As the use of artificial intelligence recruitment and hiring tools becomes more prevalent, it is important to remember that such processes are subject to anti-discrimination laws. Employers have an obligation to inspect such tools and processes for bias based on
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Time to Consider Option Repricings?
By Greg Gautam
Given recent declines in equity value in a variety of segments of the economy (technology in particular), a number of clients have asked us what levers are available for retaining talent. While they are rare and while we might be…
DOE Seeks Input on How to Spend $2.5 billion on Transmission Projects
By Chris Colyer
On May 6, 2022, the Department of Energy issued a notice of DOE’s intent to implement the Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP) and to request input regarding the solicitation and qualification process for TFP funding.
The TFP is…
Irreparable Harm, I Presume? The Trademark Modernization Act and Other Changes in Trademark Law
By Dan Staren
By Deborah A. Gubernick and Michelle Emeterio
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Office of Environmental Justice & Reviving Supplemental Environmental Projects
By Chris Colyer
by Luke Narducci and Amanda Reeve
On May 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (“USDOJ”) announced the launch of a new comprehensive environmental justice (“EJ”) strategy. The three-prong strategy, as laid out by the U.S. Attorney General in an…
Pushing the United Nations for Recognition of Access to a Clean Environment as a Human Right
By Chris Colyer
by John Habib
The United Nations Human Rights Council passed Resolution 48/13 in October 2021. The Resolution recognizes as a human right a person’s access to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Non-governmental organizations are now pushing the United Nations…
Basin States Agree to Reduced Colorado River Deliveries
By Chris Colyer
Less than two weeks ago, we wrote that the Department of Interior proposed reducing Colorado River deliveries in 2022 by 480,000 acre-feet and that Assistant Secretary Trujillo had asked the Basin States for comments on this proposal. …
Andy Warhol, Prince, and the First Amendment: U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review of Questions Concerning “Fair Use” Under Copyright Act
By Dan Staren
By Amanda Z. Weaver, Ph.D. and David G. Barker
The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted a petition for writ of certiorari (docket, here) to review the extent to which a work of art is a “transformative” fair use under…
Feds Considering Emergency Reductions to Colorado River Deliveries
By Chris Colyer
In an April 8, 2022 letter to each of the seven Colorado River basin states, the Interior Department asked for comments by April 22 about its plan to reduce releases from Glen Canyon Dam to 7.0 million…
Alphabet’s Wing Initiates Drone Delivery Service in Texas
By Chris Colyer
On April 7, 2022, Alphabet’s Wing launched commercial drone delivery service in two suburban towns north of Dallas, Texas – Frisco and Little Elm where Wing had been testing its service over the last year following…