Technology

• Florida District Court Judge Strikes Down U.S. Mask Mandate for Transportation

  April 19, 2022

• Federal Public Health Emergency Extended to July 15, 2022

  April 14, 2022

• Three Takeaways from the SEC’s New Proposed Rules on Climate Disclosures

  March 21, 2022

• National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Summary

  March 14, 2022

• Annual Report Filing Reminders for DE and MA

  February 17, 2022

• FTC Announces Increased 2022 HSR Thresholds

  January 27, 2022

• OSHA COVID-19 Rule Will Go into Effect on January 10, 2022 After Stay is Lifted

  December 20, 2021

• EEOC Advises COVID-19 May Be ADA-Protected Disability

  December 16, 2021

• REMINDER: 2022 Nasdaq Board Diversity Disclosure and D&O Questionnaires

  November 17, 2021

• Biden Administration Focus on Cybercrime Continues with Israeli Companies Added to Entity List, New Export Controls, and Cryptocurrency Sanctions

  November 12, 2021

• Updates Regarding COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors Released

  November 12, 2021

• Employers Must Bargain with Unions Over OSHA’s Vaccination-or-Testing Rule

  November 11, 2021

• Details on OSHA, CMS Vaccination Rules Released

  November 5, 2021

• OFAC Publishes New Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry

  November 3, 2021

• 2021 Marked by SEC Focus on Climate-related Disclosures

  November 3, 2021

• BIS Releases Statistics on Export Licenses to Huawei and SMIC Showing Majority of License Applications Were Approved

  October 25, 2021

• Department of Commerce Expands Export Controls Related to Certain Life Sciences Software

  October 8, 2021

• Biden Administration Announces Sweeping New COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Private Employers and Health Care Facilities

  September 10, 2021

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health Authorizes the Issuance of Temporary Licenses for Certain Providers

  August 30, 2021

• President Biden Takes First Step to Limit Non-Compete Agreements Nationally

  July 14, 2021

• What Is a Sustainability-Linked Loan, and Should My Company Get One?

  July 8, 2021

• Supreme Court in Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc., Upholds but Limits the Scope of the Equitable Doctrine of Assignor Estoppel

  June 30, 2021

• Supreme Court in United States v. Arthrex Salvages Administrative Patent Judge Statute, Declares PTO Director Can Review Final Written APJ Panel Decisions

  June 23, 2021

• Lina Khan Confirmed as FTC Commissioner and Appointed as Chair

  June 17, 2021

• Massachusetts Enacts COVID-19-Related Emergency Paid Sick Law

  June 3, 2021

• Massachusetts Formalizes Lifting of COVID-19 Industry Restrictions, Considers Legislation to Extend Certain Popular Exemptions

  June 3, 2021

• EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance, Authorizes Employer Vaccine Incentives

  June 2, 2021

• Lessons to Learn for Global Software Providers from SAP Settlements of DOJ, BIS and OFAC Investigations Concerning Software Downloads in Iran

  May 19, 2021

• Bipartisan Bill to Increase Megamerger HSR Filing Fees Passed Out of Senate Judiciary Committee

  May 18, 2021

• EU Considers Significant Regulations for AI

  May 10, 2021

• Governor Baker Eases Certain COVID-19 Restrictions on Reopenings, Gatherings, Masks

  April 27, 2021

• API Copying Now Fair Game in the Wake of Supreme Court’s Decision in Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc.

  April 20, 2021

• The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Understanding the Key Provisions Impacting Employers

  March 31, 2021

• UPDATE: Antitrust Leadership Changes

  March 9, 2021

• Court of Appeals Affirms Divestiture from a Consummated Merger in First-of-Its-Kind Private Antitrust Challenge

  February 26, 2021

• Antitrust Leadership Changes With Biden Administration

  January 21, 2021

• SBA Issues Regulations on New Round of PPP Loans

  January 11, 2021

• Governor Baker Issues New Restrictions for Massachusetts, Effective December 26, 2020

  December 23, 2020

• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Upholds COVID-19 Executive Orders

  December 11, 2020

• Governor Baker Issues New Measures To Curb Rising COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations in Mass.

