On July 29, 2014, the NLRB announced that 43 charges of unfair labor practices could proceed as formal complaints against franchisor McDonald’s, USA, LLC.

From June through mid-September of 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") published six settlements of apparent sanctions violations

The Court held that a defendant asserting a fair use defense does not have a burden to disprove any likelihood of confusion regarding the origin of the associated goods or services.

Class actions present significant risk, because a certified class exposes a class defendant to class-wide liability. Most defendants agree to settle rather than face the risk of a class verdict

The status of the seller's IP and its treatment in the hands of the buyer is an integral IP issue in M&A transactions.

On December 16, 2003 the European Commission announced the adoption of guidelines to assess the legality of mergers between actual or potential competitors ("Horizontal Guidelines") to be published by the end of the year and to become effective on May 1, 2004.

Alarm bells sounded last week when the American Bankers Association and others concluded that collateralized debt obligations backed by trust preferred securities may be "covered funds" under the final Volcker Rule

In a recent release, the SEC adopted amendments to rules and forms for investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act") that, among other things, approved a new quarterly reporting form (Form N-Q) and certain new disclosure requirements.

The COVID-relief bill , which included year-end government funding provisions, was signed by President Trump last night.

Governor Jerry Brown of California signed a state law requiring nearly all California employers to provide paid sick time to employees.

In recent years, the NLRB has increasingly turned its attention to employee handbooks, closely scrutinizing both union and non-union employers’ personnel policies for potential violations of Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act.

The NLRB ruled that an employee who participated in a Facebook discussion by using the "Like" feature in connection with the discussion was protected by federal law.

On January 8, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a revised proposed new source performance standard regulating carbon dioxide emissions from new electric utility generating units. 79 Fed. Reg. 1430.

On Tuesday, May 27, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community, Case No. 12-515.

On June 22, 2004, President Bush signed into law the Standards Development Organization Advancement Act of 2004 (H.R. 1086) (the "Act"), which provides antitrust safeguards to certain standards development organizations if they follow the notice procedures in the statute and conduct their activities within the scope of that notice.

On September 23, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Exchange Act Rule 14a-8, also known as the "shareholder proposal rule." The SEC press release announcing