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Judge Gardephe: Trump Campaign NDAs Are Unenforceable

By Michael Keough

April 6, 2021

Judge Gardephe last week ruled that the non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses found in the employment agreements for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign were void and unenforceable. The action originally arose when the Trump campaign commenced an arbitration proceeding against a former staffer, claiming that she had breached the non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses by filing a complaint alleging sex discrimination claims in New York state court. The present complaint was brought as a putative class action…

Cyberblog

Episode 356: Who Minds the Gap

By Stewart Baker

April 5, 2021

Our interview is with Kim Zetter, author of the best analysis to date of the weird messaging from NSA and Cyber Command about the domestic “blind spot” or “gap” in their cybersecurity surveillance. I ask Kim whether this is a prelude to new NSA domestic surveillance authorities (definitely not, at least under this administration), why the gap can’t be filled with the broad emergency authorities for FISA and criminal intercepts (they don’t fit, quite),…

Blockchain Blog

FATF Releases Draft Guidance on a Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers

By Evan Abrams & Jack Ritossa

April 5, 2021

On March 19, 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global anti-money laundering standards-setting body, released draft guidance to clarify and supplement its 2019 guidance on a Risk-Based-Approach (RBA) to Virtual Assets (VAs) and Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). While FATF’s guidance is not technically binding on member countries, it is broadly followed by such jurisdictions, in part to avoid inclusion on FATF’s lists of jurisdictions with deficiencies in their anti-money laundering (AML) and…

SDNY Blog

Chief Judge McMahon to Take Senior Status; Judge Swain to Become New Chief Judge

By Charles Michael

April 5, 2021

The change will take place April 10, as reported by the NYLJ and Law360.…

International Compliance Blog

Entry Suspension on Temporary Work Visa Categories Ended

By Liz LaRocca & Dana Delott

April 5, 2021

The Presidential Proclamation prohibiting entry to the US by foreign nationals in key temporary, employment-based, immigration categories expired on March 31, 2021. As expected, the Biden administration permitted Presidential Proclamation 10052 to remain effective through to expiration, but did not extend the broad restrictions on certain H-1B (temporary professional), H-2B (temporary non-agricultural worker), J (exchange visitor) and L-1(intra-company transferee) foreign nationals. This reversal of a policy which began on June 22, 2020, is significant for…

Cyberblog

Episode 355: Can Editorial Middleware Cut the Power of the Big Platforms?

By Stewart Baker

March 30, 2021

Our interview this week is with Francis Fukuyama, a fellow and teacher at Stanford and a renowned scholar and public intellectual for at least three decades. He is the coauthor of the Report of the Working Group on Platform Scale. It’s insightful on the structural issues that have enhanced the power of platforms to suppress and shape public debate. It understands the temptation to address those issues through an antitrust lens – as well…

International Compliance Blog

Client Alert: EU, UK, and US Adopt Myanmar Sanctions over Military Coup

By Alexandra Melia, Guy Soussan, Nicholas Turner, Evan Abrams, Stefan Tsakanakis & Charlotte Brett

March 29, 2021

In recent weeks, the EU, UK, and US have adopted sanctions against those allegedly involved in the military coup in Myanmar, along with those responsible for serious violations of human rights in overthrowing the democratically elected government or committing violence against protestors. The actions mark a sharp uptick in sanctions measures targeting Myanmar and suggest close coordination between the three jurisdictions. Additionally, on March 25, the UK and US took coordinated action, going beyond the…

SDNY Blog

Judge Daniels: NYU’s Remote Learning During the Pandemic Is Not a Contract Breach Because NYU Never Clearly Promised In-Person Classes

By Charles Michael

March 26, 2021

Last week, Judge Daniels dismissed a putative class action against NYU over its decision to conduct classes remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. He concluded the plaintiff could not identify any actual promise or agreement by which NYU stated its classes would be held in person:…

Global Trade Policy Blog

The EU-Korea FTA Labor Dispute: Comparing Labor Provisions Under the EU-Korea FTA and the KORUS FTA

By Christophe Bondy & Katy Shin

March 26, 2021

On January 25, 2021, the EU-Korea Panel of Experts found that Korea had failed to uphold its labor obligations to “respect, promote, and realise” the right to freedom of association and to take concrete steps to ratify all eight fundamental conventions of the International Labor Organization (ILO). In the final report, the Panel recommended Korea to bring its domestic laws “into conformity with the principles concerning freedom of association” but recognized that Korea had “ma[de]…

International Compliance Blog

EU, UK, US and Canada Announce Coordinated Xinjiang Sanctions

By Alexandra Melia, Guy Soussan, Simon Hirsbrunner, Meredith Rathbone, Stefan Tsakanakis, Evan Abrams & Charlotte Brett

March 25, 2021

On March 22, 2021, the EU, UK, US and Canada announced a range of coordinated sanctions to crack down on alleged serious human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The coordinated announcements comprised measures of various types, including asset freezes and travel bans against individuals and entities alleged to be involved in serious human rights violations against Uyghurs and other minority groups in the XUAR. The measures elicited the swift imposition of…

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Judge Gardephe: Trump Campaign NDAs Are Unenforceable

Episode 356: Who Minds the Gap

FATF Releases Draft Guidance on a Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers

Chief Judge McMahon to Take Senior Status; Judge Swain to Become New Chief Judge

Entry Suspension on Temporary Work Visa Categories Ended

Episode 355: Can Editorial Middleware Cut the Power of the Big Platforms?

Client Alert: EU, UK, and US Adopt Myanmar Sanctions over Military Coup

Judge Daniels: NYU’s Remote Learning During the Pandemic Is Not a Contract Breach Because NYU Never Clearly Promised In-Person Classes

The EU-Korea FTA Labor Dispute: Comparing Labor Provisions Under the EU-Korea FTA and the KORUS FTA

EU, UK, US and Canada Announce Coordinated Xinjiang Sanctions

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