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Join Angela Santos as she speaks on a panel at PV ModuleTech’s upcoming conference.

Health Care Partner Stephanie Trunk will participate in the External Counsel Fireside Chat at Informa Connect’s Pricing & Contracting USA 2025 conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 21.

Fredrick Weber will co-present with Andrew Fussner of the American Heart Association at the CCPG 2025 Annual Symposium in Chicago on May 21, 2025.

Fredrick Weber will co-present with Andrew Fussner of the American Heart Association at the conference in Phoenix, AZ on May 16, 2025. The conference is hosted by Arizona Charitable Gift Planners.

Government Relations Co-Chair Philip English and Partner Paul Schmid will sit down for a Fireside Chat at the XPX Greater Boston Summit on May 13, 2025.

Does the First Amendment protect associations’ communications with their members when petitioning government agencies?

On April 28, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published the long anticipated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the January 16 Information and Communication Technology and Services (ICTS) Rule that prohibits the import and sale of connected vehicles and their related hardware/software with a sufficient Chinese or Russian nexus (“Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Connected Vehicles.”)

Michelle J. Shapiro of ArentFox Schiff will be a panel moderator at the 2025 White-Collar Crime Conference hosted by the Boston Bar Association (BBA).

In refusing registration of the color green for “chloroprene medical examination gloves,” the Federal Circuit adopted — for the first time — a legal test for genericness of color marks.

Join Angela Santos at the American Apparel & Footwear Association 2025 Global Supply Chain & Trade Conference.

Partners Matthew Berlin and Michael Fainberg of ArentFox Schiff will speak at the 2025 AI Governance & Strategy Summit – New York on May 7, 2025.

National Football League (NFL) Hall of Famer Terrell Owens recently filed a lawsuit in Illinois state court against TMZ, accusing the news and media company of unauthorized use of his trademark, GETCHA POPCORN READY.

The Illinois Commerce Commission staff (ICC Staff) announced recommendations laying the groundwater for Illinois’ first procurement of energy storage resources expected to occur this summer.

While we have previously written on Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement of “Made in America” claims, a recent jury verdict shows that manufacturers should also be wary of potential consumer claims.

Partner Michael Guippone will moderate a breakout session for the National Federation of Municipal Analysts 2025 Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas, on May 8.

A Michigan economics group, calculating tariff impact after President Donald Trump’s latest executive orders, has estimated that the least-impacted vehicles will still face a $2,000 tariff and the most impacted will see a tariff of $15,000.

Allison Pfeifle, Fredrick Weber, and Joe Blumberg of ArentFox Schiff will speak at the IICLE Estate Planning Short Course in Champaign, May 5-6, 2025, and in Chicago, May 19-20, 2025.

There are currently six states with active Prescription Drug Affordability Boards (PDABs) — Colorado, Maryland, Washington, Oregon, New Hampshire, and Minnesota.

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries

In recent years, environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and local governments have increasingly sued gas, oil, and energy companies, challenging their historic messaging on climate change, plastic recycling, and fossil fuels effects.

Chairman Anthony Lupo and Consumer Products Group Co-Leader Michelle Mancino Marsh were quoted on how attorneys play a pivotal role behind the scenes at the Met Gala, one of the world’s premier fashion events.

On April 16, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), in Trustees of Boston University vs. Clough, Harbour & Associates LLP, held that contractual indemnification claims, arising from negligence, were not precluded by the Commonwealth’s statute of repose (M.G.L. c. 260, § 2B), which eliminates a cause of action in tort six years after the opening of an improvement to real estate.

Join Reed Freeman and Michelle Bowling as they present at the Privacy + Security Forum, Spring Academy on May 8, 2025.

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued two memoranda reshaping the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) approach to discretionary denials for parallel proceedings.

Well-drafted and enforceable terms of use are an essential risk management tool for any business, particularly e-commerce sellers and online service providers. Despite their importance, however, terms of use are often overlooked or given insufficient attention during digital asset development and management.