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Worker Classification in the Gig Economy: Legal Wins and Strategic Considerations for Employers

The gig economy continues to prosper, fueled by some recent legal wins, which have been delivered at a crucial juncture for businesses reliant on the flexibility and cost efficiencies that come with classifying workers as...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Compliance Stayed Nationwide

On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Treasury Department from enforcing the beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the...more

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When Property is Acquired by Eminent Domain, What is a Business Entitled To?

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When a public agency acquires property for a public project, property owners have a constitutional right to receive just compensation.  But what about the businesses that operate on the property – are they entitled to...more

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Enforcement of CTA Reporting Rule Blocked Nationwide

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On December 3, 2024, a Federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act’s (“CTA”) Reporting Rule and staying the compliance deadline. The government...more

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Court Stops the Presses: Enforcement of the CTA Has Been Enjoined Nationwide

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As many entities are scrambling to complete and file their beneficial owner information report ("BOI") under the Corporate Transparency Act, ("CTA") before the January 1, 2025 deadline, the United States District Court for...more

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Troutman Represents all Fifty States Bankers Associations and D.C. in Tenth Circuit DIDMCA Opt-Out Litigation

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In the last two weeks, several amicus briefs were filed in the Tenth Circuit in the ongoing litigation concerning Colorado’s opt-out from the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act (DIDMCA). Troutman...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Blocked Nationwide by Texas Court

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On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (31 U.S.C. § 5336) and the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Important Update: Temporary Halt on Corporate Transparency Act Compliance

On December 3, 2024, in deciding the case Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas found the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) to be unconstitutional. The...more

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Corporate Transparency Act: Texas Injunction Stays Enforcement of CTA

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On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, a United States district court in the Eastern District of Texas issued a national preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act. The injunction specifically...more

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Texas District Court Issues Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Enjoining Reporting and Enforcement Under The Corporate Transparency...

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In a striking decision on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in favor of the plaintiffs in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Garland. The...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Corporate Transparency Act Update: Texas Federal Court Issues Nationwide Injunction

As the January 1, 2025 reporting deadline for beneficial ownership information under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) quickly approaches, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (“Court”)...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York Paid Prenatal Leave Begins Next Year – What Employers Need to Know

Beginning on January 1, 2025, all New York employers will be required to provide eligible employees with 20 hours of paid prenatal leave (“Paid Prenatal Leave”) during any 52-week period for health care services during or...more

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Federal Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Blocking the Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act

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Decision comes just ahead of the January 1, 2025 CTA filing deadline. On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. vs. V. Merrick Garland, issued a...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

CTA Nationwide Injunction Suspends Obligation to File Beneficial Ownership Information Reports

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On December 3, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (“Court”) entered a sweeping order enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and the associated beneficial ownership information reporting...more

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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Advances Two Patent Reform Bills

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This post has been updated since its original publication date. On November 15, 2024, the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property advanced the Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement (IDEA) Act, one...more

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Employment Law Update: Court Strikes Down 2024 Overtime Pay Regulations: What Employers Need To Know

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On November 15, 2024, the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the newly established overtime pay regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in 2024. These regulations incrementally increased the minimum salary...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

O-H-N-O: Big Trouble in Little Columbus?

On November 7, 2023, Ohio approved an adult-use marijuana measure that allows individuals age 21 and older to grow marijuana and possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana in non-extract form and 15 grams of marijuana extract. A...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Federal Court Halts Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act

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On December 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in Texas Top Cop Shop v Garland et al., issued a nationwide preliminary injunction, which temporarily blocks enforcement of the...more

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Shell Decision and Climate Litigation - Repercussions on doing Business in Germany

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On November 12, 2024, The Hague Court of Appeal found in the case Millieudefensie vs. Shell that the Shell Group has an obligation to counter dangerous climate change. However, the Court was not able to establish that the...more

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Nationwide Injunction Temporarily Halts Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements

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Late last night, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an order granting a nationwide preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the government from enforcing the reporting requirements of the...more

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Nationwide Injunction Issued Against the Corporate Transparency Act

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On December 3, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Garland, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “Court”) issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the government’s...more

McCarter & English, LLP

DEA Begins Hearings on Cannabis Rescheduling

Earlier this week, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) held a preliminary hearing as part of the ongoing process to determine whether cannabis should be reclassified from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled...more

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Eastern District Texas Court Announces Nationwide Injunction Against the CTA

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In a broad and significant decision, on December 3, 2024, Federal Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the federal government from enforcement of the...more

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Stiffens Standards for Investigatory Grand Jury Reports

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On October 24, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a pivotal ruling regarding the public release of investigatory grand jury reports and the due process rights of individuals named in such reports but not charged with...more

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Immutable Code Is Not Property: Fifth Circuit Reverses Tornado Cash Sanctions Ruling

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") exceeded the authority granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA") when it added the...more

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