Member Articles

By: Jahna M. Hartwig and J. Forbes ThompsonWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)The U.S. State Department has proposed a major overhaul of the brokering provisions in the International Traffic in Arms Regula ...

By: Maria KotsopoulosBlaney McMurtry LLP (Ontario, Canada)In December, legislation proposing the addition of new leave provisions to Ontario's Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") received first reading. ...

By: Edmund D. HarlleeWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)On January 4, 2012, President Obama installed Richard Cordray as Director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). ...

By: Amy G. MarinoWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) plans to accept new applications from January 12, 2012 to April 12, 2012 for hundreds of ...

By: Jahna M. HartwigWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)Manufacturers and exporters have a unique opportunity to help shape the controls on their exports by commenting on proposed revisions to U.S. export c ...

BY: James M. BurnsWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)Justice Department Halts Blue Cross of Montana’s Expansion Plans Based Upon Competitive Concerns In early November, the DOJ Antitrust Division announc ...