On March 25, 2021, Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter of the Federal Trade Commission announced the formation of a new rulemaking group to “build [the] Commission’s rulemaking capacity and agenda for unfair or deceptive practices or unfair competition.”
On March 29, 2021, the Biden administration announced a “set of bold actions that will catalyze offshore wind energy, strengthen the domestic supply chain, and create good-paying, union jobs,” with a target to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030 to support 77,000 jobs, power 10 million homes and cut 78 million metric tons in carbon emissions.
Elections matter, and the Biden Administration is quickly putting its stamp on US trade policies in ways that will have a significant impact on global supply chains. We identify several trends in this Legal Update.
To help navigate the evolving U.S. enforcement landscape, we held a webinar led by four Mayer Brown partners—all of whom had served as U.S. government prosecutors or regulators. In this webinar, they provided their insights into how that increased enforcement scrutiny may impact Brazilian companies with any U.S. touchpoints, and explored ways that Brazilian companies can proactively reduce their risks.
It is an implied term in every employment contract that an employee is obliged to comply with a lawful and reasonable order from their employer. A failure by an employee to comply with a lawful and reasonable order which is within the scope of the employee’s employment will be a serious breach of contract.
So, is a direction by a Hong Kong employer that all employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 a “lawful and reasonable direction”?
Mayer Brown’s Brexit Snapshot podcast series provides insight on the latest legal issues related to the United Kingdom’s new post-Brexit relationship with the European Union, and keeps you up to date on changes to the legislative framework.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government reversed course on its controversial order on the COVID-19 testing of foreign workers in Seoul after receiving criticism from diplomatic missions and commerce organizations.
Oliver Yaros and Valerie Vanryckeghem provide an update on the impact of the end of the Brexit Transition Period on intellectual property and the processing and transferring of personal data across Europe.
Since 2018, people have questioned whether they would have new obligations or rights under California’s comprehensive consumer privacy regime. But California was only the beginning for such laws in the United States.
“Just-In-Time” is a series of written interviews with experts from different backgrounds, all of whom have extensive experience with supply chains, including knowledge of current trends and future developments. Issue 1 features Jan Läzer, Managing Director, Dortmunder Eisenbahn GmbH, a member of Captrain Group.
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