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David P. Grosso, Oliver Spurgeon III*
The majority of states in the US have either decriminalized cannabis or enacted laws authorizing its uThe majority of states in the US have either decriminalized cannabis or enacted laws authorizing its use for medical or non-medical se for medical or non-medical (aka “recreational” or “adult”) use.
William P. Ziegelmueller
The FDA’s position that the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) prohibits CBD from being sold in interstate commerce as a dietary supplement or food ingredient makes national companies hesitant to sell products containing CBD or do business with the CBD industry.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel, Mattie Bowden
On July 26, 2021, a bipartisan group of senators, led by Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2021, a bill that would amend the False Claims Act (FCA) in several ways.
Consumer Financial Services Partner Jenny Lee recently spoke with American Banker reporter Kate Berry about key enforcement issues surrounding the newly led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Kevin R. Pinkney, Travis L. Mullaney
On July 30, 2021, a notice of proposed rulemaking was published in the Federal Register with changes to two regulations that have the potential to materially affect the supply chains of products where manufacturing in the United States does not rise to the level of “substantial transformation."
Lowell C. Brown
By September 30, all hospital workers—including physicians—must be vaccinated.
Caroline Turner English, D. Austin Rettew
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued new guidance on best practices for maintaining cybersecurity in connection with ERISA plans (the Guidance).
Hunter T. Carter, Malcolm S. McNeil, Angela M. Santos
In the latest WorldSmart podcast, International Co-Chairs Hunter Carter and Malcolm McNeil sit down with Customs & Import Compliance Partner Angela Santos to discuss the global forced labor problem, how forced labor can impact company supply chains, steps that should be taken to mitigate forced labo
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington
JD Supra has awarded our Investigations team with its 2021 Readers' Choice Award as the Top Firm for White Collar analysis. The award comes during a year when the legal intelligence platform quadrupled its content production.
Henry Morris, Jr.
The order authorizes businesses and other organizations to exclude or refuse service to individuals who aren’t wearing a mask and to ask them to leave the premises.
Stephanie Trunk
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its annual proposed rule related to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems (HOPPS) (the Proposed Rule). Comments on the Proposed Rule are due no later than September 17, 2021.
Debra Albin-Riley, Lowell C. Brown
On July 29, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued a major anti-SLAPP decision in Bonni v. St. Joseph Health System et al. The decision is both encouraging and disappointing for California medical staffs and the hospitals where they serve.
Henry Morris, Jr.
Effective August 2, 2021, Virginia’s Health and Safety Codes Board adopted OSHA’s, June 21, 2021, Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19.
Henry Morris, Jr.
It’s not uncommon for a worker to perform services for an employer – A – that simultaneously benefits another person – B. (Under the FLSA, “person” means “any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons.”)
Darrell S. Gay, Nicholas L. Collins
On May 5, 2021, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (“NY HERO Act”) into law. The NY HERO Act requires extensive workplace health and safety protections and seeks to protect employees from exposure and disease from future ai
Shoshana Golden, Cissy Jackson
Since no COVID-19 vaccines have been granted regular FDA approval, the United States Department of Justice sought to clarify whether the vaccines’ EUA status prohibits the imposition of such requirements.
Berin S. Romagnolo, Nancy A. Noonan
Many F-1 OPT foreign nationals have been approved for H-1B status effective October 1st in this year’s H-1B lottery Employers & F-1 workers should be careful during the transition from F-1 to H-1B status to ensure they maintain legal status and work authorization.
Robert K. Carrol
Arent Fox is pleased to announce that Labor & Employment Partner Rob Carrol has been named among the 2021 “Top Labor & Employment Lawyers” in California by the Daily Journal for the second year in a row as a result of his Team’s impressive track record of success on behalf of AF’s clients.
Karen Ellis Carr, Cissy Jackson, Thomas S. Brennan
AgTech companies promoting sustainability and positive social impacts may benefit from improving impact investors’ ability to assess and compare entities on these issues.
Linda M. Jackson, Andrew Baskin, Michael L. Stevens
With COVID-19 cases once again rising due to the spread of the more contagious Delta variant, the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) and the Biden Administration have issued new guidance and requirements on masking and vaccinations.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Nadia Patel
On Monday, Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2021, section 2 of which would provide that defendants “may rebut an argument of materiality” as to an allegedly false claim submitted to the government for payment “by clear and convincing evidence.”
Anthony V. Lupo, Katie Heilman, Rebecca W. Foreman
Sacha Baron Cohen has once again demonstrated his ingenuity not just on television but also in the courtroom. Cohen prevailed in a $95 million lawsuit brought by Roy Moore, the disgraced former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, who lost a U.S. Senate race after he was accused of sexual mis
With COVID-19 rates again rising rapidly among unvaccinated individuals, California health care and government leaders are pushing to increase vaccination rates for healthcare workers in the state.
Anthony V. Lupo, Dan Jasnow
The fashion industry is known for taking creative risks, so it is understandable that the industry is taking its next steps—literally—out of this world. Big name labels and innovative fashion start-ups are setting their sights on the so-called “Metaverse,” a persistent, digital universe that transce
Henry Morris, Jr.
Perhaps you’ve seen it: A gigantic, inflatable, plastic, fanged, red-eyed, and beclawed rat, nicknamed Scabby, that unions sometimes deploy when protesting non-union businesses. Former NLRB General Counsel targeted Scabby for extermination, contending that using it in that manner ran afoul the Natio