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ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that 70 attorneys were recognized as leaders in their field and 24 practices spanning the firm’s litigation, regulatory, and transactional capabilities were ranked in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that Alex Garel-Frantzen has been honored with the Rising Star Award by the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) at their 24th Annual Human Rights Awards.

There are major issues arising from the phaseout of the US Dollar London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which will soon become apparent in connection with LIBOR’s fast-approaching end date. This will dramatically impact many issuers, holders, and trustees of variable rate notes and bonds.

AgTech Industry Group Co-Leaders Karen Carr and Alexander Spiegler will speak at the International Bar Association’s 9th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference.

On May 31, 2023, the Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags filed antidumping duty (AD) petitions on certain paper shopping bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam.

Partner J. Michael Showalter was quoted on the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. EPA, highlighting the court’s recent rejection of the established “significant nexus” test, under which federal agencies could regulate wetlands that were ecologically connected to navigable waters.

Many major companies have announced a blueprint to minimize their carbon footprint. Some companies have gone so far as to proclaim that they will achieve “net zero” emissions in the near future. To accomplish their climate goals, many have turned to purchasing products called “carbon offset credits.

In this podcast, Birgit Matthiesen speaks with Bob Kirke, the Executive Director of the Canadian Apparel Federation, who will share the very latest about Canada’s efforts to ban imports suspected of having been made with forced and child labor.

A panel of the DC Circuit ruled in a split decision that a provision that required a non-profit simply to “direct” certain executives not to disparage a former employee could be held liable for negative remarks made about the departed employee by the CEO.

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

In a closely watched environmental Clean Water Act (CWA) case, the US Supreme Court adopted a far narrower construction of CWA’s definition of “waters of the United States,” functionally shifting significant authority over water-related issues from the federal government to the states.

Partner Malcolm McNeil spoke with Marijuana Business Daily about how the cannabis industry has turned to real estate sale-leaseback transactions to address the lack of outside financing.

Andrew Katzenberg will speak at the Shenkman Spring Webinar Series on May 25, 2023.

Federalism — the allocation between federal and state governments — is at the heart of American constitutional law.

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) longstanding policy strongly favored manual representation elections. With the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset, the Board began permitting mail-ballot elections under the “extraordinary circumstances” exception to its manual ballot preference.

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in recent years has been accompanied by a surge in patent filings by AI developers. But like many other emerging technologies before it, AI inventions face patent eligibility challenges.

Sal Patel will speak at the Global IP ConfEx Collaborative Roundtable Discussion on May 24, 2023.

ArentFox Schiff served as outside counsel to California State University in a long-term stadium licensing deal with San Diego’s new MLS expansion team.

Tom Abendroth will present on May 23, 2023 at the Illinois CPA Society’s 2023 Estate, Gift & Trust Conference.

Ford executives provided highlights of what to expect from the 120-year-old automaker, ranging from where costs will be cut to how profits will be generated apart from car sales, in the first major in-person Capital Markets Day event since 2016.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a resource outlining potential liability under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) for employers who utilize algorithmic decision-making technologies to make employment decisions.

Fredrick Weber and Jessica Birnbaum will present at the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) – 66th Annual Estate Planning Short Course on May 22 and 23, 2023.

In the year following the implementation of the arbitration process established under the federal No Surprises Act (NSA), more than 330,000 disputes have been submitted for resolution.

No company wants to be sued by its current or former employees, particularly for discrimination claims. Even if you prevail, litigating such claims inevitably exposes you to public stigma and internal discord.

On May 16, 2023, the Minnesota legislature passed a bill banning noncompetition agreements. The bill is expected to be signed shortly by Governor Tim Walz. The ban is set to take effect on July 1, 2023, and is not retroactive.