Posted on April 26, 2024 by Monica Wilson Dozier and Amandeep S. Kahlon
On April 24, 2024, a coalition of domestic solar module manufacturers filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD Petition) with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) on imported crystalline silicon PV cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The AD/CVD Petition alleges,...Continue Reading
Blog: Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives
Posted on April 25, 2024 by Ryan A. Glasgow and Jason P. Brown
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted on April 23 to approve a final rule banning most non-compete agreements between employers and their workers (Final Rule). The Final Rule is scheduled to go into effect 120 days after it is published in the Federal Register, which will likely occur in the next few weeks, though legal challenges may delay the Final Rule’s effective date and FTC enforcement actions.
Blog: Labor & Employment Law Blog
Posted on April 23, 2024 by Howard Iwrey, Cody Rockey, James Hermon and Elizabeth Voss
In an open commission meeting on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-to-2 to ban nearly all non-compete agreements between employers and workers (broadly defined to include employees, independent contractors, and others, whether paid or unpaid). The effective date of the final rule could be on or about August 23, 2024,... Continue Reading
Blog: Garrigues Intellectual Property Blog
Posted on April 23, 2024 by Editor1
The Supreme Court has confirmed that the use of another’s trademark to identify the prize in an advertising campaign constitutes an act of trademark infringement and ordered the infringer to pay compensation for damages. A recent judgment from the Supreme Court has condemned Buongiorno for reproducing the ZARA trademark on a gift card offered as […]
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Blog: Blockchain Legal Resource
Posted on April 22, 2024 by Scott H. Kimpel
On April 17, 2024, Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a bill entitled the Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act. The bill is the latest bipartisan effort by the two senators to provide a comprehensive federal oversight regime for the regulation of stablecoins. Continue Reading
Blog: Garrigues Labor Blog
Posted on April 18, 2024 by Editor1
Close to the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we review some of the challenges posed by occupational risk prevention and its regulation, such as, for example, achieving its true integration into company management, the framework of corporate responsibilities, considering different types of companies or the preventive legal status of self-employed workers. Since […]
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Blog: NY Patent Decisions Blog
Posted on April 16, 2024 by Lewis V. Popovski, Ryan J. Sheehan
On April 10, 2024, Judge Dale E. Ho granted a motion to quash a third-party subpoena served on Major League Baseball player Bryce Harper in connection with a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Athalonz, LLC against Under Armour, Inc. in the Eastern District of Texas. In the patent litigation, Athalonz accused certain athletic footwear sold [...]
Blog: The Business Law Blog
Posted on April 15, 2024 by Crispin J. Arthur, Angela D. Austman, Stuart D. Breen, Jamie L. Gagner,
Michael Li, Gillian Muirhead, Narges Naseri, Chat Ortved, Connor
Pouryekta, Jacqueline Wilmott, Rachelle Wong
Every year, reporting issuers are faced with the task of tailoring the disclosure for their annual general meeting to an ever-evolving list of changes in corporate and securities laws, updates to stock exchange rules, new guidance from proxy advisors and regulators and developing corporate governance trends.
This checklist and overview of certain matters relevant to the 2024 proxy season is intended to help reporting issuers in Canada prepare for their upcoming annual meetings by identifying relevant developments in disclosure rules and governance practices over the past year.
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Blog: Real Estate Law Blog
Posted on March 26, 2024 by Aubrey Guild-Young, Devlin Steers
On February 29, 2024, Alberta’s Minister of Finance announced Alberta’s 2024 Budget, and in connection with this announcement, the Government of Alberta published its Fiscal Plan for the 2024 – 2027 period. In this Fiscal Plan, the Province outlined their proposal for the introduction of what they are calling a new “Land Titles Registration Levy”, which ...
Posted on March 6, 2024 by Amy N. Vegari, Colleen Anderson
On December 18, 2023, The Federal Trade Commission and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice concluded a nearly two-year process of updating both the horizontal and vertical merger guidelines with the release of the 2023 Merger Guidelines. The new Merger Guidelines align closely with the objective—expressed by both FTC and DOJ—to expand the types [...]
Blog: Ireland IP & Technology Law Blog
Posted on March 5, 2024 by Julia Launders
Introduction Following the political agreement reached on the terms of the EU’s AI Act in December, the EU seems set to lead the way in adopting a novel regulatory framework to regulate the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI). Whilst the spotlight has largely focused on the AI Act, the EU’s AI regulatory framework...Continue Reading…
Posted on February 28, 2024 by Rosanna Gan
If you’ve ever sought the advice of an appellate attorney, or have any experience with appellate law, you probably already know that timely filing of the notice of appeal is critical. In a civil appeal, allowances for a tardy notice are limited to public emergencies, such as earthquake, fire, or the destruction of the courthouse. […]
Blog: Chemical Law & Prop 65 Blog
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By: Anne Marie Ellis, John Epperson and Peter McGaw
Blog: NextGen Financial Services Report
Posted on October 4, 2023 by Brett Natarelli
On October 3, the second morning of its new term, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments in the case of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited. This case is the latest iteration in the broadside attacks on the Bureau by an industry hoping to... Continue Reading
Blog: MMM Tech Law & Business Report
Posted on July 25, 2023 by MMMTechLaw