  November 3, 2020

• Foley Hoag and Lex Mundi Release Updated Report on Global Competition Measures in Response to COVID-19

  October 21, 2020

• First A Ransomware Attack, Now Sanctions? New OFAC Advisory Warns of Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments

  October 16, 2020

• SBA Announces Simpler PPP Forgiveness for Loans Less Than $50k

  October 13, 2020

• New SBA Guidance on Change in Ownership by PPP Borrowers

  October 5, 2020

• Department of Justice’s Revised Merger Remedies Manual Reflects Preference for Divestitures

  September 23, 2020

• U.S. Department of Labor Revises Families First Coronavirus Response Act Regulations

  September 21, 2020

• DOL Reinstates Five-Part-Test for Investment Advice Fiduciaries and Proposes New Exemption

  August 14, 2020

• New EEOC Guidance Explains ADA Protections For Opioid Users

  August 13, 2020

• PPP Loan Forgiveness Guidance

  August 11, 2020

• Federal Court Invalidates Major Aspects of DOL’s Rule, Expanding FFCRA to More Workers

  August 5, 2020

• OSHA Recommends Three-Phased Approach to Reopening Workplaces

  June 22, 2020

• EEOC Nixes Antibody Testing, Addresses Other Return to Work Issues

  June 18, 2020

• Main Street Lending Facilities under the CARES Act

  June 15, 2020

• SEC Revises Financial Statement Disclosure Requirements for Acquisitions and Dispositions

  June 12, 2020

• SEC Revises Financial Statement Disclosure Requirements for Acquisitions and Dispositions

  June 11, 2020

• Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act – Updates to the PPP

  June 8, 2020

• CDC Issues New Return-To-Work Guidance For Offices

  June 3, 2020

• OSHA Updates Rules, Requires Most Employers to Determine Whether COVID-19 Cases Are Work-Related

  May 21, 2020

• Massachusetts Announces Phased COVID-19 Reopening Plan and Protocols for Businesses

  May 18, 2020

• Massachusetts Releases Mandatory Workplace Safety Standards in Preparation for Phased Business Reopening

  May 13, 2020

• COVID-19 Supply Chain and Trade Update

  May 13, 2020

• COVID-19 Leads EEOC to Delay 2020 EEO-1 Survey Until 2021

  May 12, 2020

• EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance, Addressing Considerations for Returning to Work

  May 11, 2020

• Chapter 11 Debtors Gaining Momentum in Eligibility for PPP Loans

  May 8, 2020

• Governor Baker Issues Clarifications for Retailers

  May 5, 2020

• Updates to DOL FAQS on FFCRA

  May 5, 2020

• French Public Administration's Actions During the Public Health State of Emergency - Update

  May 4, 2020

• IRS Notice 2020-32: Payment of Expenses That Result In PPP Loan Forgiveness Are Not Deductible

  May 1, 2020

• Foley Hoag and Lex Mundi Release COVID-19 Global Competition Measures Report

  April 30, 2020

• President Trump Issues Proclamation Suspending Issuance of Immigrant Visas for 60 Days, with Numerous Exceptions

  April 28, 2020

• IRS Releases FAQs Clarifying CARES Act Payroll Tax Deferral Provisions

  April 28, 2020

• New Federal COVID-19 Small Business Relief: More CARES Act Funding and Updated Eligibility Guidance

  April 24, 2020

• COVID-19 Supply Chain and Trade Update

  April 22, 2020

• Foley Hoag and Lex Mundi Publish Global Competition Law Report

  April 21, 2020

• Department of Labor Clarifies Rules for Employer Recording of COVID-19 Cases

  April 15, 2020

• State-backed Financial Support for Businesses and Start Ups

  April 10, 2020

• SEC Keeps June 30 Deadline for Complying With Regulation Best Interest Despite COVID-19

  April 10, 2020

• COVID-19 Relief Loans for Small Businesses

  April 9, 2020

• EIN Processing on Hold

  April 9, 2020

• COVID-19 Supply Chain and Trade Update

  April 9, 2020

• The U.S. Small Business Administration Releases Additional Paycheck Protection Guidance

  April 8, 2020

• The CARES Act: Business and Subject Specific Alerts and Insights

  April 7, 2020

• How the Emergency Law Intends to Enhance Sustainability of Business Contracts

  April 7, 2020

• A look at the impact of the French State of Health Emergency on deadlines before administrative courts and the Constitutional Council

