On June 4th, 2021, the European Commission adopted and published a new set of so-called standard contractual clauses (“SCCs”) providing a legal basis for international transfers of personal data from the EU/EEA to third countries.
A Post-Grant Review can be used to challenge newly-issued patents on wide-ranging grounds, but PGRs remain relatively unpopular: statutory estoppel may be a reason why.... By: Jones Day
On May 18, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published Notice 2021-31 (the “IRS Notice”) containing detailed guidance relating to premium assistance for COBRA benefits under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”).
A California Court of Appeal has held that Amazon may be strictly liable for injuries to customers who bought products from third-party sellers offered on Amazon’s website. (See discussion of Bolger decision...) In Kisha Loomis v.
[co-author: Kaede Wildschut, and Karam Singh] FTI Consulting South Africa and Corruption Watch recently co-authored an article titled ‘Addressing Corruption in South Africa’ in which we argued, inter alia, that consideration should be given to allowing criminal offenders to self-disclose and su
A new Florida law restricting businesses from asking customers about COVID-19 vaccination status or denying goods or services on this basis has made headlines nationwide. Similar “anti-vaccine passport” laws have been passed or are close to passage in Texas, Alabama, and other states....
Effective June 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published new Burmese Sanctions Regulations (“BSR”) that implement President Biden’s February 10, 2021, Executive Order 14014 (“E.O.
For the past decade, anti-money laundering (“AML”) has been at the forefront of securities regulators’ priorities. Indeed, AML enforcement cases have resulted in some of the highest fines imposed by securities regulators, and even the most cursory review of SEC and FINRA annual examination prior
With the new CDC guidelines and diminishing number of COVID cases, returning to work has taken center stage. We are still seeing few employers mandate vaccination for employees (and this trend is reported in the news)....
