Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed into law a bill that eliminates the state’s six percent sales tax on menstrual products, ending a multi-year legislative effort and a class action lawsuit that challenged the legality of the sales and use tax.
On Thursday, November 4, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an emergency temporary standard (ETS) making good on President Biden’s pledge to require private employers with 100 or more employees to implement vaccination-or-testing mandates for their employees.
A recent announcement by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) got the immediate attention of companies that manufacture, process, or import finished products for sale and use by consumer, commercial, and industrial customers.
Snidely Whiplash kidnaps Nell and, in the show’s opening, ties her to the railroad tracks to get even with his nemesis, Dudley Do-Right, of the famed Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Menacing music plays.
On October 31, 2021, the Department of Commerce and the Office of the US Trade Representative announced an agreement with the European Union (EU) to remove the 25% additional tariffs on steel and 10% additional tariffs on aluminum pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
CMS published the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule on November 2, 2021. The Rule keeps intact CMS’s temporary physician supervision requirements related to the provision of telehealth services.
The Department of Justice recently announced a new initiative that aims to hold government contractors accountable when they fail to meet required cybersecurity standards.
Schiff Hardin LLP served as underwriter’s counsel for Deep Medicine Acquisition Corp.’s upsized initial public offering raising gross proceeds of $126.5 million.
Arent Fox Sports Practice Leader Richard L. Brand, Corporate & Securities Leader Steven A. Cohen, and Sports and Corporate & Securities Partner William Z. Ordower have been named Power Players by Sports Business Journal in their rankings of the sports industry’s best outside counsel.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently made several announcements regarding its goals for investigating, regulating, and remediating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), a group of chemicals used in a variety of consumer and industrial products since the early 1940s.
Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Arent Fox Diversity Scholarship. Each second-year law student will receive a $20,000 award and participate in the firm’s 2022 Summer Program.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently affirmed a decision by the District Court for the Southern District of New York, finding that refurbished antique watches retaining an original manufacturer’s trademark and sold by a third-party defendant were not infringing.
Schiff Hardin LLP has been recognized by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) with two awards: the Compass Award for the third year in a row, and for the first time, the firm has been named a Top Performer.
AFWomen is proud to present a virtual panel event featuring women who are leaders in their fields, moderated by Firmwide Managing Partner Cristina A. Carvalho.
On October 7, 2021, Governor Newsom signed the Silenced No More Act (SB-331), which expands existing restrictions on the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in settlement agreements based on claims of workplace discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.