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On January 27, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.92, which continued through February 26, 2021, all directives made by Executive Order 202, which was the initial COVID-19 disaster declaration issued on March 7, 2020, and all successor orders to Executive Order 202.

Critics of modern antitrust enforcement have been building momentum towards antitrust reform over the last several years. In the first week of February 2021, several members of Congress signaled that bipartisan legislative efforts are on the table for the new Congress......

As the Biden administration begins detailing its regulatory and enforcement priorities, it faces a new challenge on the health data privacy and security front. In University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, No. 19-60226 (5th Cir.

Since inauguration, the Biden Administration has used Executive Orders, guidance and regulations, and cabinet nominations to make clear that LGBTQ+ protections are a top policy priority.

Welcome to our weekly roundup of CBD and hemp-related legal and regulatory news: The Cannabis Conundrum: A Warning For Employers - While many states have legalized medical and recreational marijuana, marijuana remains an illegal controlled substance under federal law....

Although few might think of securities laws as “simple,” sometimes, laws are more complicated than necessary. That has been the case with accredited investor verification under Rule 506(c). But that will change when a new rule becomes effective on March 15, 2021....

Joining just a handful of other states with similar laws, Colorado voters approved a ballot initiative in the November 2020 election—Proposition 118—creating a state-run insurance program that will provide paid family and medical leave to employees in the state.

Seyfarth Synopsis: Despite inopportune remarks by a decision-maker, an employer was able to prevail in an age discrimination case where underlying reason for employee’s terminated was, in fact, insubordination, and not some pretext for discrimination....

"It cannot be seriously disputed that the COVID-19 pandemic is a natural disaster." This seemingly straightforward conclusion has only been reached in a small number of reported court decisions since the start of the pandemic. In JN Contemporary Art LLC v. Phillips Auctioneers LLC, No.

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