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On September 11, 2014, OSHA announced new requirements for the severe injury reporting rule.

This past year, OSHA launched an enforcement initiative focused on improving safety for temporary workers.

Over the years, we have written about these efforts, most recently here. In what is perhaps the leading state case on these issues, Held v. State of Montana, the Montana Supreme Court ruled...

On February 5, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will now allow food companies to use "no artificial colors" claims when foods do not contain any food, drug, and cosmetic (FD&C)-certified synthetic...

This Telecom Deadlines and Headlines advises you of upcoming deadlines for various reporting requirements and comment cycles, and recaps recent agency and judicial actions regarding the TCPA, TSR, and USF exemption certificates.

On January 27, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Advisory Bulletin providing significant guidance for pharmaceutical manufacturers offering...

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has finalized its fee schedule for 2025. The updated fee schedule will take effect on January 19, 2025...

OpenAI finds itself embroiled in another major copyright infringement lawsuit — this time in Canada. Similar to cases filed by major news organizations in the United States...

Litigation is nowhere near as common as companies suspect, but the risk is unquestionably there, and that is not going to change.

In a rare positive decision for employers in Massachusetts, one of the Commonwealth's district appellate courts held that a retention bonus is not a wage under the Massachusetts "Wage Act"...

Stragapede began working for the City of Evanston as a water service worker in 1996. In 2009, he had a four-inch nail lodged in his head after an accident.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that two uses of a racially offensive slur — the phrase "porch monkey" — directed against an employee by another employee were not sufficiently severe or pervasive as to change the terms and conditions of employment and thereby constitute unlawful discrimination.

Whether employees are exempt from overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act and similar state laws continues to be a major issue for employers.

All good wealth management includes estate planning as a component.

An unfortunate trend for defendants in FCA cases is continuing as the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals joined other federal circuit courts in lowering the pleading standards.

On February 22, 2021, the United States Supreme Court denied petitions for certiorari in a case that could have addressed the issue of "objective falsity" under the False Claims Act ("FCA").

Yesterday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler issued a press release stating that the agency will revisit the Open Internet issue and consider new rules to replace those that the DC Circuit vacated on January 15, 2014, in Verizon v. FCC. (See the client alert here.)

Arent Fox’s "Telecom Deadlines & Headlines" brings you the most recent legal developments affecting the telecommunications industry.