Access to Justice

The Ugly Harvey Weinstein MomentSCOTUS Dust-UpThe Search For Political Validation

Administrative

OFCCP Launches Online Contractor Compliance InstituteTenth Circuit Provides New Material on FCA’s Materiality StandardOIG Audit Finds Nearly $900 Million in SDVOSB Set-Aside Contracts Awarded to Ineligible Contractors

ADR

Brexit Meets Looted Art – The Elgin Marbles And Beyond[Via ILO] Insufficiently stamped agreements: can parties still seek interim relief in support of India-seated arbitrations?Seventh Circuit Establishes Class Notice Standard in Facebook Arbitration Dispute

Antitrust & Trade Regulation

Competition Bureau’s Marketing and Advertising Priorities: Dishonest Information about Data PrivacyCriminal DAAG Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers Delivers Remarks at the 13th International Cartel WorkshopWhat’s faster: the Indy 500 or your next merger review? Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim’s recent remarks on the merger landscape explain why the answer might not be what you expected

Appellate

Susan Christensen, the new Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, will be first to serve a shortened termHow Has Justice Garman Voted in Tort Cases?The Trooper and the Hat—A Fable for Our Time

Bankruptcy

Delaware Organizational Meeting- Boys Scouts of America, et al.What We're Reading This Week [February 25, 2020]New Delaware Chapter 11 Filing - Cosi, Inc.

Bar Associations

How to become a “Resilient Lawyer” with the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism40 Under Forty Feature: The Dynamic Duo Olivia and Jonathan BediGatsby’s Speakeasy: Shining a Green Light on the Chicago Bar Foundation

Cannabis

"Monitoring and evaluating changes in cannabis policies: insights from the Americas"California Cannabis Claims: Intentional Interference with Contractual RelationsProposed Washington Cannabis Bills 2020, Part 3

Civil Litigation

Contractual Impartiality Requires an Appraiser to be Unbiased, Disinterested, and Unswayed by Personal InterestMock Trial Jurors Needed for District Finals Set for Tomorrow In ScrantonCOUPLE'S ESTATE ATTORNEY CAUGHT IN DIVORCE

Class Action & Mass Torts

Trending in Tort Law: Transforming Product Liability Claims into Public Nuisance ActionsUK ICO Finalizes Rules for Children’s ContentTendering Full Relief to Moot a Class Action: It’s Still Possible in Illinois

Communications, Media & Entertainment

UK Government Publishes Initial Consultation Response on the Online Harms White PaperFCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2020Puducherry Casino Proposal Referred to Home Ministry by Kiran Bedi

Corporate & Commercial

UEFA shows Manchester City the Red Card: Why Indian Football should take noteGuest Post: 7 Key SEC Developments in 2019OFCCP Launches Online Contractor Compliance Institute

Corporate Compliance

HANZO HELPS THE OREGON FOOD BANKOIG Audit Finds Nearly $900 Million in SDVOSB Set-Aside Contracts Awarded to Ineligible ContractorsDraft NIST Guidance Highlights Supply Chain Fundamentals as Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management

Corporate Finance

New Dickinson Law Leadership ElectedUnited States “Beats” Switzerland as a Perceived Global Haven for Money Laundering and Tax EvasionThe French telecoms regulator has entered the fray “prevailing digital platform”

Criminal

Red Notices and the Dual Criminality Requirement"Why prosecutorial discretion must be less discreet for criminal justice"Voting 5-4 on predictable lines, SCOTUS approves of appellate reweighing of aggravating and mitigating circumstances to uphold a death sentence

Disability Law

Common Misperceptions About Internet Accessibility and ADA ComplianceCommon Misperceptions About Internet Accessibility and ADA ComplianceAccessibility Options for Virginia Voters With Disabilities

E-Discovery

TCDI Receives Private Equity Investment from Trivest PartnersHANZO HELPS THE OREGON FOOD BANKDisruption: The New Buzzword in Tech

Education

The Changes Keep Coming: Second Amendment to Emergency Rules Permits Isolated Time OutLearn From These Three Confidentiality Mistakes Before Your Next Title IX InvestigationThe Next Mile in Gender Litigation: Transgender Participation in Women’s Sports

Employment & Labor

NLRB Issues Final Rule Clarifying Joint Employer StandardHighlights from the OFCCP and NILG Compensation RoundtableNLRB Issues Final Joint Employer Rule (US)

Energy

IRS Takes First Steps to Implement Carbon Capture Tax CreditIRS Takes First Steps to Implement Carbon Capture Tax CreditNRC Issues its “Advanced Reactors Program Status” for non-LWRs

Environmental

IRS Takes First Steps to Implement Carbon Capture Tax CreditEPA Announces Preliminary Determination to Regulate PFOS and PFOANew York’s Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act Sends Positive Signals to Renewable Energy Developers, and Revamps Renewable Siting

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

The Curious Case of the Twerking BigLaw AttorneyGovernment Presses Extraterritoriality of Wire Fraud StatuteBlack History Month: Honoring Judicial Trailblazers in Illinois

