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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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|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, 2024The General Court of the European Court of Justice recently overturned a determination by the European Union’s (EU) executive body, the European Council (EC or Council), to sanction two prominent Russian oligarchs in connection with their alleged support of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. In reaching this decision, the General Court accorded almost no deference to the prerogatives of the EC, making it clear that sanctions are subject to a searching judicial review.
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|April 23, 2024A California appeals court's 2021 ruling in Qaadir v. Figueroa, which allowed attorney referrals and unpaid lien-based medical bills to be admitted into evidence in a personal injury case, remains an important precedent for the defense bar.
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|April 23, 2024The U.S. Supreme Court's recent holding in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, rejecting a materially significant disadvantage analysis for Title VII lawsuits over job transfers, could increase employers' exposure to such litigation.
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|April 17, 2024In MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE CORP. v. MOAB PARTNERS, L.P. the U.S. Supreme Court held that pure omissions are not actionable under Rule 10b–5(b)
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|April 16, 2024On April 12, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of a landowner who asserted that legislatively imposed land use and permit fees could be seen as violating the Takings Clause under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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|April 15, 2024The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits covered entities from discriminating on the basis of disability. Over the past ten years thousands of lawsuits – many styled as class actions – have been filed against covered entities alleging that they have failed to make their websites and mobile applications accessible. The proliferation of litigation has been exacerbated by the failure of the Department of Justice, which is tasked with enacting regulations under the ADA’s public accommodation provisions, to issue long-anticipated regulations on how to measure digital accessibility. The lack of regulations has led to ambiguity about which standards applied, leaving covered entities largely in the dark regarding the best way to protect themselves from litigation and to accommodate persons with disabilities.
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