Sep 22, 2023 California Lawsuit Launches Massive Climate Change Lawsuit Against Major Oil Producers and Their Trade Association By Chris Cole On September 15, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the filing of a 135-page complaint against major oil producers and their...
Sep 22, 2023 Greenwashing? Try 'Greenhushing' – A Look at Recent Developments in Fashion Sustainability Claims By Chris Cole The fashion industry continues to be a target of activist plaintiffs who allege greenwashing, or in other words, false advertising...
Sep 22, 2023 Health Equity: An Important Pillar of ESG By Johnjerica Hodge India Williams Arron Pak In recent years, the federal government has placed a renewed emphasis on addressing structural, policy, and operational challenges and...
Sep 21, 2023 Humanitarian Channel in Qatar to Administer $6 Billion in Funds Transferred Under Deal Releasing U.S. Citizens Wrongfully Held in Iran By Jacques Semmelman In connection with the recently negotiated deal releasing five U.S. citizens wrongfully imprisoned by the government of Iran, on...
Sep 21, 2023 Oral Phenylephrine — Cue the Lawsuits By Chris Cole On September 12, an FDA Advisory Committee unanimously recommended that oral phenylephrine, the active ingredient in numerous popular...
Sep 21, 2023 Thoughts from the National Advertising Division (NAD) Annual Conference, 2023 By Chris Cole The annual legal conference for the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureaus National Programs (NAD) took place over...
Sep 19, 2023 FCA Publishes Policy Statement and Near-Final Rules on Financial Promotion Approvals Gateway By Neil Robson Nathaniel Lalone Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien +1 more... Show less The FCA has published a policy statement (PS23/13) on introducing a “gateway” for firms that approve the financial promotions of...
Sep 18, 2023 ICO Joint Statement on Data Scraping and the Protection of Privacy By Tegan Miller-McCormack Sarah Simpson On August 24, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a joint statement in conjunction with 11 other global authorities...
Sep 15, 2023 FCA Publishes Letter on Preparations for Cryptoasset Financial Promotion Rules By Neil Robson Christopher Collins Sara Portillo On 7 September 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a letter (“Letter”) setting out its findings from meetings with...
Sep 14, 2023 CFPB Director Announces Intention to Propose Rules Targeting the Reliance on Non-Traditional Data Sources in Consumer Finance By Eric Hail Christina Grigorian Jessica Harrell
Sep 12, 2023 Copyright Office Holds That 600+ Prompt Iterations Are Not Enough 'Human Authorship' for Registration of GenAI Artwork By Michael Justus On September 5, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office Review Board affirmed the Copyright Office’s refusal to register a digital artwork...
Sep 11, 2023 US Court Holds DeFi Developer Cannot Be Held Liable for 3d Party Bad Actors; A Week Later, CFTC Suggests Contrary View Over One Commissioner’s Dissent By Gary DeWaal Dan Davis A developer and financial backers of a renowned decentralized finance protocol cannot be held liable to private litigants for the...
Sep 06, 2023 CMS Calls for Novel Federal Staffing Standards in Nursing Homes By Nikita Yogeshwarun The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposal on September 1 calling for the first national minimum staffing...
Sep 06, 2023 Katten and Reputation Consultancy Lansons Debut Podcast Series on Misconduct in Financial Services By Financial Markets and Funds In collaboration with reputation consultancy Lansons, Katten has launched “(mis)Conduct, Money & Reputation,” a new podcast series that...
Sep 05, 2023 Katten Hosts Clinic for Asylum Seekers With National Immigrant Justice Center By Katten Cares For the second consecutive year, Katten’s Chicago office hosted a clinic in August with the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) for...
Sep 01, 2023 The Post-Brexit Future of the UK’s Securitisation Regime Takes Shape By Nathaniel Lalone Peter Englund Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien +1 more... Show less As part of the UK’s post-Brexit regulatory reforms, the UK government is working to repeal and replace retained EU financial services law...