In recognition that many employees are still working remotely due to COVID-19 health concerns, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has extended through September 19, 2020.
In addition to battling class certification, businesses swept into these class actions may be faced with consolidation motions in multidistrict forums.
Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that 59 attorneys have been listed in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, with six attorneys also being named a “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective areas of practice and location.
Due to the broader spread of COVID-19 in California, the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has extended numerous professional licensing waivers to facilitate the delivery of patient care during the state of emergency.
In the Food and Drug area, we don’t often get dramatic changes in FDA policies, but an announcement from the Secretary of HHS, published on August 18, appears to be just such a dramatic change.
In Automile Holdings, LLC v. McGovern, 483 Mass. 797, 136 N.E.3d 1207 (2020), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld the validity of an anti-raiding provision against a former employee. This ruling is significant in light of recent trends in Massachusetts and elsewhere against restrictive c
Under the TFTEA, CBP has taken an increasingly enforcement-minded posture to prevent and penalize the importation of goods produced using forced labor into the United States.
On August 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Guidance Memorandum (Guidance) setting forth revised state survey agency priorities as well as providing information regarding the resumption of enforcement activities and resolution of open enforcement cases.
Last week started and ended with big announcements in the privacy world. At the end of the week, on August 14th, the regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) were finally declared final - more than 8 months after CCPA became effective and 45 days after the Attorney
On August 17, 2020, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule (the Final Rule) (1) adding additional Huawei non-US affiliates to the Entity List, (2) confirming the expiration of the Temporary General License (TGL).
Health Care Partner Rachel Hold-Weiss and Associate Michele Gipp will lead Weatherbee Resources Hospice Compliance Network Webinar Series’ upcoming webinar addressing how to handle HIPAA breaches in hospice care.
Many companies were caught off-guard in the spring when diagnoses of COVID-19 multiplied rapidly and forced businesses to close or drastically change their policies with little warning. Now companies that have reopened must prepare for the future.
The US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission recently issued an updated set of guidelines for “vertical mergers,” or mergers between companies at different levels of the supply or distribution chain.
As discussed previously, President Trump issued an Executive Order on July 14, 2020, concerning certain import and export trade requirements between the US and China.