ArticleImport Best Practices Under New Uyghur Forced Labor LawOn Dec. 23, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, or UFLPA, into law.United StatesInternational LawJenner & Block LLP
ArticleClient Alert: White House Narrows And Refocuses Biden Executive Order On Strengthening Federal CybersecurityOn June 6, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a new executive order on "Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation's Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order...United StatesTechnology
ArticleBiden Administration Releases Anticipated Guidance On College Admissions After Supreme Court's Decision In Students For Fair Admissions v. HarvardOn August 14, 2023, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights issued joint guidance directed at colleges and universities...United StatesConsumer ProtectionJenner & Block LLP
ArticleDOJ Clarifies Monitorship Factors And Monitor Selection ConsiderationsIn March 2023, AAG Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. issued a memorandum and delivered a speech clarifying and compiling several recent revisions to the DOJ's policies and practices on the selection of monitors in Criminal Division matters.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawJenner & Block LLP
ArticleOSHA's Updated COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance: Now Employers Have The Hard PartOn June 10, 2021, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its longawaited response to President's Biden's January 21, 2021 Executive Order to OSHA,...United StatesEmployment and HRJenner & Block LLP
ArticleAnalysis Of Recent And Forthcoming State Legislation On Toxic Chemicals In Cosmetics And Personal Care Products And Preemptive Effects Of Existing Federal LegislationAccording to a report released in February 2021 by the organization Safer States, at least 27 US states will consider proposed legislation to regulate toxic chemicals in 2021.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesJenner & Block LLP
ArticleGovernment Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2022 Issue 15Welcome to Jenner & Block's Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorJenner & Block LLP
ArticleGovernment Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2022 Issue 22Welcome to Jenner & Block's Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorJenner & Block LLP
ArticleRecent Developments In Bankruptcy Law, January 2022The debtor sold assets prepetition. After the petition date, the buyer demanded payment of certain working capital adjustments provided under the purchase agreement. United StatesInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringJenner & Block LLP
ArticleFitting Consultants Within The Attorney-Client Privilege And Work Product Protection – Public Relations ConsultantsIn our last newsletter, we analyzed the reluctance of courts to apply privilege to the work of forensic computer consultants following data breaches. United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationJenner & Block LLP
ArticleFederal Court Blocks Implementation California's New Age-Appropriate Design Code ActOn September 18, 2023, a California federal court granted a request to block enforcement of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act ("CAADCA"), a law with the stated goal of protecting children when they are online.United StatesPrivacyJenner & Block LLP
ArticleClient Alert: California Continues To Lead On AI With New Legislation And Enforcement StepsCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta recently announced his office's plans to hire an AI expert and "investigative technologists" to assist with an expected increased focus...Western SaharaTechnologyJenner & Block LLP
ArticleCalifornia Supreme Court: Selecting Among Insurer-Authored Options Is Not Policy "Drafting"When it comes to insurance policies, it is well-established and commonly understood that the applicable rules of contract construction generally favor the policyholder over the insurance company.United StatesInsuranceJenner & Block LLP
ArticleWhat Fintechs Need To Know About FinCEN's New Beneficial Ownership Reporting RuleWith the start of the new year, FinCEN's Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rule (BOI Reporting Rule) came into effect, implementing specific transparency requirements relating to corporate ownership...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorJenner & Block LLP
ArticleCombatting Climate Change: The Push For More Robust Disclosures From InsurersAs heat waves spike, wildfires rage, droughts languish, and storms become more severe, the climate crisis has been thrown into stark relief. It is against this backdrop that investors...United StatesInsuranceJenner & Block LLP
ArticleDOJ Continues Push Against Non-Competes, Non-Solicitations, And Other Post Employment RestrictionsEmployers beware. The Department of Justice's attack on employee restrictions has gotten a new boost in a no-poach antitrust case alleging that competitors agreed not to recruit or hire the other's employees. United StatesEmployment and HRJenner & Block LLP
ArticleGovernment Contractors Provided "Flexibility" Regarding Timing And Enforcement Of COVID-19 Vaccine MandateThe last two weeks have brought a flurry of activity and changes to the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (Task Force) Guidance issued pursuant to President Biden's Executive Order 14042 (EO).United StatesEmployment and HRJenner & Block LLP
ArticleYour PBM Has Some Explaining To Do: What The 2026 CAA Forces PBMs To RevealThe Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 introduces sweeping changes to pharmacy benefit manager oversight, mandating comprehensive disclosure requirements and rebate pass-through obligations that will fundamentally...United StatesEmployment and HRJenner & Block LLP
ArticleWest Virginia v. EPA: The Major Questions Doctrine Arrives To Rein In Administrative PowerOn the final day of its 2022 term, the Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated opinion in the case of West Virginia v. EPA, 579 U.S. __ (2022), addressing EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases...United StatesEnvironmentJenner & Block LLP
ArticleDemonstrating The Effectiveness Of US Government Contractors' Compliance ProgramsUnited States government contractors are contractually required to maintain business ethics and conduct programs. These contract clauses, prescribed by regulation...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorJenner & Block LLP