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In the last 60 days, Schiff Hardin advised on the initial public offerings (IPO) for two companies and a public offering for another company, two in pharmaceuticals and one in the tech sector.
Got blockchain? For many, the answer to this question is “no” but the technology and the medium of exchange built on it have arrived and many platforms and industries are looking to see how it can help facilitate transactions and allow for more efficiencies.
In a striking victory for media companies and the First Amendment, a California appeals court recently threw out two-time Academy Award winner Olivia de Havilland’s lawsuit against FX, which alleged that the docudrama Feud harmed her reputation and profited off her name without compensating her.
On March 22, 2018, President Trump signed a memorandum directing the US Trade Representative (USTR) to publish a proposed list of approximately 1,300 products of Chinese origin that would be subject to an additional 25 percent ad valorem tariff, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) requires businesses that collect biometric data (fingerprints, facial scans, etc.) to provide certain disclosures to the people from whom they collect the data, to obtain their consent to collect the data, and to publish a policy explaining what
“Standing” – a person’s right to sue someone else for injury – is a fundamental issue in every case. In 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Spokeo v. Robins, which required that a person’s injury be both “concrete” and “particularized” to confer standing.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a final notice in the Federal Register on March 23, 2018, to amend and update for the first time since its original release in 1991 the Medicaid National Drug Rebate Agreement.
On April 2, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Hector Navarro, finding that Service Advisors at auto dealerships are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime pay requirement.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final notice in the Federal Register on March 23, 2018, to amend and update for the first time since its original release in 1991 the Medicaid National Drug Rebate Agreement (NDRA).
Good luck, you’re gonna need it. SF Motors is the newest kid on the EV block, but they may already have an edge over other startups.
Court has granted partial summary judgment in a trade dress infringement and unfair competition case involving alleged knock-off bottle.
In an attempt to unite disparate regulatory decisions covering cryptocurrency activity in New York, the New York State Assembly has introduced a new bill creating a comprehensive certification scheme for cryptocurrency businesses that includes protections for investors.
Attorneys Patricia Pileggi and Alyson Fiedler have been selected for inclusion in the 2018 New York Metro Women’s Edition Super Lawyers list.
Partners Joanne Faycurry and Suzanne Wahl have been selected for inclusion in the 2018 Michigan Women’s Edition Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.
Schiff Hardin is pleased to announce that Partner Paula Morency has been recognized as a two-year BTI Client Service All-Star MVP for providing superior, consistent client service.
On March 20, 2018, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to ban the sale of fur in the city, making it the largest city in the United States to do so.
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a National Coverage Determination on March 16, 2018 approving Medicare coverage and payment for diagnostic laboratory tests utilizing next generation sequencing, or NGS, for patients with certain types of advanced cancer.
Yesterday, USDA formally announced that it “does not regulate or have any plans to regulate plants” created using new breeding techniques, such as gene editing, as long as such plants “are developed without the use of a plant pest as the donor or vector and they are not themselves plant pests.”
On March 27, 2018, the New Your Court of Appeals issued an opinion rejecting the “unavailability exception” to the general rule that a policyholder is self-insured and on the risk for periods of time when insurance coverage was not obtained.
Partner Paula Morency was quoted on her superior client service approach and featured as one of only eight two-year BTI Client Service All-Star MVPs recognized by corporate counsel for above-and-beyond client support.
In the final chapter of the long-running saga in Cortlandt St. Recovery Corp. v. Bonderman, --- N.E.3d ---, 2018 WL 942335, at *4 (N.Y. Feb. 20, 2018), [1] the New York Court of Appeals, issued a landmark opinion holding.
From mini-vans to Jaguars? We see you, Waymo. Alphabet’s autonomous technology company is charging ahead with its driverless ride-hailing program, investing in up to 20,000 luxury, all-electric Jaguar compact SUVs despite recent competitor setbacks.
Companies can harm their defenses to a future lawsuit by inadvertently destroying relevant evidence.
A Michigan federal judge on Thursday dismissed an antitrust complaint challenging multiple listing service (MLS) rules that limit access to realtor association members (an MLS aggregates and manages real estate listing data and facilitates cooperation among real estate agents and brokers).