U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food standards are experiencing the most activity in a generation, with FDA aiming to revoke 52 food standards followed by a proposal to revise the orange juice standard. If...more
For contractors within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), the time to ensure compliance with the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program (CMMC) 2.0 is now. DOD formally sent the final...more
The way we regulate rarely works terribly well for the regulator or the regulated. Yet, we keep doing it the same way…a subspecies of insanity to be sure. As an example, has anyone out there in CRE land taken a gander at...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed an expansive new rule which would impose a near-complete ban on the use of noncompetes (the “Proposed Rule”) by employers. The Proposed Rule is the...more
On December 30, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers announced their finalization of the agencies’ redefinition of the Clean Water Act’s “waters of the United States” phrase,...more
Now in effect, Phase 2 of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s multiyear initiative to update its labeling and advertising regulations for alcohol beverages covers distilled spirits and malt beverages. Our Food &...more
With the new Biden administration now in place, the Department of Labor (DOL) has withdrawn a Trump era measure on guidance documents. Following a recent Executive Order, the DOL issued a final rule on January 27 to rescind...more
At the end of July 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jointly published the Safe Importation Action Plan, which outlined the Trump Administration’s two-part...more
The Final Rule promulgated by the USPTO in July is now in effect; amending the requirements for acceptable specimens of use. On October 5, 2019, the USPTO’s Final Rule published this July (available under Addtional...more