Seattle Partner Michael Jaeger will join the upcoming Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL) Members’ Roundtable on April 4 at 5:15 p.m. PT.
Read moreLast week, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a final rule to impose additional restrictions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) on persons and entities identified under 14 sanctions programs, on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) maintained by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Read moreNew York Partner and National Chair of Lewis Brisbois' Entertainment, Media & Sports Practice Steven C. Beer will join an AI & Media Town Hall virtual event, presented by ShotlistAI on March 30 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Read moreNewark Partner Afsha Noran will join her alma mater Seton Hall Law School's Muslim Women's Day panel on March 25 at 6 p.m. ET.
Read moreOn February 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued Venezuela General License (GL) 45B and, on March 1, 2024, published related Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) 1167 and updated FAQs 1137 and 1141. GL 45B and its related FAQs follow previous actions by the U.S. government to reimpose Venezuela-related sanctions (see our previous alert, “U.S. Reimposes Venezuela Sanctions Following Actions by Maduro Government”) and narrow the scope of certain transactions previously authorized under U.S. sanctions laws.
Read moreIn February, the Kentucky Supreme Court struck a blow to legislators’ attempts to extend the statute of limitations applicable to child sexual abuse claims against third parties such as schools, government employers, or churches.
Read moreLewis Brisbois is pleased to announce its Intellectual Property & Technology Practice co-chairs: Los Angeles Partners Robert Collins and Craig Holden, and Atlanta Partners Joshua Curry and Jonathan Goins. The attorneys who comprise this leadership team will work together to continue to enhance the already high level of service that Lewis Brisbois provides to its intellectual property (IP) clients on a national and global scale.
Read moreChicago Partners Maggie Fitzsimmons and Charles Cole recently obtained a directed verdict on behalf of a doctor in a complex psychiatric medical malpractice case, following a three-week trial.
Read moreNew York Partner Alecia Walters-Hinds will present at an upcoming Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association Foundation conference, hosted at Brooklyn Law School on March 27 at 5:30 p.m. ET.
Read moreOn July 1, 2023, a new Florida law (Senate Bill 264) went into effect, restricting foreign investment in Florida real estate from specific countries, and enacting a near-ban on property purchases by Chinese, Russian and other foreign nationals.
Read moreOn March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its long-awaited final climate-related disclosure rule for U.S. public companies. This groundbreaking regulation mandates that publicly traded companies provide information in their annual reports and registration statements regarding the climate risks they face, their plans to address those risks, the financial impact of severe weather events, and, in certain circumstances, greenhouse gas emissions originating from their operations.
Read moreProvidence Partner Michael Marcello and Associate Justin Bonnick recently secured a summary judgment ruling confirming the City of East Providence’s ability to tax a nonprofit corporation that provides healthcare services to Medicaid-eligible individuals.
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