Exciting developments are being reported for COVID-19 vaccine candidates - on a daily basis. There are nearly 200 vaccine candidates, with at least 20 in late-stage clinical trials.

On March 29, 2020, we reported on the SEC's COVID-19 relief from its manual signature requirements for SEC filings.

Practically speaking, and despite taking careful precautions, it is likely that one of your employees will become exposed to COVID-19 before the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA)

SEC filings are almost universally made electronically on the SEC's EDGAR system, with required signatures represented with "/s/" before the typed name of the signatory, i.e. "/s/John Doe" (referred to by practitioners ...

On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to update the description of business (Item 101), legal proceedings (Item 103), and risk factor

The United States Senate on May 19, 2004 approved legislation authorizing Project Bioshield, a program President Bush first outlined during his 2003 State of the Union address to prepare the nation better against a biological attack.

The U.S. Department of Labor recently revised its regulations relating to the so-called "white collar" exemptions from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), including the exemptions for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees.

The Board majority characterizes the new rule as "modernizing and streamlining" the representation case process.

The Department of Energy’s Loan Program Office announced a Draft Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects Solicitation.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. must pay $81.6 Million to the United States government after pleading guilty to criminal charges of mismanagement of hazardous waste.

In a decision significant for international banks doing business in New York, the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, unanimously held that a court cannot issue a "turnover order" against a bank.

On May 20, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a rulemaking proposal that will likely lead to significant changes in the Form ADV reporting requirements for registered investment advisers.

In a 2-1 opinion, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and found Cuozzo’s claims obvious in the first appeal from a final written decision in an inter partes review.

For over a decade, Alvertis Isbell and DM Records, Inc. have been engaged in a dispute over the ownership of the composition copyright for the song "Whoomp! (There It Is)."

On February 17, 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in <I>Mainstream Marketing Serv., Inc. v. Federal Trade Comm’n</I>, Nos. 03-1429, 03-6258, 03-9571, 03-9594, 2004 WL 296980 (10th Cir. Feb. 17, 2004), ruled that the National Do-Not-Call Registry is constitutional and valid.

BurnLounge operated a business that offered participants the ability to become retailers of music and other merchandise by purchasing a package.

Under the economic substance doctrine, certain tax benefits with respect to a transaction are disallowed if the transaction does not have economic substance or lacks a business purpose.

On January 2, 2014, the new IRS Large Business & International Division Directive announced in November went into effect.