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9/6/2024 11:05:09 AM New climate regulations focus on non-CO2 impacts of aviation By Oliver Beiersdorf For many years, the aviation industry has recognized its role in supporting climate goals in alignment with decarbonization initiatives...
7/1/2024 4:55:28 PM Federal fraud reconsidered: What's at issue in Kousisis v. United States, and what are the white-collar and government contracts implications? By Daniel Ahn Kendra Perkins Norwood The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted cert in Kousisis v. United States in which the Court may narrow the scope of the mail and wire...
6/10/2024 8:46:59 PM Another round of airline penalties and refunds By Oliver Beiersdorf Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued enforcement actions against three airlines for their delayed refunds to...
5/31/2024 11:00:36 AM Fit for 55: European Council adopts European Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Market Package By Simone Goligorsky Nicole Cheung On 21 May 2024, the European Council approved a regulation and directive establishing common internal market rules for renewable and...
4/23/2024 5:11:38 PM FAA addresses air traffic controller fatigue By Gregory Speier Oliver Beiersdorf Julia Norsetter FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker announced last week new rest rules to apply to U.S. air traffic controllers. These new rules seek to...
9/22/2023 5:05:35 PM A Courageous Voice for Brands and Agencies By Douglas Wood I've worked as a lawyer in the advertising and marketing industry for nearly fifty years. I've seen it grow from true partnerships...
5/22/2023 7:57:49 AM The winnowing of wire fraud By Daniel Ahn A few days after the U.S. Supreme Court in Ciminelli v. United States narrowed the scope of the wire and mail fraud statutes (link to...
4/18/2023 11:11:46 PM SEC Chair warns Congress that crypto intermediaries must register with the SEC, dodges questions about Ether By Kaela Dahan Mark Bini Lara T. Gatz Today, in his opening statement before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, SEC Chair Gary Gensler...
3/15/2023 3:51:25 PM Proposed New York Bill Would Impose Mortgage Recording Tax and UCC Recording for Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity in Real Estate Transactions By Brandon Sapala John Hogan The Judiciary Committees of both houses of the New York State legislature are currently reviewing bills (S318 and A407 respectively) that...
3/13/2023 11:20:57 AM The CFTC Strikes Back: Crypto Turf War with SEC Continues By Mark Bini Kaela Dahan Courtney E. Fisher The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)’s battle over crypto regulatory...
2/17/2023 9:55:15 AM In Case You Missed It: FTC's Forum Examining Proposed Rule to Ban Noncompete Clauses By Leah Hungerman On February 16, the FTC held a forum examining its recently proposed rule to ban noncompete clauses, which would make the use of a...
1/19/2023 10:01:30 AM DOJ Announces Revisions to Corporate Enforcement Policy By Mark Bini Daniel Ahn Kaela Dahan Joanna Howe +1 more... Show less On January 17, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced several important revisions to its Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP),...
1/10/2023 2:23:06 PM Public Attitudes to Digital Regulation - DCMS Announces Survey Results By Christopher Eklund On 9 January 2023, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced the results of its survey relating to public...
10/25/2022 2:38:37 PM German financial regulator publishes FinTech Innovation Hub By Anselm Reinertshofer The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, "BaFin") has recently published an...
9/20/2022 4:59:21 PM Transparency in shipping – Don’t get caught out, keep up to date with the Block Exemption Regulation (EU/UK standpoint) By Marjorie Holmes The Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (EC) No 906/2009 (the "CBER") allows for the joint operation of liner shipping companies with...
8/19/2022 9:52:54 PM Why energy companies should watch the developments under the Inflation Reduction Act By Megan Haines Jennifer Smokelin Casey Snyder Signed into law on August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) advances several policies of the Biden administration that are...