Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

However, Commerce notes that most cryptographic libraries and modules themselves will likely not be impacted by this change because the mass market note (Note 3 to Category 5, Part 2 or the "Cryptography Note") specifically excludes items whose primary function is "information security.". c or 5D992.c Conclusion.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 12, 2021

This question, and FDA’s discretion to determine a product’s regulatory classification, was at the heart of the DC Circuit’s April 2021 decision in Genus Med. Under the FDCA, whether a product is regulated as a drug or device turns on the intended use of the product. N: Genus Med. Food and Drug Administration, 994 F.3d

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2022

& Svc Consultants, Go Energy, H&M Wells, Horizontal Explorating, Martin B. From 2016 to 2021, DEP issued 4,193 notices of violation to conventional drillers for attempting to abandon their wells. Reel Resources, Ryan Farm, STK Investments, Suchko Andrew and Timberline Energy. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Arnold Porter

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The deadline to submit comments is November 8, 2021. Definitions and Categories. How the Agency resolves these questions in regulations critically impact what covered businesses need to do to steer clear of Agency enforcement actions in the years to come. Topics Outlined in the Invitation. Key Questions.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

On August 27, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced that it had reached a settlement agreement (the Settlement Agreement) with Romanian bank First Bank SA (First Bank) and its US parent company, JC Flowers & Co. (JC Euro-Denominated Payments to Iran as a Foreign Subsidiary of a US Company.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On March 2, 2021, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law the Consumer Data Protection Act (the VCDPA or the Act), making Virginia the second state, following California, to grant consumers broad privacy rights with respect to their personal information as collected by businesses both within and outside the state.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 9, 2021

On December 8, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took a key step toward implementing the highly anticipated beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The CTA exempts a wide array of entities from the definition of “reporting company.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Included as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ,[[N:H.R. omnibus legislation signed into law at the end of 2020, the “No Surprises Act” (Act) contains a number of protections for patients in cases of both emergency services and non-emergency services performed by out-of-network providers at in-network facilities.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 13, 2021

On July 7, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA or the Act), a far-reaching statute providing Colorado residents new rights to control the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information by businesses active in the state.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 10, 2021

On December 8, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a notice as an initial step in addressing potential money laundering vulnerabilities associated with non-financed transactions in the US real estate market.[[N: N: Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Real Estate Transactions , 86 Fed. 29, 2021).]].

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Nitrate is one of the most violated federal drinking water standards, with EPA data showing 458 systems in violation in the fourth quarter of 2021. This map shows nitrate concentrations in drinking water between 2016 and 2018 for federally regulated water systems. Twenty-three are in Nebraska. Nebraska agriculture is a behemoth.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 22, 2021

Federal agencies could prepare programmatic environmental impact statements (EIS’s) for categories of CCS projects, for example, which would allow much shorter and faster environmental assessments on a project-specific basis. © Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 2021 All Rights Reserved.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We also report on recent updates in relation to sanctions and the growth of cryptoasset-related regulation. Regulators concluding the HBOS investigation with no further action against senior managers. million for misleading its regulator, the FRC. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022. KPMG fined £18.4

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

As we previously reported , President Biden issued an executive order on September 9, 2021 charting a path for implementing COVID-19 safeguards for government contractors (EO). 25, 2021).]] Applicability. Vaccine Mandate v. masking and social distancing) are workplace-specific. However, the Guidance provides clarity on the timing.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

A discussion of ESG disclosures, and what the industry may expect from these other financial regulators on ESG matters under the Biden-Harris Administration, will be the subject of an upcoming Advisory. * * * * *. Transition to a Sustainable Low-Carbon Economy , issued today, February 18, 2021. N: See also , The U.S.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Recent market events, however, appear to have prompted the proposed amendments, and the proposing release cites to “the March 2020 COVID-19 turmoil and the January 2021 market volatility in certain stocks” as a justification for the proposal.[[N: The Proposed Amendments. Lowered Reporting Threshold.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 14, 2023

