Wiley Podcast

Employment associate Martha G. Vázquez and Litigation associate Krystal Swendsboe discuss California’s controversial Assembly Bill 5 and its history, as well as the practical considerations for employers with operations in California and what employers can expect to see next. Tune in here.

On today’s episode, Martha Marrapese and W. Scott Thurlow discuss Canada’s regulatory developments in the environmental and chemical spaces. Martha and Scott offer a review of the environmental regulatory differences between Canada and the United States. They discuss Canada’s unprecedented move to classify all plastic as toxic, the future of nanotechnology, Health Canada’s regulation of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and amendments under consideration to update the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA).

In this episode of Green Earth White Collar, Wiley Associates Grace Mahan and Holly Wilson discuss the trends they’ve seen in EPA criminal and civil enforcement over the last year and share their predictions for EPA enforcement over 2021. Join Grace and Holly as they discuss the EPA Enforcement Report, the EPA and DOJ’s operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of the new Biden Administration, and what they expect to see in the compliance and enforcement arenas over the next year.

In observance of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, January 18, 2021, Rashida MacMurray-Abdullah, Wiley’s Chief Diversity Officer, sits down with David Hubbard, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel for Verizon Communications for a candid conversation about impact of Dr. King’s legacy on his professional journey, his leadership insights in being an effective corporate citizen while concurrently achieving meaningful progress in moving the diversity needle in the legal profession.

Stephanie Batchelor is an esteemed advocate for companies advancing the biobased economy. As Vice President of BIO’s Industrial and Environmental Section, Stephanie provides policy, regulatory, and strategic support and guidance to technology companies that are leaders in the production of biofuels, renewable chemicals, biobased products, and biomanufacturing processes. Martha and Stephanie engaged in an in-depth discussion on the direction of industrial biotechnology, and how the Coronavirus is no match for biotechnology and the ongoing collaboration between industry and government.

In part two, Health Care partners Dot Powell-Woodson and Rachel Alexander continue their discussion of the Most-Favored Nations (MFN) Rule and the Rebate Rule and look at the potential impacts of these Final Rules on managed care companies.

In part one, Health Care partners Dot Powell-Woodson and Rachel Alexander break down the background, substance, and procedural issues of the two Final Drug Pricing Rules released on 11.30.20: the Most-Favored Nations (MFN) Rule and the Rebate Rule.

Combined our hiring partners, Jon Burd and Jerita Salley, have conducted hundreds of interviews; listen to a conversation in which they discuss the do’s and don’ts of interviewing, including virtual interviewing.

Wiley partner Erik Baptist and Jeremy Medovoy, Deputy Director of FERC’s Division of Investigations, Office of Enforcement, break down the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) mission and its anti-market manipulation authority, discuss how the federal district and appellate courts shape FERC’s enforcement authority, provide tips for when companies should self-report violations, identify the most common violations, and observe how FERC enforcement has remained constant even as administrations have changed.

Environment & Product Regulation partner Erik Baptist sits down with David Fotouhi, Acting General Counsel at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to discuss his new role and his priorities in the Office of General Counsel and the greater EPA. Additionally, they discussed what the EPA wants to accomplish before the administration’s term ends and priorities in a potential second term, Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s thoughts on the regulation of chemicals and pesticides, and important EPA litigation wins.