What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress - Is It Time to Find a New Supplier?
What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress - Candid Conversations with Suppliers in Distress
What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress - Identifying Suppliers in Distress
Podcast: The Legal Battle Over Mifepristone - Diagnosing Health Care
WorldSmart: The Move to Mexico— Why Companies are Setting Sights on Mexico Post COVID
Proposition 65 – Changes That Will Impact the Cannabis Sector
MLM Defense: FTC Earnings Claims and Nonsolicitation Clauses
Supply Chain Disruptions with Special Guest Chris Mills, CEO of Lion Brand Yarn
Law Brief®: Mark Rosenberg and Richard Schoenstein Discuss Online Distribution Leakage
I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - Business Divorces in the Food and Supplements Space
Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch
Texas House Passes Pandemic Liability Protection Act
Cannabis Counsel Cast: What Cannabis Companies Need to Know About California’s Prop. 65 (Even if They Aren’t in California)
From Farm to Shelf – COVID’s Impact on Global Supply Chains
Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - Quality Agreements for FDA-Regulated Products: Looking Under the Hood
RCG Webinar | Where's the Beef?
Lowndes Client Corner Podcast Episode 1 - DraftLine Technologies, The Business of Beer
Protecting Trade Secrets During Business Collaboration
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), is cracking down on procurement fraud and contract fraud. It has recently issued multiple referrals for suspension or debarment, and it is targeting not only prime vendors, but...more
The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), adopted by the European Parliament in 2024, marks a major milestone in European cybersecurity legislation. As the first EU-wide law focused on the cybersecurity of digital products, it...more
When assessing your third-party risks, it is important to start with one important division — a company’s supply chain and on the flip side, a company’s distribution chain. Sourcing materials and supply chain links present a...more
This week, I discuss with my colleagues, Dr. Richard E. Engler, Director of Chemistry for B&C and The Acta Group (Acta®), our consulting affiliate, and Kelly N. Garson, Senior Associate for B&C and Acta, our recently released...more
Texas is joining a growing number of states in considering comprehensive laws regulating use of AI. In particular, the Texas Legislature is scheduled to consider the draft “Texas Responsible AI Governance Act” (the “Act”),...more
Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team discusses the new Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) that affects manufacturers and distributors of connected devices that are in use anywhere in the European Union....more
On 20 November 2024, the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) was published in the Official Journal of the EU, kicking off the phased implementation of the CRA obligations....more
Companies deploying high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems must prepare to navigate a complex landscape of new obligations by August 2, 2026. In this post we explain the key obligations for providers and deployers of...more
In this blog post, we will focus on obligations that the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) sets for deployers, providers, importers and distributors regarding high-risk AI systems....more
Attention all compliance officers at large technology companies – have you checked your mail lately? Because you might find a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission with FCPA risk written all over it....more
The EU AI Act, which was passed by the European Parliament on 13 March and is set to become law later this year, will probably be the world’s first legislation to introduce a general regulatory framework for artificial...more
The various and elusive tactics used by Russia to evade global sanctions and export controls have grown increasingly sophisticated over the last several months, putting the onus on multinational entities to become equally...more
Williams Mullen’s What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress video series describes how to identify your critical suppliers that might be in jeopardy, provides suggestions on how you can help them, and shares how you can...more
The EU is working on its next move toward sustainability and plans to oblige companies to address adverse sustainability impacts in their own operations and in their value chain. While the European Commission is working on...more
According to the Center for Accountability in Science, since 2010, businesses have spent over $182 million to settle Prop 65 lawsuits. What most companies do not realize is that 75% of settling businesses were headquartered...more
...The coronavirus (provisionally named SARS-CoV-2, with its disease being named COVID-19) has now been documented in six of the world’s seven continents, with more than 80,000 cases, sparing only Antarctica. Closer to home,...more
At the end of December, China acknowledged the existence of the coronavirus, and this burgeoning heath crisis is becoming a supply chain problem. China, a major manufacturing hub for materials, products and components being...more
Now in its third month, the coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, has claimed over 2,000 lives and brought one of the world’s most dynamic economies to a near standstill. ...more
Over the past few years, many manufacturing industries have faced a new trend: reseller (i.e., distributor or dealer) consolidation within channel networks. From the manufacturer’s standpoint, there is clear upside to this...more
On December 26, Marty and Dave McFly were playing video games when, downstairs in the living room, the hoverboard that Marty had received for Christmas ignited. The fire quickly engulfed the Christmas tree and spread...more
The fast pace of modern business leaves little time to be careful about fine print legal terms, but glossing over purchase and sales order terms and conditions can lead to severe consequences for your business. Whether your...more
Manufacturers encounter financing statements in many contexts – as a borrower, as a supplier of goods sold on credit, as a seller in a leveraged acquisition, as a seller of equipment where financing is provided to the buyer...more
Come to network and brainstorm with top regulatory and compliance executives and legal counsel. ACI’s Food Law conference is the leading forum for in-house counsel for manufacturers, retailers, and distributors, regulatory...more
We have found that more and more of our clients are involved in e-commerce fulfillment, distribution and last-mile services. We handle sophisticated issues in this sector every single day, including drafting and negotiating...more