Reminding us of the importance of the literal meaning of the words, the Court of Appeal interpreted the phrase “any other rate” in a pension increases rule to mean simply “any other rate, whether higher or lower”.
On June 18, Governor Cuomo signed a bill passed by the Legislature in May mandating that nursing homes meet minimum clinical staffing levels in their facilities. The new law specifically requires that the State Health Department establish regulations regarding nursing home staffing levels.
On June 11, 2021, the Cal/OSHA Board published newly revised emergency temporary standards (ETS), which were discussed and adopted at its June 17 public meeting. The same day, Gov.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that more than 200 administrative patent judges in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office must be subject to greater supervision by the agency director in order to comply with the Constitution’s appointments clause. The decision in United States v. Arthrex, Inc.
The Oregon Legislature enacted legislation that would allow the pursuit of claims against insurance policies of dissolved corporations or limited liability companies for a time period beyond time limitations that otherwise would prohibit pursuit of such claims.
As previously reported, the bill signed into law by President Biden on June 17, 2021 to create the Juneteenth National Independence Day actually results in an important change under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Regulation Z.
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (NPC) announced the adoption of the new Data Security Law (the Law), which will regulate broadly defined data processing activities and provide detailed data security obligations (10 June 2021)....
Yesterday, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned several Belarusian individuals and entities, including the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (the Belarusian KGB), in response to the Lukashenka regime’s escalating violence and repression....
Takeaway: TCPA defendants beware: it takes only a single, unsolicited text message for a plaintiff to establish Article III standing in the Fifth Circuit. In Cranor v. 5 Star Nutrition, L.L.C., --- F.3d ---, No. 19-51173, 2021 WL 2133433 (5th Cir.
