ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that its office in the Metaverse is now open for business, becoming the first major US law firm to build and launch an office in this new virtual world.
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Notice 2022-53, which provides much needed transition relief in the form of an IRS waiver of the 50% excise tax that could otherwise be imposed upon certain beneficiaries of qualified retirement plans or individual retirement accounts.
The IBA Annual Conference is attended by both members and non-members of the IBA, with lawyers from over 130 jurisdictions and all parts of the legal profession present.
The Metaverse presents a variety of possibilities: from technology that enables digital content to be laid over the real world to application of real-world characteristics to a purely online environment.
On October 28, 2022, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry (BIS) issued FAQs on the new semiconductor regulations. The FAQs are short and relatively clear (thank you!) even if they were released on a Friday afternoon.
Securing environmental permits is often big part of operating a business. How the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent focus on environmental justice (EJ) issues might affect that permitting remains something of an open question.
The “Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act” (FACT Act), introduced by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish a list of every entity that both holds an FCC license or authorization.
On October 25, 2022, the Supreme Court of Georgia answered a certified question from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals concerning Georgia’s insurable interest statute, OCGA § 33-24-3 (1995).
Matt Prewitt will speak at the 5th Annual Sand Piper Partners LLC Trade Secrets Protection, Enforcement, and Litigation Conference on October 27, 2022.
On October 20, 2022, the New York Court of Appeals ― the highest court in New York ― issued its opinion in In the Matter of Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York Inc., et al. v. New York State Department of Financial Services, et al.
In a recent USEPA letter issued to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), the Biden Administration deploys its plans to use the “whole of government” to address what it believes are long-standing civil concerns.
Holton-Arms, an independent college-prep school for girls and young women, has been awarded $2.5 million in damages from construction company HSU Contracting, LLC after the court upheld Holton-Arms’ termination for cause of HSU’s construction contract and claims for damages.
On October 18, 2022, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published the long anticipated final rule for the modernization of Customs broker regulations under 19 CFR part 111.
There is often an assumption that restrictive covenants entered into in connection with a sale of business will be enforceable, even if they are broader in scope of time, geography, and restricted activity than would otherwise be acceptable to a court.
ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce the firm is being recognized by Global Citizen Experience (GCE) Lab School in Chicago for donating more than $250,000 in pro bono legal services.