Two SEC enforcement actions from earlier this month, each including charges against a firm’s Chief Compliance Officer in their personal capacity, underscore the importance of maintaining accurate records and upholding…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On the 30 June 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published its final report on the 2023–2024 Common Supervisory Action (“CSA”) on the integration of sustainability risks and disclosures. This…
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/ Environmental Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Welcome to July’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. Apart from the draft legislation and accompanying material released on 21 July as part of “L-Day” (legislation day), July was a fairly quiet month for UK tax developments. There…
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/ Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxation
In this episode of The Proskauer Brief partner Guy Brenner, who leads Proskauer’s D.C. Labor & Employment practice and is head of the Government Contractor Compliance Group, and Jonathan Slowik, senior counsel, Labor &…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 11, 2025, Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate issued a memorandum entitled Civil Division Enforcement Priorities (the “Memorandum”), outlining five areas of focus for Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Civil Division…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting
In an unpublished but nonetheless significant opinion, the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of a consolidated lawsuit filed by SAG-AFTRA members against their union, finding the claims time-barred and…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an unpublished but nonetheless significant opinion, the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of a consolidated lawsuit filed by SAG-AFTRA members against their union, finding the claims time-barred and…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
If a recent survey is to be believed, managers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in making personnel decisions may be more extensive than their employers realize. A survey of 1,342 full-time manager-level employees…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
On July 24, 2025, William B. Cowen, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), issued GC Memorandum 25-08 to the Board’s 26 regional offices providing guidance on determining if an…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
On 22 July 2025, the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) published a consultation paper proposing significant reforms to its civil enforcement processes. The proposals aim to enhance the effectiveness,…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
Over the past few months, attorneys, staff, summer associates and interns across Proskauer’s U.S. offices have been volunteering with organizations to address food insecurity in their communities, a central focus of the Firm’s…
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/ Health, Law Practice Products & Services, Nonprofit Law
In Cody v. Jill Acquisition LLC, No. 25-937 (S.D. Cal. June 30, 2025), the Southern District of California declined to enforce a retail site’s terms of use and compel arbitration, holding that the plaintiff, who used guest…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
In the past few months, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Acting Director has made substantial changes to the process for, and factors considered in, exercising discretion to deny institution of an inter partes review…
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/ Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property
We invite you to review our newly-posted, July 2025 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Carranza v. City of Los Angeles, 111 Cal. App. 5th 388 (2025) -
Lilian Carranza, an LAPD captain, learned that a photo of a topless woman who looked like but was not Carranza was circulating electronically among LAPD…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
