On January 20, 2021, the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) adopted a new statewide general Waste Discharge Requirement (WDR) order for winery process waste discharge facilities (New Winery Order).
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 1, 2021 – February 5, 2021. February 4, 2021: The IRS published Rev. Proc.
In only its third precedential patent case of 2021, the Federal Circuit addressed two discrete issues. It established further precedent concerning whether references on web pages and as part of meetings of interested artisans qualify as printed publications for purposes of prior art.
In December 2020, Apple started requiring Apps to display mandatory labels that provide a graphic, easy-to-digest version of their privacy policies. They are being called “privacy nutrition labels,” presumably a reference to the mandatory FDA-required “Nutrition Facts” labels that have appeared
In NIKA Technologies v. U.S., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently reversed the holding of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims regarding when the protest-filing clock starts running for a stay of contract performance pending resolution of a bid protest when U.S.
Lawyers are trained to think logically and analytically. So, if a category ABC includes A, B, and C, one would expect the total, ABC, to be the same as A, B, and C measured separately. But it isn’t always.
Grappling with economic lulls and government restrictions, many businesses have struggled to compete during the pandemic. Making matters worse, political unrest has increased the prevalence of divisive off-duty employee conduct.
In its January 2021 newsletter, What’s New, Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development provides new and updated guidance for businesses that are required to have a written safety plan, including all businesses operating during a lockdown or shutdown....
