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07.01.2022
On June 30, 2022, the United States Supreme Court (Court), in West Virginia v. EPA, found the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted beyond its authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA) when it enacted the expansive Clean Power Plan (CPP).
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06.22.2022
Outsourcing the design and manufacturing of products, components and software to foreign contractors has become a significant part of manufacturing in the U.S.
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06.16.2022
FTC Publishes Blog Post That Could Expand Data Breach Notification Requirements – On May 20, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a blog post suggesting that, in certain instances, a company may have to do more than comply with applicable state...
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06.15.2022
The Copyright Office recently announced that the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) will begin accepting claims on Thursday, June 16, 2022.
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06.14.2022
On June 6, 2022, President Biden announced a 2-year suspension of anti-dumping duties that could be levied on imported solar modules and cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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06.13.2022
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses the newly required lifetime income illustrations that must be provided to 401(k) plan participants.
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06.13.2022
In August 2021, the Office of Management and Budget approved an information collection request requiring that all “covered” federal contractors and subcontractors use a newly-created OFCCP Contractor Portal to certify, on an annual basis, whether they have...
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06.08.2022
The newly enacted federal No Surprises Act (NSA), intended to protect consumers from surprise balance billing, continues to be the subject of considerable controversy.
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06.06.2022
In Brasko v. Howard Bank, 2022 WL 951771 (D. Md. Mar. 29, 2022), a district court recently certified a subclass of residential mortgage borrowers who alleged that First Mariner Bank, a predecessor of Howard Bank, violated RESPA Section 8(a)[1] through a sham...
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06.02.2022
The Biden Administration and EPA continue to strengthen and expand the federal Environmental Justice (EJ) strategy as evidenced by the President’s April 2022 Equity Action Plan (Plan) and the United States DOJ’s May 2022 “Comprehensive Environmental Justice...
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06.02.2022
Settlement agreements regarding payments to non-governmental third parties were sharply curtailed by the Trump administration.
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06.02.2022
EPA proposed a transformative rule to address the obligations of 26 states for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (2015 Ozone NAAQS).
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06.02.2022
Four years ago, EPA published its “Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR): Aggregation; Reconsideration” (New Source Review (NSR) Aggregation Action).
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06.02.2022
EPA has again taken action to ban certain asbestos-containing products in the United States under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 6(a) by a proposed rule published in the Federal Register April 12, 2022.
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06.02.2022
As a general rule, the law will not allow plaintiffs to sit on legal rights indefinitely. Superfund actions are no exception.
