On June 28, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to amend the definition of “smaller reporting company” to allow more companies to use the scaled disclosure requirements available to smaller reporting companies.
The association between the alcohol beverage and cannabis industries continues to grow. Dan O’Neill, a former CEO of Molson Brewery and past senior executive at Campbell Soup Company and H.J. Heinz, has recently joined the board of CannaRoyalty.
Within hours of its unanimous passing in both the California State Senate and Assembly, Governor Jerry Brown signed the strongest online privacy law in the country, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.
On June 28, 2018, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) dropped their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Nevada’s recent drug price transparency law.
On June 20, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a Request for Information seeking input from the public on how to address the undue regulatory impact and burden imposed on health care providers under the Stark Law.
The Fifth Circuit recently held that plaintiffs seeking benefits, under plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and non-ERISA plans, need not identify and include specific plan provisions in their complaints to survive motions to dismiss.
In order to win the race on the autonomous highway, German carmaker Audi AG has partnered with autonomous vehicle simulation platform provider Cognata Ltd to speed up the development of autonomous vehicles.
The US Department of Justice remained busy in its first year of the Trump Administration, charging 20 individuals with violations under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act — the second highest year of individual prosecutions since 1977.
In the wake of the “Me Too” movement and following a trend of recent legislation, on May 15, 2018, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) approved the Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018. The Act becomes effective on October 1, 2018.
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit just issued a 32-page decision affirming the district court’s conflict of laws ruling, in favor of an Arent Fox LLP client, that New York law, rather than New Jersey law, applied to an insurable interest dispute between AEI Life LLC and Lincoln Benefit
Where is my child? Ask any parent who has ever lost sight of their child and they will tell you that these short moments of panic can feel like a lifetime. Thankfully, events like these can in many ways soon be a thing of the past.
Late last week, the Food and Drug Administration declared its jurisdiction over animal cell culture technology through a public meeting announcement and a statement by Commissioner Scott Gottlieb.
