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Hunter T. Carter, Malcolm S. McNeil
In the latest installment of WorldSmart, Hunter Carter is joined by Partner Malcolm McNeil and the CEO of FLOGEN Technologies, Dr. Florian Kongoli, to explore the intricate relationship between sustainability, technology, and the intersection of science, law, and medicine.
Francis X. Lyons, J. Michael Showalter
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued its inaugural report highlighting recent activities related to the incorporation of environmental justice (EJ) principles into its enforcement efforts.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel, Morgan R. Pankow, Mattie Bowden
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
Nancy A. Noonan, Leah Scarpelli, Jessica DiPietro, Yun Gao, Diana Dimitriuc Quaia, Mario A. Torrico
On October 25, 2023, the American Shrimp Processors Association (APSA) filed antidumping duty (AD) petitions on frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador and Indonesia, and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions on the same product from Ecuador, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Ryan C. Granholm, Amy Antoniolli, Jane E. Montgomery
Renewable energy developers have one final opportunity to comment on changes to the rules that govern the procurement of renewable energy credits in Illinois.
Robert G. Edwards, Ph.D.
On October 7, California Governor Gavin Newson signed into law AB-418, the California Food Safety Act, which completely bans, on safety grounds, the use in food of four additives that are considered safe by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ban becomes effective January 1, 2027.
Matthew W. Kulju, Lucia Lorenz, Jon K. Jurva
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Examinations recently released its 2024 Examinations Priorities, a yearly report that provides insight into the Division’s areas of focus to improve compliance, prevent fraud, monitor risk, and inform policy.
J. Michael Showalter, Samuel A. Rasche
The US Supreme Court has announced it will evaluate whether “impact fees” associated with permits can violate the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution.
Jeffrey E. Rummel
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched a comprehensive inquiry designed to explore ways the Commission’s Mapping Broadband Health in America platform could be expanded and enhanced to help better leverage digital health tools to improve maternal care.
Adam Diederich, Evgeny Magidenko, Kevin Matz
As we highlighted in the Family Office Newsletter’s pages in June, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is slated to go into effect on January 1, 2024.
Jeffrey E. Rummel
Every year, thousands of applications are filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by defense contractors and equipment manufacturers seeking approval for experimental wireless operations in support of National Security objectives.
Jack R. Bierig, Shoshana Golden, Wayne H. Matelski
On October 3, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed rule regarding the regulation of in vitro diagnostic products (IVDs).
James Kim*
James Kim has been invited back to present a webinar to members of the Canadian Transportation Equipment Association (CTEA) on October 25, 2023. The association roster currently tops 500 members representing key companies supplying the North American heavy and medium transportation sector.
Jeffrey B. Tate , Rachel Scott*
As we discussed in our September 25 publishing, Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey: IRS Issues Moratorium on Processing New Employee Retention Credit Claims, the IRS previously stated that it was finalizing details for a special withdrawal option for taxpayers.
Nancy A. Noonan, Leah Scarpelli, Jessica DiPietro, Yun Gao, Diana Dimitriuc Quaia, Mario A. Torrico
On October 17, the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW) filed antidumping duty (AD) petitions on truck and bus tires from Thailand.
David R. Hamill, Birgit Matthiesen, Antonio J. Rivera, James Kim*
On November 9, 2023, the AFS Electric Mobility team will address a plenary session of the Electric Vehicle Tech symposium at the Advanced Design and Manufacturing conference in Toronto, Canada.
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel, Morgan R. Pankow, Laura Zell
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries
Shira Helstrom, Abigail Scott Myers
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the US Department of the Treasury released final regulations on October 16 that address the changes enacted by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA).
Ann H. MacDonald, Matthew R. Mills, Kylie S. Wood, Constance Zhou
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a new rule aimed at eliminating certain "hidden" and "junk" fee practices. The FTC said that these fees, which may be undisclosed until late in the transaction process, are estimated to cost consumers 10s of billions of dollars annually.
Kay C. Georgi, Sylvia G. Costelloe, Derek Ha
Just in case you were starting to get comfortable with last year’s massive raft of regulations on the advanced computing, supercomputer, and semiconductor industries in China, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has dropped another 400-something pages.
Charles B. Ferguson, Jr., Kimberly A. Wachen, Ann H. MacDonald, Darrell S. Gay, Henry Morris, Jr., Dan Jasnow, Ankit Shrivastava, D. Reed Freeman Jr., Andrea M. Gumushian, Douglas A. Grimm, Moyosore O. Koya, Matthew R. Mills, Constance Zhou, Linda M. Jackson, Michael K. Molzberger, Kylie S. Wood, Trevor M. Jorgensen
As we enter the final quarter of 2023, the ArentFox Schiff Hospitality Industry group has identified several opportunities and challenges that could impact the hospitality industry.
Stephen P. Hanson, Amy Antoniolli, Madeline Roe
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand turned out to be one of the most exciting yet, despite the unexpectedly early exit by the US Women's National Team.
Kevin Matz
On September 27, 2023, H.R. 5761, the “Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension and Improvement Act” was introduced as bipartisan legislation in the US House of Representatives.
D. Reed Freeman Jr.
Artificial intelligence (AI) burst into the public consciousness less than one year ago, with OpenAI’s highly successful public release of ChatGPT.
Henry Morris, Jr., Michael L. Stevens, Robert K. Carrol, Paul R. Lynd
In August, with its ruling in Wendt Corp.,[1] the National Labor Relations Board overruled a landmark case, Raytheon Network Centric Systems,[2] which gave unionized employers broad latitude to make discretionary changes to employment terms and conditions during a contractual hiatus and negotiations for a first contract.