On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses prohibitive gag clauses under the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA). While intended to promote transparency, not all gag clauses are…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Businesses engaged in international trade are struggling with a wave of uncertainty arising from recent shifts in U.S. tariff policy. Each day’s news cycle is peppered with stories about the Trump administration’s aggressive…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade
On Tuesday, June 17th, Virginia held primary elections to choose the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. Other statewide candidates, including the Democratic candidate for Governor, Abigail…
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/ Elections & Politics
On May 19, 2025, the Department of Justice announced the establishment of a Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, created to enforce the False Claims Act (FCA) “against those who defraud the United States by taking its money while…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that plaintiffs bringing discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) cannot be required to satisfy a heightened evidentiary standard…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
On June 4, 2025, the White House issued two presidential proclamations that impose new constraints on visa issuance and travel to the United States. These actions are expected to impact multinational employers, academic…
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/ Education Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt unpacks the growing legal controversy surrounding the use of forfeitures in retirement plans. With numerous lawsuits recently filed, plan sponsors and…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
In this episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, John McInnis and Ed White will look at the continued implementation and evolution of the NCAA Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) Policy and where things stand for universities, athletes,…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Although Executive Order 11246, which mandated race and gender affirmative action programs for federal contractors and subcontractors, was revoked by President Trump in January 2025, the EEOC’s newly updated EEO-1 Data…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
On May 14, 2025, EPA announced it will rescind and reconsider regulations setting maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in drinking water for shorter chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and extend the deadlines for…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
The North Carolina General Assembly is considering various alcohol bills during the long 2025 session. Proposed changes include legalizing happy hour, authorizing Sunday sales by ABC stores, clarifying special one-time permits…
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/ Administrative Law, Franchise Law, Taxation
On this episode of Raising Capital 101, Tom Voekler is joined by colleague Rhys James for the second half of our two-part series, to continue discussing different ways securities can be bought and sold, focusing on using broker…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Law Practice Products & Services, Securities Law
On April 17, 2025, the IRS issued Notice 2025-23, which announced its intent to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to remove Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-18 that identifies certain partnership basis adjustment…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation
Beginning on July 1, 2025, Virginia’s existing non-compete statute, Va. Code § 40.1-28.7:8, will be expanded to prohibit post-employment non-compete agreements and certain non-solicitation covenants with any non-exempt employee,…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On this episode of Raising Capital 101, Tom Voekler is joined by colleague Rhys James in this two-part series to discuss the different ways securities can be offered and sold, as well as direct to investor programs and crowd…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
