03.22.21
To support our clients during the COVID-19 pandemic, we provide below links to the Governor’s Executive Orders and California County directives and mandates.
03.18.21
In a major move to expand into the influencer market and bring more clarity to influencer-produced advertising content, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Joint Policy Committee agreed to a new Waiver for Influencer Produced Sponsored Content.
03.17.21
On March 11, President Joe Biden signed an approximately $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill—the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
03.16.21
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau just reversed course on the standard for abusive practices established under prior CFPB leadership.
03.15.21
In response to concerns over the impact of COVID-19 on the residents of nursing homes in New York, a substantial amount of attention and effort will be devoted during the course of the 2021 Legislative Session to issues relating to the state’s current approach to the oversight, regulation and ...
Last week, the number of new COVID-19 cases in the County dropped below the threshold of the State’s Blueprint in order to move into Tier 2.
03.11.21
In the wake of a pandemic that has pummeled our public health and health care delivery systems, crippled the economy, and brought into stark relief long-standing racial inequities, states are faced with both the opportunity and the imperative to rethink their role in protecting and improving health.
03.10.21
On March 9, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an Interpretive Rule that the prohibitions against sex discrimination in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B encompass sexual orientation discrimination and gender identity discrimination.
03.09.21
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Office) has issued final rules revising the procedure for instituting review on all challenged claims to conform with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu.
03.08.21
On August 3, 2020, the California Supreme Court held in Ixchel Pharma, LLC v. Biogen, Inc. that tortious interference with at-will contracts requires establishing wrongful conduct independent of interference itself.