Morning Docket: 04.16.24

* Supreme Court authorizes Idaho’s anti-trans care law with Justice Gorsuch writing that the decision might abuse the standard notion of the Court’s shadow docket power, but all the justices who created those precedents are dead now and we have a supermajority so YOLO (you’d be shocked at how lightly paraphrased that is too). [Law360]…

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FREE Webinar Tomorrow, April 17: How To Buy or Sell a Cannabis Business

Register Here On Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 12:00 pacific time, Harris Sliwoski managing partner Vince Sliwoski (Portland), Harris Sliwoski partner Griffen Thorne (Los Angeles), and Andy Shelley of CannXperts will present a free webinar entitled “How to Buy or Sell a Cannabis Business.” Drawing on their extensive experience from representing businesses and entrepreneurs through…

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International Education News l The PIE News l US & Japan launch $110m AI partnerships

The partnerships, between the University of Washington and the University of Tsukuba and between Carnegie Mellon University and Keio University, were announced during prime minister Kishida’s state visit to Washington D.C. on April 9. “Today’s announcement will build on president Biden and prime minister Kishida’s commitment to advance US-Japan science and technology cooperation to develop…

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SEC Expands Employer Cutbacks in Compensation for Erroneous Compensation Awards | Samuel Estreicher | Verdict

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to broaden the use of forfeiture of executive compensation as a regulatory tool with an increased emphasis on making employers do the clawing-back themselves. In October 2022, the SEC adopted the new Rule 10D-1, 17 C.F. R. §240.10D-1, or “Listing Standards for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation,”…

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Lawmakers Reach Landmark Agreement On Bipartisan, Bicameral Comprehensive Privacy Legislation – Privacy Protection

Key Points On Sunday, April 7, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) struck a deal on a comprehensive federal bill, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), marking the first such proposal to gain bipartisan, bicameral support with the backing of Chair…

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EEOC finalizes pregnancy accommodation rule

Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced on Monday its final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, clarifying that abortion is included under “pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions” that are protected under the…

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