On September 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Mayfield v. U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) has the authority to use a salary basis to define its…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
On September 4, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the New York Retail Worker Safety Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act requires all employers in New York with 10 or more employees working at a retail store to prepare a…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is a new, federal, legal reporting and compliance regime touching on the ownership and control of covered reporting companies operating in the United States. These reporting companies are…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Taxation
In the last few weeks, decisions by regulatory agencies and courts overseeing cryptocurrency disputes have dominated the Web3 legal news. This can be expected to continue, even as Congress comes back from its August break, as…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
A new federal law requires homes associations and neighborhood associations to disclose information about persons with control over the association.
Why this matters for you. From Wall Street to Main Street to your street,…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
The California legislature passed AB 3129 late Saturday night, the last day of the legislative session. The final bill included some amendments in the final days of the legislative session that carved out certain types of…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Health, Mergers & Acquisitions
On August 20, 2024, the Northern District of Texas in the case of Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission granted summary judgment to the Plaintiff Ryan, LLC, enjoining the FTC from implementing its rule banning non-compete…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Franchise Law
As Congress is on its August recess, litigation over digital asset issues continued with major developments in the Yuga Labs trademark case and the SEC cases against Kraken and Consensys. While these matters all involve factual…
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/ Civil Procedure, Finance & Banking, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
Executive Summary - On May 15, 2024, the House Ways and Means Committee (the “Committee”) approved a package of Bills that would increase scrutiny on U.S. tax-exempt organizations’ foreign grantmaking activities if passed…
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/ International Law & Trade, Nonprofit Law, Taxation
If you or your trust owns an interest in a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other type of entity, subject to limited exceptions, you are likely required to provide certain information to the FinCEN…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Government Contracting
This week, Judge Ada E. Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan v. The Federal Trade Commission upheld a challenge by business groups to the FTC’s non-compete ban. In addition to confirming…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Missouri voters will decide in November whether to raise the state’s minimum wage and guarantee paid sick leave for workers. On August 13, 2024, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft certified a ballot measure advanced by the…
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/ Elections & Politics, Labor & Employment Law
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced a new settlement initiative for Syndicated Conservation Easements (SCEs) that are currently under audit and have not reached the Tax Court. This new settlement initiative…
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/ Administrative Law, Taxation
As the end of summer approaches, litigation in the digital asset industry has remained hot. In the SEC’s cases against various exchanges, ongoing discovery fights are starting to play out in court filings, and one can expect…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
Health Care is one of the most regulated industries in the country, and for many years, one of the key administrative agencies overseeing health care in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”)…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
