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Under the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022 (the Act), signed into law last month, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs were extended through fiscal year 2025. These programs provide grants or contracts to small businesses to fund early-stage research and development. Over a dozen agencies participate in the SBIR or STTR programs,…

On October 31, 2022, Latinvex, a provider of daily news and weekly analysis on Latin America business, released its 2022 list of Latin America’s Top 100 Female Lawyers. Of Counsel Vanessa Heck was named to the list, which selects the top 100 female lawyers specializing in Latin America among international law firms. Now in its tenth year, the annual report looked at nearly 100 law firms and in the…

California and New York City are joining Colorado and Washington state in imposing pay range disclosures in job postings. On November 1, 2022, covered employers will be required to include the salary range in a job posting for any position that can be performed, at least in part, in New York City. On January 1, 2023, covered employers in California will be required to publish the pay scale for the…

On October 10, 2022, the Colorado Secretary of State published draft rules for the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA) in the Colorado Register, thus initiating a public comment period that will run through February 1, 2023.1 The draft rules generally cover the topics that the Colorado Attorney General's Office identified in the April 2022 "Pre-Rulemaking Considerations for the Colorado Privacy Act" and…

On Thursday, October 20, 2022, the ACLU of Louisiana and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) calling for an investigation into the lack of access to counsel within Louisiana’s prison system. The letter notes that interviews with local public defenders uncovered that jails throughout the state have denied incarcerated people access to counsel in…