  April 7, 2020

• Public Administration's Actions During the Public Health State of Emergency

  April 7, 2020

• Les délais devant le juge administratif et les délais des QPC durant l’état d’urgence sanitaire

  April 7, 2020

• Governor Baker Provides Relief to Massachusetts Public Companies by Permitting Virtual-Only Annual Meetings amid COVID-19 Pandemic

  April 6, 2020

• The U.S. Small Business Administration Releases Paycheck Protection Program Interim Regulations

  April 3, 2020

• Department of Labor Issues New Regulations Interpreting FFCRA

  April 2, 2020

• CARES Act Title IV Loans to Large and Midsize Businesses

  March 31, 2020

• Interim French Measures to Adjust Company Law to the COVID-19 Crisis

  March 31, 2020

• COVID-19 Considerations for Certain Compensation and Employee Benefit Arrangements

  March 31, 2020

• What Clinical Diagnostic Laboratories and Manufacturers Need to Know about the CARES Act

  March 31, 2020

• UPDATED - COVID-19: FAQs for Employers

  March 31, 2020

• Department of Labor Issues New Guidance On Families First Coronavirus Response Act

  March 31, 2020

• New Hampshire Imposes Restrictions on Non-Essential Services

  March 27, 2020

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Health Advisory on Grocery Stores and Pharmacies

  March 27, 2020

• U.S. Antitrust Agencies Adjust Review Processes in Response to COVID-19 Crisis

  March 27, 2020

• World Trade Organization Tracks New COVID-19 Trade Related Measures

  March 27, 2020

• COVID-19 Impacts on Trade, Export Controls, and Supply Chain

  March 26, 2020

• DOL Offers Guidance on Families First Coronavirus Response Act Requires Employers to Provide Notice to Employees

  March 25, 2020

• COVID-19 M&A Closing Considerations

  March 25, 2020

• SEC Division of Enforcement Warns of COVID-19 Insider Trading Risks

  March 25, 2020

• Governor Baker Orders Closing of Non-Essential Businesses in Massachusetts; Department of Public Health Prohibits Gatherings of More than 10 People

  March 23, 2020

• Federal Circuit Improves the Short-Term “Forecast” for the Doctrine of Equivalents

  September 6, 2019

• Minimizing Risk and Liability from Man-in-the-Middle Attacks (or, How to Keep Your Company’s Wire Transfers from Going Awry)

  May 2, 2019

• Recent Regulatory Developments in US Biosimilars Market

  April 20, 2018

• Mergers & Acquisitions 2017

  April 17, 2018

• Timeliness Determinations for Inter Partes Review Now Subject to Appellate Review

  January 17, 2018

• Supreme Court Holds Equitable Laches is No Longer Available to Limit Patent Damages

  March 23, 2017

• Border Searches of Your Electronic Devices — What Rights Do You Have?

  March 23, 2017

• Limiting Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Patents: "Substantial" Means More than One

  March 1, 2017

• En Banc Federal Circuit Clarifies Application of On-Sale Bar to Contract Manufacturing

  July 12, 2016

• Federal Circuit Offers Path Through Section 101 Thicket for Biotech Method Patents

  July 8, 2016

• New Federal Exemption for Securities Crowdfunding Takes Effect on May 16

  May 13, 2016

• Congress Passes Sweeping New Legislation to Protect Trade Secrets

  April 28, 2016

• IPhone Access Gets Attention, 'Stingrays' Fly Under The Radar

  April 6, 2016

• Wyeth v. Levine’s ‘Clear Evidence' Language: Clearly Misunderstood

  January 13, 2016

• Product Liability Update

  October 28, 2015

• Venture Perspectives: First Quarter 2015

  October 16, 2015

• Federal Circuit Expands Scope of Liability for Divided Infringement

  August 17, 2015

• Venture Perspectives: Fourth Quarter 2014

  August 7, 2015

• Changes on the Horizon? IRS Announces New Plans to Recharacterize Management Fee Waiver Arrangements

  July 31, 2015

• Product Liability Update

  July 29, 2015

• A Fractured Federal Circuit Panel Interprets The Biosimilars Patent Resolution Procedures

