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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – December 2024 # 4

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/24

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week......
By: Troutman Pepper

Buckle Your Seatbelt, It's Going to Be a Bumpy Ride … or Is It?

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/24

Readers, thank you for journeying with us through all nine (and this, our 10th and final!) installments of Season's Readings. In this final piece, we turn from the past and look ahead to what may be in store from the SEC's Division of Enforcement in 2025 and beyond....

Appeals We’re Watching: Recent Appeal Potentially Sets Up SCOTUS Ruling on the Constitutionality of Whistleblower-Controlled False Claims Act Litigation

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/24

In October of 2024, the United States appealed the federal district court’s judgment in United States ex rel. Zafirov v.

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - December 2024 #4

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/24

NASCAR wants to press pause on a court order that stops it from blocking teams that have asserted antitrust claims against the league from its races, telling the judge who handed down the preliminary injunction that it thinks the Fourth Circuit will be on its side....

U.S. Court of Appeals Reinstates Enforcement of the CTA Nationwide

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/24

On December 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated the enforceability of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), and the preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al.

Continuing Trend: Section 301 Machinery Exclusion

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/24

A total of 185 Section 301 exclusion requests for machinery used in domestic manufacturing have been filed as of Dec. 19, 2024. Of those, 136 requests remain open for opposition or support from interested parties or for responses from the requestors.

Antitrust/M&A - Year-in-Review 2024

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/24

2024 was a significant year for merger enforcement worldwide. In the United States, the Biden administration continued the aggressive approach reflected in the revamped Merger Guidelines issued in December 2023.

New EU Product Liability Directive Comes Into Force

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/24

The Directive expands the scope of liability to digital products (including AI systems), fulfilment service providers, and online platforms, while reducing the burden of proof for claimants.

Fifth Circuit Revives Corporate Transparency Act, Filing Deadlines Reinstated

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/24

As we previously reported, on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the U.S.

Amendment to Mexico's Federal Labor Law for Workers' Rest (Ley Silla)

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/24

Mexico's Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación or DOF) published the labor law for rest, Ley Silla, on Dec. 19, 2024.

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