Bryan Haynes of the Troutman Pepper Tobacco + Nicotine Team will attend the Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum (GTNF) in Athens, Greece on September 24-26, 2024. GTNF is the world’s leading annual conference discussing the future of the tobacco and nicotine industries.
The theme of GTNF 2024 is advancing responsible innovation – how can the…
Bryan Haynes of the Troutman Pepper Tobacco + Nicotine Team will attend the InterTabac trade show in Dortmund, Germany on September 20-21.
InterTabac is known as the world’s largest trade fair for tobacco products and smoking accessories, with hundreds of exhibitors from more than fifty countries around the world. InterTabac also offers substantive content where…
On August 30, 2024, Justice Reed of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Seitz v. Marcum LLP, 2024 NY Slip Op. 51141(U), dismissing a claim under the in pari delicto doctrine, explaining:
Defendant principally argues that the claims should be dismissed under the principle of in pari delicto. The doctrine…
Being a great franchisee isn’t just about following a system — it’s about mastering the little things.
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Following up on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPR”), which we discussed back in March, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released on August 28th a final rule extending Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements to certain investment advisers (Final Rule).
The Final Rule adds “investment adviser” to the definition of “financial institution”…
Before the ink was even dry on my blog post yesterday, which discussed the EEOC seeming to zero in on healthcare folks or companies for disability discrimination, the EEOC struck again with another such lawsuit. In a press release today, the EEOC alleges that a pediatric health care system violated the Americans with Disabilities Act…
Under CPLR 7502(c), a court in “the county in which an arbitration is pending…[is permitted to] entertain an application…for a preliminary injunction in connection with an arbitration that is pending or that is to be commenced inside or outside this state.”
A recent decision from Justice Anar R. Patel of the Manhattan Commercial Division…
Join us in Washington, DC for our fifth annual Federal Contracts Symposium October 21 – 22, 2024 at the Willard InterContinental. We have a great lineup this year, featuring insightful panels and strategic networking with industry leaders and government representatives. The Symposium will open with a cocktail reception from 6 – 8 pm on October…
In connection with the upcoming Form 10-K/proxy season, public companies with a fiscal year ending on December 31 will be required, for the first time, to publicly file their insider trading policies as exhibits to their Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 408(b) of Regulation S-K. Prior to this SEC rules requirement, it…
For the first time in nearly a decade, GAO in Knudsen Systems, Inc. sustained a protest challenging an agency’s decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses. The decision involves the so-called “Rule of Two”: under FAR 19.502-2(b), agencies must set aside for small businesses a procurement with an anticipated dollar value of more than…
