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Manufacturers and Marketers Beware: The EU Adopts New Restrictions on Products Containing PFOAs

By Cándido García Molyneux & Lukasz Gorywoda

July 16, 2020

Since July 4, 2020 the manufacture, marketing and use of perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”), its salts and PFOA-related compounds (collectively, “PFOAs”), and products containing them, is significantly restricted in the European Economic Area (“EU/EEA”). The restrictions were introduced by a Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annex I to the EU POPs Regulation, and are intended to implement a decision of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention that was held…

Inside Energy & Environment

Manufacturers and Marketers Beware: The EU Adopts New Restrictions on Products Containing PFOAs

By Cándido García Molyneux & Lukasz Gorywoda

July 15, 2020

Inside Government Contracts

Defense Contractors Say Section 3610 and Other Contractor Support Measures Require Relief

By Scott A. Freling, Michael Wagner & Peter Terenzio

July 15, 2020

It goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the Department of Defense (“DoD”) and the defense industrial base. And while Congress has taken steps to mitigate these impacts, the sheer scale of the pandemic’s effects pose a continuing challenge to both DoD and its contractors. Now a group of major defense contractors has submitted a pair of joint letters to the Pentagon and OMB highlighting the need for further action and the…

Global Policy Watch

The revision of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation – What is likely to change?

By Johan Ysewyn & Daniel Muheme

July 14, 2020

Introduction On 25 May 2020, the European Commission (“Commission”) has published its Final Report of the support studies for the evaluation of its Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) and the accompanying Guidelines on Vertical Restraints (the “Final Report”). The Final Report was published following a public consultation from 4 February to 27 May 2019 to gather views on the VBER’s functioning in the digital age. This was inspired by the growing importance of e-commerce and…

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The revision of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation – What is likely to change?

By Johan Ysewyn & Daniel Muheme

July 14, 2020

Inside Energy & Environment

Non-binding OSHA COVID-19 Guidance Sparks Calls for Federal Action and Plans for State Action to Create Binding Rules

By Thomas Brugato & E. Donald Elliott

July 13, 2020

Critiques of OSHA’s current flexible approach to COVID-19 in the workplace provide insight into how a Democratic administration might regulate differently at the federal level. Moreover, some states have moved forward with establishing binding rules to address COVID-19 in the workplace, which may provide models for future federal efforts.…

Inside Tech Media

Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act Introduced

By Trisha Anderson, Alexander Berengaut, Jim Garland & Chloe Goodwin

July 13, 2020

Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) have introduced the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act, a bill that would require tech companies to assist law enforcement in executing search warrants that seek encrypted data. The bill would apply to law enforcement efforts to obtain data at rest as well as data in motion. It would also apply to both criminal and national security legal process. This proposal comes in…

Global Policy Watch

The Supreme Court’s Mazars Decision Contains a Significant Suggestion That Congress May Be Bound by the Attorney-Client Privilege in Congressional Investigations

By Robert Kelner & Perrin Cooke

July 10, 2020

Understandably, much of the commentary following the release of the Supreme Court’s blockbuster decision in Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP has focused on the impact of the Court’s ruling on the long-running quest for the President’s tax returns and other financial records. Buried in the Court’s opinion, however, is an easily overlooked aside regarding the attorney-client privilege that could have significant implications for private parties responding to requests from congressional investigators. As our colleagues have…

Inside Political Law

The Supreme Court’s Mazars Decision Contains a Significant Suggestion That Congress May Be Bound by the Attorney-Client Privilege in Congressional Investigations

By Robert Kelner & Perrin Cooke

July 9, 2020

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Notice 2020-54 Requires Reporting of Qualified Sick Leave Wages and Qualified Family Leave Wages Under FFCRA

By S. Michael Chittenden

July 9, 2020

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) mandates employers of fewer than 500 employees provide two types of paid leave and includes two employer social security tax credits equal to the amount of paid leave that the employer is required to provide to employees related to the COVID-19 pandemic. (See earlier coverage.) Yesterday, in Notice 2020-54, the IRS announced that employers will have to report wages paid for leave mandated under the FFCRA…

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Manufacturers and Marketers Beware: The EU Adopts New Restrictions on Products Containing PFOAs

Manufacturers and Marketers Beware: The EU Adopts New Restrictions on Products Containing PFOAs

Defense Contractors Say Section 3610 and Other Contractor Support Measures Require Relief

The revision of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation – What is likely to change?

The revision of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation – What is likely to change?

Non-binding OSHA COVID-19 Guidance Sparks Calls for Federal Action and Plans for State Action to Create Binding Rules

Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act Introduced

The Supreme Court’s Mazars Decision Contains a Significant Suggestion That Congress May Be Bound by the Attorney-Client Privilege in Congressional Investigations

The Supreme Court’s Mazars Decision Contains a Significant Suggestion That Congress May Be Bound by the Attorney-Client Privilege in Congressional Investigations

Notice 2020-54 Requires Reporting of Qualified Sick Leave Wages and Qualified Family Leave Wages Under FFCRA

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