8/27/2021 12:45:23 PM Government Investigation Into Possible Misrepresentations by Deutschebank in Green Investing By Jacob H. Hupart The Wall Street Journal has reported on a government investigation into DWS, an entity that is majority-owned by Deutschebank, in...
8/27/2021 12:41:12 PM Climate Change and the Federal Reserve By Jacob H. Hupart There are many aspects to the changing regulatory landscape as the U.S. government (and other authorities) increase their focus on...
8/25/2021 4:41:10 PM Charlie Watts, Legendary Drummer By Mintz The Rolling Stones are my favorite band. The 1989 Steel Wheels show in Toronto was my first big concert (Start Me Up fireworks and Honky...
8/24/2021 12:00:46 AM Court Rules "Independent Contractor" Prop 22 is Unconstitutional By Paul Huston On Friday, a California Superior Court judge held that California's Proposition 22--which allowed certain "gig economy" workers to be...
8/19/2021 5:49:09 PM A Company Meets the Definition of "Business" under the CCPA, Court Finds By Mintz In a first-of-its-kind ruling interpreting the CCPA, a federal judge concluded that a business was subject to the CCPA because the...
8/18/2021 8:57:49 PM Nasdaq Listing Rule Aims to Improve Diversity in Boardrooms By Mintz The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved Nasdaq Inc.’s new listing rule aimed at improving diversity on corporate boards....
8/18/2021 3:01:45 PM Influencing Inclusion and Creating Client-Facing Opportunities for Women By Mintz Nice profile piece featuring Narges Kakalia and her experiences as a litigator and her passion for driving change as our Director of...
8/16/2021 1:26:17 PM Another Battle in the Political Fight Over How to Address High Drug Prices By Theresa Carnegie PCMA's lawsuit over the legality of the Trump-era drug price transparency rules is yet another battle in the on-going war in Washington...
8/12/2021 10:16:09 PM Executive Stock Sales Are Under Scrutiny. Here’s What Regulators Are Interested In. By Joel I. Papernik The regulators have made it clear that they are revisiting Rule 10b5-1 Executive Stock Sale Plans with a view of “tightening” them up. ...
8/9/2021 10:41:51 PM SEC Approves NASDAQ Board Diversity Proposal Over Significant Dissent By Jacob H. Hupart The SEC recently approved two proposals by NASDAQ concerning board diversity. Specifically, the proposals would "require each Nasdaq...
8/9/2021 10:38:47 PM IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Emphasizes Dangers of Climate Change By Jacob H. Hupart Today, the IPCC released its Sixth Assessment Report (https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/#SPM), which emphasized the dangers of climate...
8/9/2021 4:50:47 PM FCC's New 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Map: Are You Covered? By Angela Y. Kung On August 6, 2021, the FCC released a brand new, first-of-its-kind, mobile broadband map, showing mobile 4G LTE voice and broadband...
8/6/2021 12:13:55 AM Staying Connected in the Busiest of Times By Mintz Adam Grant has published many good reads and I was reminded of his earlier work today ("Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our...
8/5/2021 2:56:06 PM Climate Change Litigation: Taxation as Alternative? By Jacob H. Hupart Over the past several years, a number of municipalities and other public sector actors have launched a series of lawsuits against the...