Meeting the Needs of General Counsel: Beyond the Basics of Legal Advice - On Record PR
Steps Your Nonprofit Can Take to Mitigate Fraud Risks - Part 2
A Third Party's Perspective on Third Party Risk
Why Time Matters: Partners Lindsay Gerdes and Michael J. Bronson on Swift Action in Government Investigations
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Why do Fintechs Want to Become Banks?
Privacy Issues from Third-Party Website Tags
What's the Tea in L&E? Employee Devices: What is #NSFW?
Episode 331- NAVEX State of Risk and Compliance Programs
What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program
Video: Artificial Intelligence Use in Political Campaigns
Episode 329 -- Bryn Sedlacek from Aravo on TPRM Holistic Risks and Unified Visibility
Compliance Lessons from Dating in Your 50s
The Justice Insiders Podcast - AI-Washing: Everything Old Is New Again
The AI Shakeup: New Tech Innovations and the Future of Corporate Law
Principled Podcast: S11E7 | Fortifying Ethical Frameworks: Navigating Emerging Risks in the Middle East
Managing Compliance Risk for Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 3: Claims and Investigations
Navigating Bank-Fintech Partnerships: Avoiding Common Pitfalls — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Episode 326 -- Dottie Schindlinger on Diligent's Report on Board Oversight of Cybersecurity Risks and Performance
Revisiting Financial Institution Incentive Compensation Rules Under Dodd-Frank — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Nearly once a week, I receive a frantic call or email from a current or potential client who has received a proposed or final assessment from the IRS related to Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) reporting. So-called “Applicable...more
A Texas federal judge recently permitted an environmental, social, and governance- (ESG) related Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) case filed by an airline pilot against his employer and its benefits plan to...more
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a regulatory intervention report outlining how they worked with Capita following a cyber incident last year (see our legal update), and detailing the key steps trustees should take...more
Summary of What Has Happened and What Is Yet to Come - On 19 October 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), pursuant to...more
Monday, May 1, 2023: OFCCP Extended Enforcement Moratorium for Veterans’ Affairs Health Benefits Program Providers - Two-Year Moratorium Extension Will Last Until May 7, 2025 - OFCCP revised its Directive (DIR) 2021-01...more
In the fifth iteration of our 2022 Employment Law Horizon Scanning blog, we consider why employers might start providing or assisting employees with housing and accommodation. We also consider where this trend originates from...more
The Dobbs decision has triggered widespread legal uncertainty concerning the delivery of reproductive and family planning services. About half of the U.S. states already prohibit or heavily limit abortion services or are...more
Le 9 juin 2022, l’Association canadienne des organismes de contrôle des régimes de retraite (l’« ACOR ») a publié les projets de ligne directrice suivants : Le cyberrisque pour les régimes de retraite, Considérations...more
With the arrival of summer, employers may be planning summer activities and offering other benefits or incentives to their employees. Manufacturers, whose employees have been frontline workers for over two years, may be...more
When I was at law school, I was the editor of the student magazine there and I broke the story about a scandal at one of the law journals. The editor in chief was implicated and she gave me a letter from her lawyer, asking...more
With the exception of certain small businesses, being an employer generally means offering an array of benefits to remain competitive in the worker marketplace. As the employer grows, typically so does the list of employee...more
The Government Accountability Office recently urged the U.S. Department of Labor to release guidance on cybersecurity matters in an effort to mitigate risks to 401(k) and other retirement plans. The GAO noted that there were...more
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced its first cybersecurity guidance for retirement plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of...more
On Thursday April 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor announced guidance for plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, record keepers and plan participants on best practices for maintaining cybersecurity. This is the first time the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a decision with major significance for ERISA plans, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld the validity of forum selection clauses in those plans....more
House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) recently introduced legislation that seeks to rescue multiemployer pension plans (MEPs) facing insolvency. Entitled the Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act (EPPRA), the bill...more
Health and retirement benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) have troves of personal information regarding plan participants and their beneficiaries - e.g., participants’ age, marital...more
Insights and Ideas to Expedite Your Business Recovery in 2021 - Join us for the COVID-19 Comeback Convention, a virtual convention comprised of brief presentations tailored to meet the needs of senior executives and...more
On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced, as part of its ongoing initiative to modernize Regulation S-K disclosure, amendments that add human capital resources as a separate disclosure topic,...more
These are unprecedented times, and companies are facing important issues as they navigate the current economic, political, and social climate. The COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement have put the spotlight on...more
A Career Track through COVID - How do employees fast forward when the world is on pause? We have talked about how you get your remote workplace started (communication, training, navigating childcare issues) and how you...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The central tenets of ERISA are to provide as much freedom as possible, within minimal parameters, to draft ERISA plans, and then to honor the terms of the plans. COVID-19 may very well cause increased...more
The City of Los Angeles has issued a new order relieving several categories of businesses from their obligations to comply with the City’s requirements for employers to provide supplemental sick leave pay to employees...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is a roughly $2 trillion bill intended to provide emergency assistance and healthcare response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the COVID-19...more
On April 7, 2020, Mayor Eric Garcetti issued an emergency order providing supplemental paid sick leave to certain employees working within the City of Los Angeles for a variety of reasons related to COVID-19 (the “Order”)....more