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|May 07, 2024On April 17, 2024, the U.S. government renewed sanctions on the Venezuelan oil and gas sector, following a determination by the U.S. State Department that the Maduro Government had “not fully met the commitments” of a political agreement with the Unitary Platform. This action follows earlier reimpositions of Venezuela-related sanctions that had been temporarily lifted in October, subject to the success of this agreement (see our previous alerts, U.S. Suspends Select Venezuela Sanctions Following Political Agreement and OFAC Narrows Venezuela-Related Sanctions General License).
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|May 07, 2024Wilmington Managing Partner Francis Pileggi recently spoke with Law360 for an article titled, “Storm Clouds Gather Over Delaware's Business Haven Rep,” which discusses whether Delaware’s status as a haven for companies may be in jeopardy.
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|May 06, 2024Universal Music Group (UMG) has reached a new licensing deal with TikTok, allowing the platform's users to once again access content from UMG's vast catalog of recordings and songs. This agreement brings an end to the public, several-month-long dispute between UMG and TikTok over artist royalties and AI issues, and marks a significant development in the relationship between the music industry and social media platforms.
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|May 03, 2024Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Doug Morgan and Scott Murray to its Jackson, Mississippi office as partners in the firm’s Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation Practices. Messrs. Morgan and Murray have been practicing in the insurance coverage space for 24 years and 16 years, respectively, and join Lewis Brisbois from a boutique insurance coverage firm.
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|May 03, 2024New York Partners Adam Schwartzstein, James Strauss, and Jennifer Harris recently secured a dismissal of a personal injury plaintiff’s complaint on summary judgment, with a New York federal judge agreeing with their argument that the plaintiff had not suffered a “serious injury” as defined by New York Insurance Law §5102(d).
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|May 03, 2024Orange County Associate Laura Lopez will moderate a panel on recent prohibitions of surprise medical bills at an upcoming Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) Health Care Law Section Meeting, hosted in conjunction with the Orange County Asian American Bar Association on May 9 at 11:00 a.m. PT.
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|May 02, 2024On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law the 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act, Pub. L. 118–50 (H.R.815), to provide military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Enacted as Division H of that law is the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the “Act”), which stipulates that unless the Chinese-owned social-application network TikTok is sold within 270 days (subject to a one-time extension of up to 90 days), TikTok can no longer operate in the U.S. The Act is meant to end years of political debates over whether TikTok should be permitted to operate in the U.S. The Act also gives the President of the United States standing authority going forward to ban on national security grounds other applications with at least one million active users owned by a person or entity in a “foreign adversary country.”
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|May 02, 2024Los Angeles Partner Tony M. Sain, with Associate Tori Bakken and law and motion Partner Abigail McLaughlin, recently secured a defense jury verdict in a restraint-related wrongful death civil rights case on behalf of a law enforcement agency in Southern California.
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|May 01, 2024New Orleans Associates Shiena Marie Burke and Miranda Tucker Morgan will present a session, titled "Motions for Summary Judgment: Valuing a Case" on May 2 at the Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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|May 01, 2024Los Angeles Partner Victoria Kajo has been named to global media company KNOW Women's 2024 100 Women to KNOW in America list, which honors the top 100 female leaders across North America. The honorees were recognized at the annual KNOW Women Summit, held from April 21-23 at The Palomar Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona.
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|April 30, 2024Newark Partner Thomas “T.J.” Keevins will join a panel on risks posed by runway incursions at the Aviation Insurance Association’s 2024 Annual Conference in New Orleans on May 3 at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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|April 30, 2024Los Angeles Partner Cameron Kalunian will speak at the upcoming West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar, hosted at Disneyland Resort Hotel in Anaheim on May 17 at 9:30 a.m. PT.
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|April 29, 2024On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission decided by a 3 to 2 vote to approve regulations that would ban most non-compete clauses for employees. This regulation may affect more than 30 million contracts. Specifically, the Commission determined it is an unfair method of competition, and therefore a violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act, for employers to enter into non-compete agreements with workers and to enforce those agreements. If implemented as passed by the FTC, this regulation would not only nullify most existing non-compete agreements, but also expose employers who seek to enforce such agreements to significant penalties.
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|April 26, 2024Providence Managing Partner and Co-Chair of Lewis Brisbois' Workers' Compensation Practice Lauren Motola-Davis, Northwest Indiana Partner Tricia Bellich, and Sacramento Partner Ryan Frazier will present a webinar titled “Workers Compensation: Recent Trends,” on May 16, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. PT.
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