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A new report accuses one of the nation's largest car retail chains of selling used vehicles with unrepaired safety recalls.
October 17, 2019
Arent Fox’s Director, North American Manufacturing Birgit Matthiesen will speak at the “US-Canada Trade in a New Era Seminar” hosted by the Coalition for New England Companies for Trade (CONECT).
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Alexander S. Birkhold, Michael F. Dearington, Mohammed T. Farooqui, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel, Laura Zell
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
A federal court in Nebraska recently rejected a health plan’s fiduciary breach claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 against third-party service providers, holding that the service providers were not ERISA fiduciaries and did not breach fiduciary duties under ERISA.
October 10, 2019
Please join us on October 10 for an engaging lunch program that will address the convergence of medicine and the Internet of Things.
In the underlying case, OSHA issued citations to Wynnewood Refining Co., LLC related to a steam boiler powered by natural gas at the company’s oil refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a ….
For the last thirty years, I have defended companies in OSHA enforcement actions. No matter how large or small the action, employers should always begin by evaluating the potential financial impact the OSHA citation could have on the company.
News and analysis that matters for privacy and data security.
Intellectual Property Practice Group Co-Leaders Imron Aly and Sailesh Patel were named Life Sciences Stars in the Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation Practice Area by LMG Life Sciences in its 2019 guide.
Schiff Partner Paul Dengel reflects back on founding the first firm-adopted CVLS neighborhood clinic – from how it all began in the early years to the reason why it remains strong 40 years later.
Caitlin Ajax is an environmental lawyer with an active pro bono practice who was recently recognized with the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS) 2019 Distinguished Service Award for her generous pro bono contributions and extensive commitment to addressing injustices on behalf of CVLS clients.
Schiff Hardin LLP and Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS) are proud to commemorate 40 years of their unique and trailblazing pro bono partnership to advance change, improve lives, and bring justice, which began with the first-ever firm adoption of a CVLS neighborhood legal clinic in 1979.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is in the midst of a comprehensive policy review regarding the use of Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) in settlements of environmental enforcement actions.
In its inaugural review of the legal industry, Forbes has recognized Arent Fox LLP among the top corporate law firms in America as one of the best and most recommended firms for bankruptcy and financial restructuring counseling.
In a much anticipated decision, Judge Allison Burroughs of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts held this week that Harvard College’s admission’s policy, which considers race among many factors, is lawful.
On September 24, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2019-38, clarifying rental real estate owners’ eligibility for the highly anticipated tax break under section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code.
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Alexander S. Birkhold, Michael F. Dearington, Mohammed T. Farooqui, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel, Laura Zell
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
The Washingtonian magazine has once again selected Arent Fox Firmwide Managing Partner Cristina A. Carvalho to its list of the “Most Powerful Women in Washington.”
Schiff Hardin LLP has been recognized on Forbes’ inaugural list of America’s Top Corporate Law Firms in 2019, and received a “most recommended for” designation in Corporate Governance law. Schiff was among 243 most-recommended corporate law firms on the list.
In a case that should grab the attention of franchisors across the country, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that McDonald’s Corporation is not the joint employer of the employees of a California Bay Area franchisee.
The US Federal Trade Commission is considering changes to the rules governing negative option offers, including automatic renewals. A “negative option” is an offer for goods or services in which a consumer’s inaction constitutes acceptance of an offer.
Late Friday, September 27, 2019, President Trump signed the Fair and Accurate Medicaid Pricing Act into law as part of the Continuing Appropriations Act.
Imagine you try to flush a wipe that is branded flushable and discover it won’t flush. You are angry enough to sue the manufacturer for damages for “consumer fraud,” but should you also be able to force the manufacturer to change the label, even though your experience means you now know the “truth”