Wiley Podcast

To honor Veterans Day, Wiley associates Bill Lane, Amanda Blain, Lisa Rechden, and Isaac Wyant gathered to discuss their experiences serving in the military and transitioning to a big law environment.

In this second episode of the Talking Ag Biotech podcast on regulatory policies and procedures impacting agricultural biotechnology, Keith Matthews and Chris Wozniak discuss President Biden’s recent Executive Order on advancing the bioeconomy and biomanufacturing. The President’s Executive Order promises to be a game changer in terms of the future of ag biotechnology in the United States, and Keith and Chris delve into some of the aspects of the EO that make it potentially so important.

In this inaugural episode of a planned series of podcasts on regulatory policies and procedures impacting agricultural biotechnology, Wiley’s Keith Matthews and Dr. Chris Wozniak – who recently retired as EPA’s senior expert and policy advisor on biotechnology – discuss some of the factors that influence U.S. regulatory approaches to ag biotech. In future episodes of the podcasts, Keith and Chris will discuss specific policies, initiatives, and actions by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), FDA’s Centers for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), and EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP). They will also discuss developments occurring in Europe, Asia, and Africa with respect to evolving approaches to regulation of ag biotech.

On this episode of “Food for Thought and Thoughts on Food,” Ann Begley and Amaru Sanchez join to discuss regulatory and commercialization challenges facing novel foods today. The pair interview Ahmed Khan, Founder and Editor of Cell Agri, a news and research startup that aims to be the homepage of the emerging cellular agriculture field. Following their interview, Ann and Amaru discuss labelling issues, before moving on to Federal preemption, the U.S. FDA’s GRAS process, and what novel food companies should consider when entering partnerships.

In this follow-up to last year’s episode, “The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations,” Martha Marrapese and W. Scott Thurlow come together once again to discuss updates in Canada’s environmental and chemical regulatory spaces. Listen as they break down the developments since their last conversation, including the Canadian ban on single-use plastics and new actions regarding perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as well as Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform in the U.S. and Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) reform in Canada.

On the second anniversary of the enactment of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Wiley partner Robert DeFrancesco is joined by C.J. Mahoney, former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, to look back on the achievement and explore the functionality of the USMCA up to the present day.

Listen as Mahoney, lead negotiator of the agreement, highlights the bipartisan effort and support behind the USMCA’s success, in this episode as part of Wiley’s 2022 International Trade Series. Mahoney also reflects on key provisions regarding forced labor, digital trade, and other issues, and discusses the agreement’s future and the six-year review required in 2026.

In this week’s episode of Wiley’s “Food For Thought and Thoughts on Food” podcast, Senior Counsel Bob Hibbert and Associate Amaru Sánchez provide listeners a brief journey through the legal and policy history regarding USDA’s food safety oversight and pathogen control. Included on this voyage is a sit-down between Bob and Professor Harshavardhan Thippareddi, Interim Associate Dean for Research and a John Bekkers Professor of Poultry Science at the University of Georgia, where the pair discuss the science behind Salmonella and foodborne illness. The episode concludes with Bob and Amaru trying to make sense of USDA’s recent announcements and its impact on traditional and emerging foods and food products.

As part of our Be An Ally @ Wiley series, Chief Diversity Officer Rashida MacMurray-Abdullah interviewed Elizabeth Kari, Senior Director of Merchandising for Prada USA Corporate and Founder of AAP(I belong), a nonprofit focused on raising awareness of AAPI issues through the exhibition of community stories. During the discussion, Ms. Kari shares the story of her mother who experienced a hate crime last year that garnered international attention and explains the power of allyship and hope amidst adversity among AAPI communities.

Wiley of counsel Adam M. Teslik is joined by Matthew C. Klein, Jordan Schneider, and Dr. David Talbot, authors of Foreign Policy article “Only a Financial NATO Can Win the Economic War,” to take a closer look at the issues facing the international economic order today and their pitch for a “Freedom Fund” to respond to threats and sustain constructive international trade and economic relations.

What would this proposed alliance look like and what are its potential benefits? What role would it play in responding to developments such as China’s emergence as a global power and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? What does it mean for the future of globalization? Listen as we discuss these questions and more on this episode as part of Wiley’s 2022 International Trade Series.

On the second episode of this series, Kevin Muhlendorf and Holly Wilson provide updates from the first quarter of 2022. The pair covers the SEC’s recent aggressive approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues and what the SEC is calling its first major ESG enforcement action: Securities & Exchange Commission v. Vale S.A. Join Kevin and Holly as they discuss the background of the Securities & Exchange Commission v. Vale S.A case, the ongoing class-action complaint that pre-dates the SEC’s, and the takeaways for companies and executives from both. The pair lays out what public and private entities need to watch for in order to avoid SEC scrutiny.