On November 5, 2021, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) issued an emergency regulation requiring that many types of health care facilities and providers...

The saga of the OSHA ETS litigation has (nearly) come to an end. Yesterday, the DOJ filed a motion in the Sixth Circuit to dismiss as moot all of the consolidated petitions challenging OSHA's vaccine-or-test mandate.

As you probably know by now, the Sixth Circuit vacated the stay of OSHA's vaccine mandate on Friday evening, allowing OSHA to move enforce its regulation, with an substantial...

On September 6, 2023, PACCAR Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR) "entered into an agreement to form a joint venture company with Accelera by Cummins (a business unit of Cummins Inc.)...

November 27, 2023 marked the inaugural meeting of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, a cabinet-level council focused on building...

On November 30, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously held that an exclusion in the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act applies to healthcare workers where their biometric information...

On March 11, 2026, USPTO Director Squires issued a memorandum that sets forth additional criteria for IPR and PGR petitioners and patent owners to consider...

After listening to the oral arguments at the Supreme Court, we think the Court will likely issue an administrative stay to delay implementation of the first ETS deadline by Monday, January 10.

The Sixth Circuit has been slowly moving up the rankings for the time it takes to decide an appeal. A decade ago, the Sixth and Ninth Circuits took the longest time to each a decision.

It's been only three days since the Sixth Circuit won the JPML lottery to consolidate and adjudicate every appeal nationwide challenging OSHA's vaccine mandate.

Important vacancy news was announced out of the Sixth Circuit today. Judge R. Guy Cole and Judge Helene White both announced their intent to take senior status.

On Friday evening, the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling on several pending motions in the OSHA ETS litigation. Most notably, the court denied OSHA's motion to shorten the stay briefing...

The end of last month the T-Mobile MDL, In re: T-Mobile Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL No. 3019, had its first hearing before the Western District of Missouri.

As previewed in our earlier post, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA") announced how much money each state and territory...

In case you missed it, below is a summary of recent posts from CPW. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in additional information on any of the developments covered.

Citing "multiple unreported ramsomware attacks" targeting the healthcare sector, last month the California Attorney General issued guidance reminding healthcare entities of their requirements under state and federal health data privacy laws ...

Yesterday, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced the appointment of Ashkan Soltani as Executive Director. Soltani is tasked with overseeing the Agency's implementation...

On Friday, Feb. 18, California Assemblymember Evan Low (D) introduced two bills (AB 2871 and AB 2891) that propose to extend the CCPA's HR and B2B data exemptions, one through Dec. 31, 2026 and the other indefinitely.

Following in the footsteps of Europe, U.S. states are codifying obligations to maintain personal data inventories and retention schedules, and to limit retention and use to only what is necessary...

Colin Jennings has been invited to speak at a Lunch and Learn hosted by the FCBA on March 24, 2022.