Bradley has been publishing an ongoing survey of state-level bid protest processes and procedures (see our posts on “Bid Protests in Georgia,” “Bid Protests in the District of Columbia,” “Bid Protests in New York,” “Bid Protests in Virginia,” and our “Update on Bid Protests in Alabama”). For the next state in this series, we focus...Continue Reading
Wage Transparency Act of 2024 – D.C. Act 25-367 On January 12, 2024, the Mayor of Washington, D.C., signed DC Act 25-367, amending the Wage Transparency Act of 2014 (the “Act”) to require private employers to include salary information in job postings and prohibit them from asking applicants about salary history. The Act and its... Continue Reading
The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice issued updated Guidance in November on the evaluation of corporate compliance programs in criminal antitrust investigations. The 2024 Compliance Guidance continues to demonstrate the DOJ’s commitment to rewarding efforts to cultivate a culture of compliance, including crediting effective compliance at the charging stage. The new Compliance Guidance [...]
We bid farewell to the year 2024 by sharing a compendium (clic here) of all the posts published this year on the Labor & Employment Blog. We trust that this will be an excellent opportunity to review the year’s labor and employment law issues and other matters of interest in the area by revisiting our […] La entrada Labor and Employment Blog Garrigues: Compendium 2024 apareció primero en Labor and Employment Law - Garrigues.
Retailers have typically negotiated their leases with landlords to include clauses restricting competitors from operating in the same shopping centres. This is achieved through including negotiated exclusivity clauses, which in many cases, are registered on title as restrictive covenants. Although the use of these exclusives/restrictive covenants by retailers ...
United States District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein (S.D.N.Y.) recently denied Defendant R-PAC International LLC’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff Adasa Inc.’s patent infringement complaint. Slip Op. at 1. Defendant moved under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) contending that “Plaintiff has not stated a claim upon which relief may be granted.” Id. The court held that “Plaintiff [...]
Acquired distinctiveness is a powerful tool that enables a mark, that would otherwise fall short of the minimum distinctiveness threshold to be registrable as a trademark, to be protected as such. Although the process requires time, strategy and resources, it is possible to turn a sign, which in principle would not meet the necessary requirements […] La entrada Acquired distinctiveness in trademarks: the secret is in the evidence apareció primero en Intellectual and Industrial Property Blog - Garrigues.
On November 19, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the “CSA”) published for comment further amendments (the “Revised Proposal”) to its initial proposal published in April 2022 (the “Initial Proposal”) to implement an “access equals delivery” model for continuous disclosure documents. The Revised Proposal would allow reporting issuers ...
The European Commission has launched its first set of “specification proceedings” under the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”). “Specification proceedings” are actions taken by the Commission under the DMA which formalises the Commission’s regulatory discussions with a gatekeeper, allowing it to investigate particular compliance points, which can ultimately result in the Commission issuing a decision to...Continue Reading…
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
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
