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2020 has been a year to remember for so many reasons: a global pandemic, the race to a vaccine, and an election with record-breaking voter turnout.

On December 27, 2020, following an unexpected delay, President Donald Trump signed stimulus legislation that legislatively overruled the IRS’s position that expenses funded with forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans were not deductible.

A company’s tradename and logo are valuable assets. Consumers’ ability to associate a brand with a business’ goods and services is a critical advantage against competition.

The CFPB took another significant step towards issuing regulations to implement Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act by releasing the final report of the small business review panel (Panel) on the proposals the Bureau is considering for developing such regulations (Report)....

On December 21, Congress passed the $900 billion spending and COVID-19 relief package — the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) — which President Trump signed on December 27.

On December 28, 2020, the District Court for the Northern District of California granted a motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from implementing the Most Favored Nation Rule (the “Rule”, summarized in our December 23 post) until the notice

Until this year, most employers doing business in Virginia had to comply with very few employment laws beyond those at the federal level, and the overwhelming number of employment disputes in Virginia were resolved in federal court.

On December 18, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. ComicMix LLC, addressing mash-ups, the fair use doctrine, and burdens of proof....
By: Carlton Fields

World Law Group asked its member firms around the globe to provide some insight on employer and employee rights when it comes to requiring the COVID-19 vaccine to return to work....
By: World Law Group

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