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Ukraine CrisisThe crisis in Ukraine has tremendous implications for our clients, many of whom have employees or family directly at risk, operations that have been affected and supply chains that have been interrupted. Mayer Brown’s Ukraine Crisis Core Response team is working to ensure that our clients have access to the critical information and insight that they require.
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Hydrogen in Australia – The States of PlayAustralia’s states have been more active in trying to jump on the hydrogen bandwagon. This Legal Update provides a brief overview of the existing and planned legislation for hydrogen in Australia’s six states and two territories.
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The Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act: What to KnowOn June 7, 2022, US Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced S. 4356 - the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (RFIA), which aims to establish a US regulatory regime for digital assets. The much-anticipated bill seeks to resolve the long-standing uncertainty about the jurisdiction of financial regulators over digital assets, clarify the taxation of digital assets and decentralized autonomous organizations, and establish disclosures and consumer protection obligations on issuers and service providers of digital assets. This Legal Update notes why the RFIA matters, six key aspects of it, and regulators’ reactions to it.
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juillet 012022Europe Daily News, the latest policy and legal developments in the European Union
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juillet 012022The Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has issued important guidance covering a variety of privacy aspects including security measures, determining controller and processor capacities, and how the ANPD administrative process will be applied to investigating companies and imposing penalties.
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juillet 012022As part of its increased emphasis on rulemaking, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released on June 23, 2022, a proposed rule placing extensive restrictions on the sale, financing and leasing of motor vehicles. The proposed rule would impose a number of new compliance obligations on the auto industry, which the FTC estimates will cost the industry at least $1.4 billion over the next 10 years. And violations of any provision could come with monetary penalties, including civil penalties at more than $46,000 per violation. Comments are due 60 days from the day that this release is published in the Federal Register, and the FTC is seeking comment on a range of issues, not only related to the rule’s text itself but also to the various assumptions related to compliance cost. This Legal Update discusses the proposed rule and its implications for the auto industry.
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juillet 012022Published in the Federal Official Gazette on June 23, 2022, Complementary Law No. 194/2022 considers fuels, natural gas, electricity, communications and public transportation essential and indispensable goods and services, and, consequently, limits the ICMS levied on such transactions to the minimum tax rate of each State, which varies between 17% and 18%.
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juillet 012022The United States Supreme Court recently issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org., ––– U.S. –––, 2022 WL 2276808 (2022), overturning Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992). In holding that the U.S. Constitution does not protect a right to abortion, the court “returned” regulating abortion to the individual states. Aside from the obvious systematic implications of the decision, Dobbs has now created various challenges for pharmaceutical retailers and their ability to comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) privacy requirements.
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juin 302022On June 23, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed its first Right-to-Repair enforcement actions under its 2021 policy statement, which announced the agency’s intent to prioritize enforcement against practices that it believes unlawfully restrict consumers from repairing goods themselves or through independent repair shops. The two separate enforcement actions—against a major motorcycle manufacturer and a company that sold generators—alleged that it was unlawful for the companies to include in their customer agreements terms voiding warranties if customers used independent dealers for parts or repairs. This Legal Update provides further detail on these cases and notes implications for all companies offering consumer warranties.