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...
Aug 28, 2023 The Second Circuit Agrees: Loans are Not Securities By Amanda Segal Lori Jacobs In a highly anticipated decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the District Court’s decision in...
Jul 18, 2023 Greater Obstacles for Section 11 Plaintiffs Given Recent US Supreme Court Ruling on 'Slack Technologies v. Pirani' By Danette Edwards Brandon Bucio On June 1, 2023, the US Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision in Slack Technologies LLC v. Pirani that Section 11 of the Securities...
Jul 17, 2023 SEC Sends Ominous Warning to CISOs and Cybersecurity Professionals With Wells Notice Concerning SolarWinds Breach By Trisha Sircar Danette Edwards On June 23, 2023, SolarWinds disclosed in its most recent Form 8-K filing that “certain current and former executive officers and...
Jul 10, 2023 Implications of 'Students for Fair Admissions' for Private Employers By Johnjerica Hodge India Williams Loren Lee Catherine O'Brien +1 more... Show less Late last month, the Supreme Court delivered a significant ruling on affirmative action in the jointly decided cases Students for Fair...
Jun 28, 2023 U.S. Government Issues Africa Gold Advisory By Jacques Semmelman On June 27, a broad lineup of U.S. government departments and agencies issued an “Africa Gold Advisory.” The 29-page Advisory, jointly...
Jun 23, 2023 If Amazon's Online PRIME Cancellation Process Is Found to Be a Prohibited 'Dark Pattern,' Lots of Other Advertisers Should Be Worried By Chris Cole The FTC made news yesterday by filing suit against Amazon for allegedly "tricking" consumers into signing up for the company's Prime...
Jun 23, 2023 Copyright Fair Use for GenAI Training Data – Summary Judgment Decision Arriving Soon? By Michael Justus One of the most impactful copyright law issues of our time is whether the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials as training data for...
Jun 20, 2023 Enhancing Data Privacy: A Glance at Texas’s New Consumer Privacy Law By Eric Hail Trisha Sircar Lisa Prather Jose Basabe +1 more... Show less On June 18, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the Texas Data Privacy and Securities Act (TDPSA). Substantive portions of the...
Jun 16, 2023 OFAC Issues Fact Sheet on Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to Sanctioned Countries By Jacques Semmelman On June 14, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published a Fact Sheet: Provision of Humanitarian...
May 22, 2023 OFAC Imposes New Reporting Requirement in Connection With Russia Sanctions By Jacques Semmelman On May 19, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an amendment to Directive 4 of the Russian...
May 18, 2023 OFAC to Issue Revised Sanctions Regs Against South Sudan By Jacques Semmelman On May 17, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced it will be issuing a revised set of sanctions...
May 16, 2023 SEC No-Action Letters on Proxy Materials and Other Developments Reinforce Commission-Wide Commitment to ESG By Danette Edwards Richard Zelichov Trevor Garmey Any doubts about the commitment of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) to environmental and social governance...
Apr 25, 2023 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Drama Isn’t Boring At All By Jessica Kraver Editor's Note: This article is the third in a series by Katten attorneys examining NFTs and various novel legal issues raised by NFTs. ...
Apr 21, 2023 DOJ Announces Another COVID-19 Healthcare Fraud Takedown By Ryan Meyer Johnjerica Hodge Jordan Gleeson DOJ Announces Another COVID-19 Healthcare Fraud Takedown As we predicted last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has continued to...
Mar 22, 2023 Florida Appellate Court Rules That Slip and Fall Safety Report is Privileged under Patient Safety Act By Michael Callahan The plaintiff in this negligence suit against Shands Teaching Hospital in Florida was visiting a patient when she slipped and fell on...