Photo credit: GRIDArendal on Visualhunt Antitrust – a previously dormant area of law and federal enforcement – has reached a new zenith in recent years. Most of the rhetoric and activity has occurred in the first two categories in the US, so we focus there, in an effort to differentiate political narratives from legal reality.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA Sought Information to Inform Regulation of 1-Bromopropane as Hazardous Air Pollutant.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA Denied Petitions Seeking TSCA Regulation of Chemicals in Cigarettes and Cosmetics.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. PFAS Accountability Act of 2021 Would Create Federal Cause of Action for PFAS Exposure.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 2, 2021

The Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021 (H.R. However, in 2022, Congress must pass the next iteration of the UFA reauthorizations in order to fund various activities across FDA, providing a likely vehicle for either to become law, in whole or in part. 2209), introduced for the second time by Sen.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Since the election, not a week has passed without news that ESG is an increasingly critical focus of the financial regulators, federal and state lawmakers, and investors. We also summarize the issue of climate-related disclosures from the perspective of the banking regulators. Last week may have been the most newsworthy yet.

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 11, 2022

Airbnb Payments processed several thousand payments related to Airbnb customers’ travel to Cuba for reasons outside of the limited travel-related transactions permitted by OFAC’s Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR). 29, 2021).]] 515 for the regulations currently in effect.]]. Policy Overview (updated Oct.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This provides a new lever in regulating cross-border trade, entirely separate from other laws that restrict cross-border transactions (such as trade sanctions, traditional export controls, and reviews of foreign investments by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)). § 800.241(a)(ii).

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. June 15, 2021). June 16, 2021). On June 14, 2021, the U.S. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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JUNE 2, 2021

The Biden Administration has been quick to respond to the unfolding situation in Myanmar (also known Burma): a day after the military, known as the Tatmadaw, seized control of the country's government, the State Department declared the actions a coup d'état, resulting in a cutoff of many categories of foreign assistance. New Sanctions.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On April 21, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) that, beginning on January 30, 2022, raises the minimum wage for prime contractor and subcontractor employees performing covered contracts or contract-like instruments (Covered Contracts) from $10.95[[N:Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors, 85 Fed. 201 et seq.;

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Williams joined the Biden administration in January 2021 and is currently serving as the agency’s principal deputy director. She previously worked as the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks director from 2017–2020 and was an assistant professor of law at the University of Montana. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. 6, 2021).]] 20, 2021).]] 19, 2021).]] 11, 2021).]] 27, 2021).]]

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The bill repeals section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. By Annie Snider, PoliticoPro, 11/18/2021. In this issue: Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. Applications are due Dec.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Biden-Harris Administration's rollback of the Trump Administration's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) policies officially began on February 19, 2021, with the rescission of the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ's) 2019 proposed NEPA guidance on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. See Wild Va. 3:20-cv-00045-JPJ-PMS (W.D.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The final bill includes just eight additional amendments, each of which added language to the bill but did not modify any of the initial provisions of the bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in mid-May 2021. by Annie Snider, Alex Gullien, Kelsey Tamborrino and Anthony Adragna, PoliticoPro, 6/11/2021.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

In particular, the bill extends FY 2021 enacted levels through FY 2022 for federal transportation programs and reauthorizes various surface transportation programs for FY 2023-2026. The group must consult with other existing federal interagency working groups on fleet conversion. 24, 2021, ( last visited July 31, 2021).]]

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

PFOA and PFOS Drinking Water Regulations Back On and Only the Beginning. In the final days of the Trump Administration, EPA issued final determinations to regulate PFOA and PFOS in drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), a process the Agency started in 2018.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On February 24, 2021 President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on America's Supply Chains as a step toward fulfilling the Biden campaign's promise to address US supply chain vulnerabilities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent national shortages of crucial resources, including medical supplies and semiconductors.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

‘In fact, the Supreme Court didn’t grant movies First Amendment protection until 1952, ruling in a 1915 case that movies could “be used for evil” and thus could have their content regulated.’ ‘The The Production Code was loosened in the 1950s and 1960s and was eventually abandoned, in favor of the MPAA film rating system in 1968.

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