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FY2025 Budget Supports Biden Administration's Focus on Fairness in the Tax Code

Overview - On Monday, 11 March 2024, the Biden administration released the president’s budget request (PBR) for fiscal year 2025 (FY2025), as well as the “Greenbook” containing explanations of the various revenue proposals in...more

SEC Issues Long-Awaited Climate Risk Disclosure Rule

Introduction - On Wednesday, 6 March 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved its highly anticipated final rules on “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” by a...more

The EU CS3D Trilogue Nears Conclusion

Introduction - The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D or Directive) is a mandatory framework of rules for companies that operate in the European Union (EU) and exceed certain revenue and employee...more

California Enacts Landmark ESG Legislation

Introduction - On 7 October 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law landmark legislation mandating corporate climate and climate-related financial risk disclosures. Together, SB 253 and SB 261 apply to public...more

GOP ESG Bills Await US House Floor Consideration

ESG Activity in the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) - Prior to departing for the August recess, Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) wrapped up the month-long series of hearings considering digital assets and...more

SEC Adopts Final Rule Requiring Additional Proxy Voting Disclosures

On 2 November 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3–2, along party lines, to adopt a final rule and form amendments (together, the Final Rule) that would require additional disclosure on Form N-PX...more

Déjà Vu All Over Again: SEC Reverses 2020 Proxy Rules Changes and Proposes Shareholder Proposal Rule Changes

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler has had a very active regulatory agenda that has invited a lot of controversy due to both its ambitious scope and the speed of implementation. While there are...more

SEC Issues Climate-Related Risk Disclosure Rule Proposal

The Biden administration has prioritized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks to capital markets, particularly climate-related financial risks (discussed in our previous alert, Biden Administration ESG Activity...more

The Wait Is Finally Over: Highly Anticipated OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Mandates COVID-19 Vaccination or Testing for Larger...

Since the publication of this alert, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted an emergency motion to stay enforcement of OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard, finding there is “cause to believe there...more

Biden Administration ESG Activity Accelerates

On 20 May 2021, President Biden announced an Executive Order to help “tackle the climate emergency,” a top priority for his Administration.1 The Executive Order builds upon the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC or...more

SEC to Move Quickly on Proposed ESG Disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) has announced a series of initiatives reorienting the Commission’s agenda to focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. In particular, the...more

COVID-19: Tax Issues Addressing Pandemic Relief and Extenders Feature Prominently in Year-End Legislation

After several months of halting negotiations, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the Act) late in the evening on December 21, 2020. The Act includes omnibus appropriations language to fund the...more

Post-election Forecast: Tax Policy Agenda is Clearer but Still Hazy

SENATE OUTCOMES WILL SHAPE THE BIDEN TAX AGENDA - The waiting is over and Joe Biden is the declared winner of the presidential election. Because both Senate races in Georgia have gone to run-offs we won’t know until January...more

Eye on the Election: Potential Impact on Tax Incentives for Power and Related Industries

There is little doubt that the outcome of the 3 November federal election will be consequential for much of America, and that the consequences are likely to be very different depending on who sits in the Oval Office and the...more

Looking Ahead: President Trump's Potential Second Term Policy Agenda

With the 2020 presidential election underway, now is the time for businesses and organizations to consider the potential impacts of the next presidential administration’s policies and priorities. In the first installment of...more

2021 U.S. Tax Forecast: How the November Elections Could Lead to Significant Tax Changes Affecting You and Your Business

Depending on the results of the presidential and congressional elections in November 2021 could usher in major changes in tax policy. You should be thinking about those potential changes now for purposes of 2020 year-end tax...more

DOL Issues Proposed Rule on ESG Investing for ERISA Plans: Part 1: History and State of Play

On 23 June, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) released a proposed rule, Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments (the Proposed Rule). EBSA has regulatory authority over...more

COVID-19: Congress Set To Approve Historic Coronavirus Relief Package

On Wednesday, March 25, a historic, bipartisan deal was reached in the Senate to offer $2 trillion in health care and economic relief to Americans and businesses amid the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The...more

COVID-19 Policy Update: House Passes Coronavirus Response

On March 14, the House of Representatives passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201), as amended, in a 363-40 vote; the House subsequently passed an amended version of the measure on March 16 containing...more

COVID-19: Grassley: “Targeted Tax Relief” Being Considered to Counter Economic Effects of Coronavirus Spread

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread globally and the number of cases in the U.S. grows, attention on Capitol Hill has shifted to potential legislative responses aimed at combatting the outbreak and...more

K&L Gates Responds to the Federal Reserve’s Rulemaking on Control Proceedings

On May 14, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the Board’s regulations on determining controlling influence over a company for purposes of...more

Back from the Dead: Senate Taskforces Aim to Deliver Tax Extenders from Expiration Purgatory but Some Provisions Could Stay Six...

The Senate Finance Committee has launched a new effort to consider the fate of dozens of temporary tax provisions (or “extenders”) that have expired in recent years, as well as other provisions slated to expire in 2019 and...more

Another Kind of Tax Cut: Tax Reform Slashes Deductions for Settlements Paid to Government Agencies for Violations and...

Tax Reform Slashes Deductions for Settlements Paid to Government Agencies for Violations and Investigations - IRS Requests Comments by May 18 - Businesses making payments to governments and governmental entities on or after...more

Will Taxpayers Be the Victims of the Mnuchin-Mulvaney Duel Over Tax Regulations?

Secretary Mnuchin and Director Mulvaney have peaceably resolved their differences over the review process of tax regulations. Will greater OMB review of Treasury regulations be a positive or a negative for taxpayers? ...more

The Recent Spate of Tax Reform Notices Provides Openings for Taxpayer Input

The Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) are picking up the pace in releasing substantive guidance regarding implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), passed by Congress...more

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