Family & Divorce

You can’t name your pets as the beneficiaries of a trust or WillTestamentary Trusts – Overview And InsightsMore From the Appellate Division on Lifestyle, Formulas and the Concept of Income Equalization

Financial

Guest Post: 7 Key SEC Developments in 2019How Lawyer-Directed Funding Enhances Access to JusticeASIC guidance on the best interests duty for mortgage brokers

Food, Drug & Agriculture

Spanish agency issues warning about pizzas sold onlineForeign supplier verification most common violation in FDA food facility inspectionsBrucella rise in Germany involves raw milk and foreign travel

Government

IRS Takes First Steps to Implement Carbon Capture Tax CreditBill Would Require Posting or Publishing of Vendor Information2nd Circuit: Chinese Christian Convert Does Not Have Reasonable Fear of Persecution Upon Deportation

Health Care

Medicare/Medicaid Policy Provisions in Trump Administration’s FY 2021 Budget ProposalSort de la caution en cas d’irrecevabilité de la déclaration de créance : la libération !CMS releases proposed rule on extension and changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model

Immigration

On LuckOn LuckOn Luck

Insurance

Guest Post: 7 Key SEC Developments in 2019Coverage for Common Law Causes of Action Not Barred Under ERISA/Securities Law ExclusionNebraska Supreme Court Rules Professional Services Exclusion Not Applicable to Law Enforcement

Intellectual Property

FDA Issues Final Definition for “Biological Product”Is Chinese IP Theft Coming to an End?Court Invalidates New York’s Legalization of Fantasy Sports

International

UEFA shows Manchester City the Red Card: Why Indian Football should take note疫情防控｜远程签约：疫情阻隔了我们，但阻隔不了签约！疫情防控｜企业应急管理之二 复工复产与疫情防控，企业如何两手抓？

Law Firm Marketing & Management

Tuesday, February 25, 2020ABA TECHSHOW 2020: Check Out These SessionsEmail ping-pong

Law Library

When Your Library Catalog 856 Fields 404The Thoughtful LeaderAnatomy of an Operational Review

law-school-blogs

Symposium Spotlight: Michael Grace Jr.Are You An Entrepreneur Lawyer?Why Financial Regulation Keeps Falling Short

Maritime

Regal Princess Flunks USPH Sanitation InspectionBIMCO releases fresh sanctions clauses for time and voyage charter parties - Managing sanctions risk in 2020Novel coronavirus and charterparty issues

Nonprofit Law

The Perseverance of William DukesImportant Year-End Reminder for ClergyStay Off the Charitable Solicitation Naughty List

Personal Injury

Spanish agency issues warning about pizzas sold onlineForeign supplier verification most common violation in FDA food facility inspectionsBrucella rise in Germany involves raw milk and foreign travel

Press

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Privacy & Data Security

Managing Privacy Risk Under CCPA and GDPRUK Government Publishes Initial Consultation Response on the Online Harms White PaperNew York State Expected to Increase Enforcement of Cybersecurity Practices

Probate & Estate Planning

You can’t name your pets as the beneficiaries of a trust or WillTestamentary Trusts – Overview And InsightsJudge Culhane Shares Thoughts on Sacramento County Probate Department

Property Law

Mass: No Takings Claim For Flooding Because Owner Let It Happen For A Long TimeThe Value of Committees in CondominiumsCarousing at Carousel Farms: Final SCOTUS Cert-Stage Briefs In Colorado Eminent Domain Abuse Case

Real Estate & Construction

HUD Settles Familial Status and Occupancy Standards Fair Housing Case for $10,000A Property Owner That “Attempted To Do Equity” But Nevertheless Fails To Show That She Is “Innocent” Is Not Entitled To An Equitable Easement.Ninth Circuit Rejects RLUIPA Facial Challenge

Securities

Capital Formation Market Trends: IPOs and Follow-On OfferingsSeminar: Direct Listings: Experiment or New Paradigm?EMC Prevails in Climate Change Securities Fraud Action

Supreme Court

2nd Circuit: Chinese Christian Convert Does Not Have Reasonable Fear of Persecution Upon Deportation2nd Circuit: Chinese Christian Convert Does Not Have Reasonable Fear of Persecution Upon Deportation9th Circuit Upholds HHS Family Planning Grant Rules

Tax

IRS Takes First Steps to Implement Carbon Capture Tax CreditMississippi Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax ReturnsInsurance Protection for Damage to Real & Personal Property

Technology

La AEPD publica – Adecuación al RGPD de tratamientos que incorporan Inteligencia ArtificialWhat college student-athletes should be thinking about now before NCAA name, image and likeness rules are releasedTwo New Services Launch to Deliver Legal and Litigation News

Trademark

UPDATE: USPTO REVERSES COURSE ON EMAIL ADDRESS RULESNEW USPTO RULES REQUIRE FILERS PROVIDE AN INTERNAL EMAIL ADDRESSThe Top 5 Most Fashionable Intellectual Property Disputes To Walk This Year’s Runways at New York Fashion Week

Women in Law

Are You An Entrepreneur Lawyer?Why Therapy Should Be Embraced in Law SchoolWhat To Look For When Interviewing For Jobs