent Fox Political Law partner Craig Engle spoke with CNN Politics in a new report titled “Secret spenders face challenge in 2016.”

Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the addition of highly-regarded San Francisco-based labor partner Rob Carrol to the firm’s Labor & Employment practice and newly launched Alcohol Beverage team.

On Friday, June 26, the United States Supreme Court released its landmark decision on marriage equality, with the majority opinion citing arguments and amici briefs from two Arent Fox partners, Hunter T. Carter and Craig Engle.

A California federal judge recently certified a class action lawsuit that alleges violations of California consumer protection laws by J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc.

Who can make healthcare decisions for an incompetent patient when there is no person available to give consent?  

Arent Fox LLP represented Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits in its acquisition of the award-winning Redemption Whiskey portfolio from Bardstown Barrel Selections, Inc.

In a 3-2 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) overturned 37 years of precedent and ruled that employers may be required to turn over witness statements to unions prior to arbitration hearings.

On June 29, 2015, PayPal’s General Counsel released a blog post indicating that the company will be tweaking its proposed revisions to its User Agreement regarding PayPal’s ability to send its customers autodialed or prerecorded messages.

Beginning September 1, 2015, many companies that engage in mobile advertising will be subject to a new level of scrutiny by industry watch dogs.

On June 25, 2015, the US House of Representatives passed the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (the Act includes a Generalized System of Preferences renewal provision). President Obama is expected to sign the Act into law soon.

Partner Lowell Brown, the leader of the Health Care Practice Group, was featured in a recent Law360 article, “Attorneys React To Supreme Court’s ACA Save.”

In the long awaited decision in King v. Burwell, the Supreme Court ruled this morning in a 6-to-3 decision that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) permits tax credits for individuals who purchase their health insurance through a Federal health insurance marketplace (Federal Exchange), not just for indivi

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently obtained a temporary injunction to stop a Florida-based sweepstakes operation that has taken more than $28 million from consumers in the United States and abroad.

On June 22, 2015, the FCC released an order authorizing interconnected VoIP providers to obtain telephone numbers directly from the Numbering Administrators, rather than through intermediaries or wholesale carriers.

Arent Fox LLP and a team of Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring attorneys led by New York Managing Partner Andrew I. Silfen were honored at the Turnaround Atlas Awards Gala in Chicago with the prestigious Chapter 11 Restructuring of the Year award.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced the settlement of a complaint alleging deceptive trade practices in relation to a crowdfunding campaign.

On June 24, the US Senate passed the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act, which will empower the Obama Administration to negotiate new trade agreements with its Pacific Rim and European Union trading partners based on strong congressional parameters.

In a 2-1 decision, a three-member panel of the NLRB held that a generic conflict of interest rule in an employee handbook violated the National Labor Relations Act because it could give employees the impression that they could not engage in union activity protected by the Act.

Arent Fox LLP Intellectual Property partner Steven I. Weisburd, acting as co-counsel to Olympus America Inc. and Olympus Medical Systems Corp., won invalidity rulings against two patents owned by Perfect Surgical Techniques, Inc.

The US Attorney General announced a “takedown” of 243 defendants over the last three days, representing the largest health care fraud enforcement effort in the Medicare Fraud Strike Force’s eight-year history and the largest criminal health care fraud action in the history of the Justice Department.

Partner Aaron Jacoby was quoted in a recent Law360 article, “GM Plaintiffs’ King & Spalding Claims Face High Bar.”

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Dish Network LLC lawfully fired a quadriplegic customer service representative who used validly licensed medical marijuana, rejecting the employee’s argument that the company violated a state law that protects workers who engage in lawful off-duty conduct.