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2023 was another eventful year for class action litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

We are at the initial stages of a major paradigm shift that has significant implications for the municipal market over the next five to 10 years.

It is common practice for companies to utilize agreements requiring arbitration on an individual basis to avoid or limit the risk, burden, and expense of class and collective actions.

Location, price, brand, and customer reviews are typically the key considerations when someone is choosing a hotel.

In 2023, we saw the continued proliferation of class action lawsuits filed by “consumer watchdog” plaintiffs under state wiretapping laws, particularly the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), against website operators that use standard online technologies, such as chat boxes and cookies — the latter of which do not even monitor “communications.”

ArentFox Schiff’s annual review of significant developments and trends that shaped class action litigation in 2023 has major implications for companies across the country.

While every employer engages in some due diligence when considering a new hire, if your company routinely, or even occasionally, obtains a “consumer report” as a way to vet candidates, it behooves you to understand the rules set out in the Fair Credit Reporting Act as to how you can and can’t do this.

Welcome to the first issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our new monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month.

March 18, 2024 - March 20, 2024

Complex Litigation Partner Jackson Toof will moderate a panel at the American Bankruptcy Institute and Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors’ annual VALCON Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 18-20, 2024.

Trade tensions between Washington and US trading partners, notably China, have complicated many supply chain decisions — what to buy, from where, made by whom, and at what tariff cost.

The court ruled that the state exceptions weren’t necessarily illegal and added that the EPA had to formally qualify an “emission limitation” before vetoing the state implementation plan (SIP) provisions.

On March 7, at the annual American Bar Association (ABA) National Institute on White Collar Crime, US Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a new whistleblower program that will provide financial rewards to individuals who notify the US Department of Justice (DOJ) of misconduct.

On March 12, the Second Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court dismissal of False Claims Act (FCA) claims predicated on alleged Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) violations.

On March 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a cross-government inquiry into the role private equity firms, other alternative asset managers, health systems, and private payers play in health care transactions.

March 17, 2024 - March 19, 2024

Labor, Employment & OSHA Partner Henry Morris, Jr. will present at the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions’ (NCSCBHEP) 51st Annual Conference in New York City on March 17-19, 2024.

On March 14, 2024, Corteva Agriscience LLC (Petitioner) filed an antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitioners on 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D) from the People’s Republic of China and India.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning have revolutionized sectors across the globe. As industries embrace these technologies and a host of innovative ideas, however, heavily regulated industries will face an increasingly complex landscape of liability, regulation and enforcement.

On March 7, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered the keynote remarks at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime.

Change Healthcare, an affiliate of Optum and UnitedHealth Group, processes more than 15 billion health care transactions annually and touches one of every three patient records.

With the 2024 election cycle underway, it is important for exempt organizations to understand and comply with relevant restrictions on political campaign activities to safeguard their tax-exempt status and avoid triggering excise tax penalties.

March 14, 2024

Part 4 of our Family Office 101 series reviewed trust structures for family offices on March 14, 2024.

March 13, 2024

Join Sylvia Costelloe as she speaks on a panel co-hosted by Women in International Trade Orange County (WITOC) and the US Commercial Service, Irvine Office.

On March 6, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new rules requiring public companies to disclose extensive climate-related information in their registration statements and periodic reports.

ArentFox Schiff successfully represented licensed patent owner AlexSam, Inc. in a longstanding patent case against MasterCard that revolved around a 2005 patent licensing agreement.