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Aram Ordubegian, Kirsten A. Hart, Robert K. Carrol
California law requires commercial cannabis licensees with 20 or more non-supervisory employees to enter into a labor peace agreement; however, the legal requirements of such an agreement are far less than labor unions would suggest.
Mark A. Bloom, Laurel LaMontagne, Andrew Ross
Those in the DC metro area construction industry should take heed of a recent District of Columbia Court of Appeals opinion that sheds additional light on the District’s mechanic’s lien statute.
Brian D. Schneider, Craig Engle, Derek Ha
New York's Attorney General is suing to dissolve the National Rifle Association (NRA) based upon what the AG alleges are repeated violations of state laws regulating nonprofit corporations.
Berin S. Romagnolo, Nancy A. Noonan
The USCIS (US Citizenship & Immigration Service) announced a new rule to aid in the recent dilemma many foreign national families and US employers have confronted; namely addressing the gap in work authorization and corresponding loss of income many families face and the disruption in staffing and p
Jeffrey E. Rummel, Karen Ellis Carr
The Precision Agriculture Connectivity Task Force has been Re-Chartered for a Second Term, and its Industry Members have been announced. The first meeting of the re-chartered Task Force has been scheduled for January 13, 2022, at 10 am.
Anthony V. Lupo, Angela M. Santos
In this video episode of Fashion Counsel, Arent Fox Fashion & Retail Leader Anthony Lupo speaks with Consumer Products and Fashion & Retail Partner Angela Santos to discuss how companies can reduce import duties and prevent costly import detentions due to forced labor found in their supply chai
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Elizabeth Satarov
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
Headlines that Matter for Privacy and Data Security
Lindsay Korotkin, Megan A. Rzonca, Brian D. Schneider
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the DMCA) governs the protection of copyrighted material in the digital environment. Among other things, the DMCA criminalizes circumvention of digital rights management tools that restrict the use of copyrighted works and proprietary software.
Angela M. Santos, Robert E. Shervette, IV
An overhaul of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) will occur in early 2022 to align with the World Customs Organization (WCO) Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) updates scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2022.
Travis L. Mullaney, Linda M. Jackson, Kevin R. Pinkney
While much ink has been spilled over the applicability and ramifications of the federal contractor vaccine mandate, a federal court in Georgia has halted enforcement (at least temporarily) by issuing a nationwide injunction against the mandate.
Darrell S. Gay, Michael L. Stevens, Nicholas L. Collins
On December 6, 2021, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced a new COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all private-sector employers who employ one or more employees in New York City.
The EDPB releases guidelines to clarify a simple but surprisingly confusing question, "What is a data transfer under the GDPR?" In light of the new guidelines, businesses should review potential transfer activities and ensure that the proper transfer mechanisms are in place.
Travis L. Mullaney, Linda M. Jackson, Kevin R. Pinkney
Shifting standards and deadlines place additional burdens on contractors seeking to remain in compliance.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

Cissy Jackson, Travis L. Mullaney, Kevin R. Pinkney
On November 17, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD) published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking in connection with announced changes to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) for the defense industrial base, styled “CMMC 2.0.” 
This week, FDA published a draft guidance on the use of registries to support regulatory decision-making, titled "Real-World Data: Assessing Registries to Support Regulatory Decision-Making or Drug and Biological Products."
Caroline Turner English, Alison Lima Andersen
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management issued this Fall their second long-awaited interim final rule implementing the federal No Surprises Act (the “Act”), titled “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part II.” As the end of the
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Peter R. Zeidenberg, Michael F. Dearington
The concept of materiality is critical in criminal fraud and false statement cases, as well as civil fraud cases, because it is what distinguishes harmless misrepresentations from consequential ones.
Robert G. Edwards, Ph.D.
On November 18, 2021, just a few days before the Omicron variant suddenly revealed itself to the world, the preliminary results of two Phase III clinical trials were announced by AstraZeneca, bringing new hope to high-risk populations.
Stephanie Trunk
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) calendar year 2022 rule finalizing changes to payment policies under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Part B (the Final Rule) was published on November 19, 2021. The Final Rule takes effect January 1, 2022.
Les Jacobowitz
According to government regulators across the globe, everyone should have been acting to slow USD LIBOR use for the next six weeks. Except, of course, for the next six weeks…
Brian D. Schneider, Megan (Woodward) Daily
In this podcast, Brian Schneider and Megan Daily discuss frequently asked questions from small businesses and nonprofits about contract management.
Anthony V. Lupo, Sarah Alberstein
Fashion brand, Thom Browne, has taken its trademark battle with Adidas overseas, urging a London court to cancel more than 20 of Adidas’s U.K. trademarks for its three-stripe design. This suit is part of an ongoing dispute between the brands that has spanned the globe for more than three years.
Stephanie Trunk
A handful of recent court decisions have brought a small degree of resolution and simultaneously a large degree of uncertainty to what we at Arent Fox affectionately refer to as the “340B Saga.”