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AFS Partners Todd Angkatavanich and Lauren Wolven will present at the 2026 Heckerling Institute on January 13-14, 2026 in Orlando, Florida.

Companies have long dreaded litigation filed by federal environmental regulators because such cases tended to last forever and posed financial and representational risk.

New York City employers should prepare to comply with additional changes to the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) and the Temporary Schedule Change Act (TSCA).

In a closely watched consumer protection lawsuit, a federal court has ruled that Chipotle’s loyalty rewards points are not “gift certificates” or “gift cards” under either New York or California law.

ArentFox Schiff is hosting and sponsoring the 2025 NYSSCPA Private Wealth Conference on December 11th in New York. Speakers include AFS Partners Kevin Matz, Todd Angkatavanich, and Tracy McLaughlin.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that Julia Zhu-Morelli has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice in Los Angeles as a partner. Julia brings extensive experience representing US and Chinese companies in complex corporate and transactional matters.

A clear, well-written terms of use agreement is essential for e-commerce sellers and online service providers seeking to manage the risk of litigation through provisions such as arbitration clauses and class action waivers.

No need to bring a crib sheet, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Examinations just revealed (some of) this year’s test.

For the first time in 15 years, the World Bank Group (WBG) has updated their Integrity Compliance Guidelines.

On April 23, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order (EO) No. 14281 entitled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” which qualifies “disparate-impact liability” as “pernicious” and concludes that disparate-impact liability violates the US Constitution.

On December 4, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum to the Patent Examining Corps reinforcing its existing subject matter eligibility framework under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and calling renewed attention to a voluntary evidentiary tool, Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations (SMEDs) under 37 C.F.R. § 1.132.

The Fourth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a trade secret misappropriation claim under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) where the district court concluded that a company did not plausibly allege that it took reasonable measures to protect the secrecy of proprietary software.

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that Partner Kay C. Georgi has been named “Lawyer of the Year” in Trade & Customs in the 2025 Lexology Index Awards.

A federal jury in Massachusetts ordered Beyond Meat, Inc. to pay $38.9 million to Sonate Corp. d/b/a Vegadelphia Foods for willful trademark infringement tied to slogans used in national advertising for meat-free products.

Massachusetts Federal District Judge Indira Talwani recently issued a decision in the case of Serebrennikov v. Proxet Group LLC, holding that an internationally based employee has standing to bring a claim under the Massachusetts Wage Act.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has withdrawn its proposed rule on standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying asbestos in talc-containing cosmetics, almost exactly one year after publication.

Foreign nationals from 19 countries and all asylum applicants and refugees are facing severe restrictions on their ability to enter, live, and work in the United States. Employers should take note since it impacts the ability of their employees to extend their work authorization and travel.

Prop 65 Counsel: What To Know

Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s ground-breaking decision in Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates LLC and Justice Clarence Thomas’ solo dissent in US ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources Inc. have revived what many had viewed as a settled constitutional question.

AFS Partner Tom Abendroth will co-present in a webinar for the American Bankers Association (ABA) 2025 Wealth Management and Trust Webinar Suite on December 4.

AFS Partner Lauren Wolven will speak at the 2025 Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section and Business & Corporations Section Seminar on December 4 in Bismarck, North Dakota.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that Real Estate Practice Leader Thomas R. Castiello has been selected by Connect CRE for Connect Media’s 2025 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards, representing the Washington, DC, Region.

A putative class action against Whoop, the wearable technology company, uses the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) July 2025 warning letter regarding its new blood pressure product feature as a litigation springboard. The case shows how misalignment with regulators’ expectations can quickly cascade from agency scrutiny to consumer litigation.

Partner Hillary Stemple was featured in an article discussing a recent HHS Office of Civil Rights settlement resolving allegations related to the use of photos and other protected health information (PHI) in health care provider marketing materials without patient authorization in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule.