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: Privacy and Information Security Law Blog
Posted on April 25, 2024 by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth recently released a report examining global laws and regulations that target biometric data and the adoption of a risk-based approach. Continue Reading
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: 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: Hunton Immigration and Nationality Law
Posted on April 11, 2024 by Carol Schlenker and Suzan Kern
The Visa Bulletin is released monthly by the Department of State and is used to determine when a sponsored foreign national can submit the final step of the green card process, or if already pending, when the final step can be adjudicated. Below is a summary of the May Visa Bulletin, including Final Action Dates. Continue Reading
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…
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
Posted on October 7, 2022 by Zachary A. Madonia, Michael R. Pennington, J. Thomas Richie and Scott Burnett Smith
Two years ago, in Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC, the Eleventh Circuit upended decades’ worth of precedent by categorically forbidding incentive payments to class representatives in class action settlements. In the past month, however, the Second and Ninth Circuits have rejected the Eleventh Circuit’s NPAS decision, concluding that there is no automatic bar of incentive... Continue Reading
Posted on December 28, 2018 by tjb
If you’re litigating a putative class action in federal court and get a class certification order that is adverse to your client (whether plaintiff or defense), you may petition to take an immediate appeal of that order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f). The petition to appeal must be filed quickly—within 14 days. Id. The short turnaround time … Continue reading Federal Class Action Appeals – What’s the Deadline to Petition to Appeal When a Motion for Reconsideration Is Filed? →
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