On December 10, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a grand jury had indicted the former owner of a therapist staffing company in Texas for a Sherman Act §1 violation. The indictment alleges that Mr.
A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board....
CEP Magazine (December 2020) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a fine of $6 million against Hewlett-Packard (HP) to settle allegations that the company inflated sales and misled investors and stakeholders.
As the Trump Administration draws to a close, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued two final rules that have long been on the "wish list" of U.S. and foreign carriers.
On December 3, 2020, the federal government took a significant step to reduce barriers to healthcare practitioners’ ability to provide COVID-19-related telehealth services across state lines by amending its previous declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act).
Employers now have clarification that they will be able mandate the COVID-19 vaccine among their workers in certain circumstances without running afoul of key federal anti-discrimination laws, according to updated guidance issued Wednesday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
In a recent decision, Ezaki Glico v. Lotte International American Corporation, the Third Circuit rejected a manufacturer’s claims of trade dress infringement regarding Pocky, a chocolate covered cookie stick which Ezaki Glico invented in the 1970s.
On December 10, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order that it hopes will encourage the deployment of the ATSC 3.0 Next Generation Television Standard (ATSC 3.0) and facilitate the expansion of new and innovative ancillary and supplementary ser
In the spirit of the season—and keeping some semblance of normal—we are using our annual "12 days of the holidays" blog series to address new California laws and their impact on California employers.
