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DFS Issues Guidance on Surprise Billing Disputes
Accident and health (A&H) insurers and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) doing business in New York should consider new guidance from the New …
New York City Local Law 97: A Groundbreaking Climate Change Regulation for the Real Estate Industry
Buildings account for more than 70% of the greenhouse gas emissions in New York City (NYC). To address this problem, NYC has enacted a first-of-its-kind …
IRS Denies Deductibility of Sell-Side Advisory Fees
In Private Letter Ruling 202308010 (PLR 20230810), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determined that a contingent sell-side advisory fee (the Fee) was …
Land Use Issues Addressed at Kramer Levin Seminar
Kramer Levin recently hosted a seminar titled “Emerging Issues in Land Use: The Year in Review and What’s Ahead,” where experts discussed New York City …
SEC Amends Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to increase disclosures for issuer repurchases of shares or other equity …
Implications for Benefit Plans of the End of the COVID-19 National Emergency and Public Health Emergency
On Monday, April 10, President Biden signed a congressional resolution immediately ending the COVID-19 National Emergency and he had previously announced …
Commerce Department to Penalize Failure to Voluntarily Self-Disclose Significant Export Violations
In concert with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) focus on voluntary self-disclosure of corporate misconduct, as well as DOJ’s commitment to …
Compliance With Forthcoming Biometric Laws in New York City
Two bills are scheduled to be introduced at the New York City (NYC) council meeting on April 27th that would amend NYC’s administrative code to …
Charting a Course Through ESG Challenges: Perspectives From the US, the UK and Europe
On Tuesday, Apr. 18, Kramer Levin presented a hybrid program, “Charting a Course Through ESG Challenges: Perspectives from the U.S., the U.K. and …
SCOTUS Unanimously Holds That Respondents in FTC and SEC Administrative Law Proceedings May Challenge the Constitutionality of Such Proceedings in Federal District Court Without First Submitting to a Final Agency Order
On April 14, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in two related cases, Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC (No. 21-86) and SEC v. …
Do DAOs Need to Worry About Infringing Patents? MakerDAO and Compound Protocol Serve as Test Cases
Certain decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are currently named as defendants in different court cases. However, the patent infringement cases …
The Banking System Needs Wholesale Reform, Not Biden’s Proposal
Kramer Levin partner Yasho Lahiri reviews President Joe Biden’s recent proposal for addressing holes in the US banking system, contending that deeper …
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