In a first-of-its-kind case, the Federal Trade Commission required Fashion Nova to pay $4.2 Million for blocking negative customer reviews in violation of the FTC Act. Shortly after, the agency released new guidance for online retailers and review platforms.
In December, the Supreme Court requested that U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar file a brief in John Doe 1 v. Express Scripts Inc., weighing in on whether the Court should hear a case about prescription drug costs.
Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that Partners Paula Morency, Matthew Prewitt, and Ann MacDonald have been named in BTI Client Service All-Stars 2022. This is the first listing for Ann and Matthew and sixth listing for Paula.
Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce Melisa Seyhun has been named to The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) Foundation’s Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program for 2021-2023.
With nearly 150 similar class action lawsuits pending nationwide, the ruling is a win for the ERISA plaintiff’s bar, potentially supporting their expansive view of plan fiduciaries’ duty to monitor investments.
Arent Fox’s Pamela Deese spoke with Licensing International about the metaverse forcing brands to stake new trademark claims to ward off would-be infringers.
Section 10(j) of the National Labor Relations Act authorizes the NLRB to seek temporary federal court injunctions to stop employers and unions from engaging in unfair labor practices while a case is being litigated before the Agency.
The California Attorney General sent a sweep of notices to businesses with loyalty programs alleging noncompliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act.
On February 1, 2022, a federal court in California issued the first major ruling in a False Claims Act case testing the Department of Justice’s newly minted Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, notching a win for the government. In United States ex rel. Markus v. Aerojet RocketDyne Holdings, Inc.
Intellectual Property Partner, Michael Scarpati will be a panelist in Strafford’s webinar, “Patenting Diagnostic Methods: Navigating the Evolving Court Treatment, USPTO Guidance” on Thursday, February 3, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PMEST.
In a case of first impression, on January 24, 2022, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued an opinion in H1 Lincoln, Inc. v. South Washington Street LLC holding.
In this installment of the Five Questions, Five Answers podcast, Birgit Matthiesen, Antonio J. Rivera, and James Kim invite Steve Christensen, the executive director of the Responsible Battery Coalition, to discuss how the USMCA impacts the North American battery industry.
Partner David Loring was quoted on the Biden Administration and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) restoration of the “appropriate and necessary” finding that provides the legal basis for Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.
In a January 19, 2022, speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Michael S. Regan confirmed that “[f]or this EPA, environmental justice is not an add-on or an afterthought ― it is a central driving factor in all that we do.”
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced upward revisions to the jurisdictional thresholds for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act last week. The basic size-of-transaction threshold will now be $101 million.
A marketing services company and its owner will be banned from the auto industry under an Order issued by the Federal Trade Commission after the Commission found that they illegally misled consumers to believe their websites were affiliated with a government stimulus program.
The “core mission” of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to ensure that the health care providers who care for Medicare and Medicaid patients protect their patients’ health and safety gives the agency broad authority to regulate the conduct and operations of participating providers
Arent Fox served as legal counsel to Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: AKIC), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in its definitive business combination agreement with DNEG.