29 Feb, 2024 President Biden Issues Executive Order to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data By Daniel Jones Characterized by the White House as “the most significant executive action any President has ever taken to protect Americans’ data...
23 Apr, 2024 PFAS CERCLA Designation -- What's Next By David Crass Last week, USEPA Administrator Regan signed the final rule designating PFOA, PFOS and their salts and structural isomers as hazardous...
22 Apr, 2024 In Top Gun Copyright Suit, Judge Sends Plaintiffs Back to Flight School By Paul Matenaer It’s no secret that Hollywood has become enamored with rebooting classics from the 80’s, using the same bankable leads and hoping to...
15 Apr, 2024 Understanding Contract Disputes: Strategies for Businesses By Adam Witkov Navigating Common Contract Disputes Contract disputes among businesses arise from various circumstances, each presenting its own set of...
12 Apr, 2024 Illinois Senate votes to rein in BIPA damages By James Fieweger On April 11, the Illinois Senate voted 49-13 to amend the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act, limiting the number of claims that...
12 Apr, 2024 Coming Soon to an Employer Near You: AI-Driven Compensation Management By Carrie Byrnes Each year, Mercer issues a year-end executive incentive and benefits survey revealing insights gathered from a variety of U.S. public and...
10 Apr, 2024 Recent SDNY Opinion Unmasks Plaintiff as Villain in His Own Batman Lawsuit and Offers Refresher in Copyright Basics By Paul Matenaer As the flurry of lawsuits concerning the clash of AI and copyright protection continue to grab headlines, a recent opinion from the...
08 Apr, 2024 Pay Transparency is Knocking at Federal Contractor Doors - DoD, GSA, NASA and OFPP Issue Proposed Pay Equity and Transparency Rule By Farrah Rifelj The proposed federal regulation incorporates both prohibitions on seeking an applicant's compensation history and using voluntarily...
05 Apr, 2024 FinCEN to Impose Broad AML Obligations on Investment Advisers By Iqan Fadaei For many years, key U.S. anti-money laundering laws (in particular, rules under the Bank Secrecy Act) have applied to financial...
05 Apr, 2024 Another Opportunity to Shape Government AI Acquisitions By Nicole Vele On Monday, April 1, 2024, the Department of the Air Force posted a request for information (RFI) for its Advanced Battle Management...
04 Apr, 2024 American Biogas Council Releases Draft Carbon Accounting Methodology By David Crass Congratulations to our friends at ECO Engineers who, on behalf of the American Biogas Council, released for public comment a draft Carbon...
04 Apr, 2024 Take Note - EEO-1 Filing Deadline is June 4, 2024 By Farrah Rifelj For anyone who missed it, the EEOC recently announced that its EEO-1 Data Collection will open on April 30, 2024, and that employers must...
04 Apr, 2024 OFCCP Issues VEVRAA 5.2% Benchmark and New Benchmark Resources By Farrah Rifelj All federal contractors with AAP obligations under VEVRAA and who do not calculate their own benchmark must take note of the OFCCP's new...