On Wednesday, March 22, the Supreme Court heard a case for the dogs — and trademark law. Whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc., sued dog toy parody company VIP Products LLC for trademark ...

The Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) closure was the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis—and second largest in U.S. history. While the banking industry, federal banking agencies and the ...

On the heels of recent legal setbacks and challenges for NFT collections offered by Dapper Labs and DraftKings, the New York Attorney General (NYAG) filed suit in New York state court against the ...

In our latest episode, coauthors Elaine Harwood and Alison Forman discuss their report PCAOB Enforcement Activity—2022 Year in Review. The report’s key findings include: The overall level of ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) lost its third jury trial in its mission to secure criminal convictions against companies and executives accused of labor-side antitrust violations on March 22, 2023, ...

Brazil’s Data Protection Agency clarifies what sanctions look like for violations of the country’s General Data Protection ...

On March 15, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued policy guidance clarifying how the agency analyzes an employer’s ability to pay the proffered wage to support immigrant ...

China’s Supreme Court proposed revisions to civil litigation rules under the Anti-Monopoly Law, providing more comprehensive provisions over anti-monopoly civil litigation. Amendment to Law on the ...

U.S. Judge Karen Spencer Martson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approved on March 15, 2023, a $25 million settlement of a class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson for allegedly blocking ...

Last week EPA released its proposal for the first set of Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) under the Clean Water Act for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In contrast to non-enforceable ...

Yesterday, Utah’s Social Media Regulation Act (“SMRA”) was signed into law by Gov. Spencer Cox. The SMRA applies to businesses that provide a social media platform with at least five (5) million ...

Pfizer Inc. announced on March 13 plans to acquire cancer drug maker Seagen Inc., an American-based biotech company, for $43 billion. All but one of Seagen’s drugs are biologics, which are often made ...