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Following our reporting earlier this week on the Section 301 determinations regarding digital services tax (DST) measures in India, Italy, and Turkey, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has today issued additional findings regarding DSTs in Austria, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

A technical amendment to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Act) again makes workshare a viable cost-cutting option for employers, while providing financial security for employees......

In its final Advisory Opinion of 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) approved a pharmaceutical company’s request to provide financial assistance to patients who were prescribed a cancer drug that the company manufactured.

The EEOC is extending its mediation program until September 30. I have long been a fan of the voluntary mediation program offered by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The US Congress passed the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 on December 21, 2020 (H.R. 6196), which sets forth new trademark rules that will take effect on December 21, 2021.

In preparation for the upcoming proxy season, issuers should familiarize themselves with the Canadian proxy voting guidelines recently published by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis), respectively.

After Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act in 2015, it has now become an annual requirement for the U.S.

In December 2020, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (“Defense Act”), which includes significant reforms to the United States’ monitoring system for financial crimes.

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