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The Morning Consult article “Controversial Import Tax in GOP Plan Needed as Revenue Raiser” discusses a controversial provision on imports that would be needed to offset popular corporate tax reductions that Republican lawmakers are facing in their comprehensive tax reform plans for next year.

Retailers should beware this holiday season – and beyond – when advertising sales using a comparison between the “original” and “sale” prices as Macy’s, Sears, and JC Penney were just sued by the Los Angeles City Attorney for allegedly deceiving consumers by using a false original “reference price.”

In this episode of Fashion Counsel, Partner Anthony Lupo discusses California retail trends and the continued progression of shopping outlets with strategic retail consultant Steve Birkhold (previously CEO of Lacoste, Diesel, BEBE, and Earl Jeans).

In the Bloomberg BNA article “House Expected to Move Tax Revamp First; Senate to Act Later,” President-elect Donald Trump’s tax policy is discussed at length.

In the Politico article “Tillerson adds to Trump’s ethics headaches,” the ethics surrounding the nomination of Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobile, to Secretary of State in the Trump Administration are discussed at length.

Yesterday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a “resource document” to provide information to applicants and employees who suffer from mental health conditions.

Former US Senator and Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor Byron Dorgan was interviewed on Fox Business News about the prospect of a government shutdown as the Congress was attempting to negotiate final legislation before they adjourned for the year. 

On December 6, 2016, the Supreme Court determined in State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby that violation of the statutorily mandated seal requirement, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(2), in a qui tam False Claims Act case does not automatically require dismissal,

On December 7, 2016, FDA published a Notice in the Federal Register announcing that its Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition will begin publishing data extracted from adverse event reports the Agency has received for conventional foods, dietary supplements, and cosmetics.

On appeal from a decision in the In re Energy Future Holdings Corp. bankruptcy case, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that contractual make-whole premium provisions are enforceable where the obligation to repay bond debt is accelerated by a bankruptcy filing.

The change to the definition provides for exceptions to the prohibition of the offer or transfer of certain Medicare beneficiary inducements tied to their choice of provider for covered health care items or services. 

In an opinion article recently published in The Huffington Post, Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor Senator Byron Dorgan comments on the choice President-elect Trump faces in normalizing or rolling back US diplomatic relations with Cuba.

This decision from the Appellate Division reversed a finding that an indenture trustee did not have the relevant standing to pursue fraudulent transfer claims, among other claims.

Former Representative (R-PA) and Arent Fox Senior Government Relations Advisor Phil English was quoted in the article “Trump Win Gives China Keys to Asian Economic Integration” in the Financial Times.

Trump has vowed to renegotiate NAFTA and scrap the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the flagging Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. But there has been virtually no discussion of how a Trump administration would address and enforce anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders.

On November 9, Arent Fox, Aronson LLC, and Morgan Stanley hosted an executive summit for exempt organizations that featured strategies for making and saving money and tips on top governance issues.

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently published its 2017 Work Plan, which furnishes key guidance to providers and suppliers and others doing business in the health care industry on the agency’s enforcement priorities for the upcoming year.

USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) recently announced that meat and poultry products may use the Nutrition Facts label recently finalized by FDA earlier this year.

The US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey recently announced an agreement with BioTelemetry Inc. to settle allegations that its recently-acquired subsidiary, MedNet, Inc., violated the Anti-Kickback Statue and False Claims Act by improperly inducing health care providers to use the com

A California federal court ruled in favor of the US Environmental Protection Agency and agricultural trade associations represented by Arent Fox LLP after a group of plaintiffs, including environmental activists, alleged that the federal agency had not done enough to regulate pesticide-coated seeds.