  July 24, 2015

• How Not to Get Snared in Brulotte’s Web

  June 29, 2015

• Supreme Court Rejects Good-Faith Belief of Invalidity Defense to Claims of Inducement of Patent Infringement

  May 29, 2015

• Direct Infringement Has Its Turn in the Limelight

  May 15, 2015

• Venture Perspectives: Third Quarter 2014

  April 21, 2015

• Product Liability Update

  April 7, 2015

• Now's the Time to Review Your OFAC Compliance Program

  April 7, 2015

• Update on President Obama’s Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection

  February 19, 2015

• Venture Perspectives: Second Quarter 2014

  February 18, 2015

• Supreme Court Holds that Technical Differences Don’t Save Aereo From Infringement Liability

  June 25, 2014

• What Did the Court Really Say About Patent Eligibility?

  June 23, 2014

• Supreme Court Decision Invites More Challenges to Patent Claims as Indefinite

  June 5, 2014

• Divided Infringement Steps into the Limelight

  June 5, 2014

• Venture Perspectives - New England Outlook: First Quarter 2014

  April 21, 2014

• Bootstrapping: The Independent Route to Attracting Investors

  April 17, 2014

• Venture Perspectives - New England Edition: Fourth Quarter and Year 2013

  April 14, 2014

• Women Entrepreneurs Need to Ask More

  March 17, 2014

• Venture Perspectives - New England Outlook: Third Quarter 2013

  February 5, 2014

• Massachusetts “Tech Tax” Abatement Applications Due December 31, 2013

  December 18, 2013

• Venture Perspectives - New England Outlook: Second Quarter 2013

  October 28, 2013

• Massachusetts "Tech Tax" Repealed

  October 2, 2013

• Massachusetts "Tech Tax" Payment and Reporting Due Dates Deferred

  September 17, 2013

• Massachusetts Lawmakers Plan to Repeal the New “Tech Tax” on Computer System Design and Software Modification Services

  September 13, 2013

• Computer System Design and Software Modification Services Now Subject to the Massachusetts 6.25% Sales and Use Tax

  August 1, 2013

• Venture Perspectives: New England Edition - First Quarter 2013

  July 8, 2013

• Closely Watched Appeals Court Ruling Provides Limited Guidance on Future of Computer and Software Patents

  May 31, 2013

• SEC Decides That Companies May Use Social Media

  April 8, 2013

• Venture Perspectives - New England Edition: Fourth Quarter and Year 2012

  March 25, 2013

• Venture Perspectives Third Quarter 2012

  January 14, 2013

• Carrots and Sticks: New USPTO Initiative Encourages More Efficient Patent Examination

  April 10, 2012

• Video Games and Interactive Media

  January 1, 2012

• Venture Perspectives Second Quarter 2011

  September 23, 2011

• Opportunity for Immediate Benefit from Patent Reform

  September 16, 2011

• Venture Perspectives First Quarter 2011

  June 6, 2011

• Trademark Owners: Consider Pre-Reserving Your .XXX Domains Now!

  May 12, 2011

• Federal Circuit Cuts Back False Marking Claims

  March 16, 2011

• Venture Perspectives Fourth Quarter 2010

  February 23, 2011

• Federal Circuit Finds Method of Treatment Claims Patentable

  January 5, 2011

• Venture Perspectives Third Quarter 2010

  November 17, 2010

• Venture Perspectives Second Quarter 2010

  August 30, 2010

• Congo Conflict Minerals Legislation Passes Congress

  July 16, 2010

• ONC Establishes Temporary Certification Program for EHR Technology

  June 22, 2010

• Venture Perspectives First Quarter 2010

  May 1, 2010

• Jump-Starting Biomedical Research and Development

  April 30, 2010

• Biotech Patent Held Invalid For Failing to Disclose Preferred Host Cells

  March 11, 2010

• U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Foreign Assets Control Impose Fines on Texas Manufacturer and Its Foreign Affiliates for Unlawful Exports

  September 22, 2009

• Stimulus Law Has At Least $250 Million Available For Technology Companies Developing Innovative, Sustainable Adoption of Broadband Services

  April 21, 2009