Concerned with business entities attempting to circumvent the ban on the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) “through complex ownership structures,” and its impact on patient care and physician autonomy, Oregon Governor Tina…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Health
On May 27, 2025, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”), in collaboration with the National Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”), released and is inviting public comment on an…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On May 20, 2025, the No Tax on Tips Act, a standalone bill that would effectively exempt up to $25,000 in tips from federal income tax for certain workers, passed by unanimous consent in the Senate. Shortly thereafter, on May…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Recorded at the 2025 Greenville SHRM Conference, hosts Tina and Keely chat with Silvia King, Chief Human Resources Officer at Southern First Bank. Silvia shares how the bank’s people-first culture has propelled its rapid…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Law Firm Marketing
Heather Hoopes-Matthews and Matthew Roberts welcome Chuck Melendi, a seasoned healthcare consultant and former executive with decades of experience in pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical devices. Chuck joins us to examine the…
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/ Health
Even as long-term care providers celebrate a proposed 10-year moratorium on the nursing home staffing mandate[1], they are sounding the alarm over major Medicaid cuts included in the House-passed budget reconciliation bill…
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/ Elections & Politics, Health, Taxation
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On May 29, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) held a virtual public workshop on California’s climate reporting laws, Senate Bill 253 (The Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and Senate…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
Recorded at the 2025 Greenville SHRM Conference, Tina and Keely sit down with Chingwei Shieh, Executive Leader of Automation & Data Science at GE Power. Chingwei, who kicked off the conference with his keynote on “Harnessing…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
In a highly unusual unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on May 29, 2025 that federal agencies are entitled to “substantial judicial deference” with respect to how they review projects subject to the National…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
In this episode, Heather and Matthew welcome Dr. Leonardo Ferreira, Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina and cofounder of Torpedo Bio. Leo shares how his team at Torpedo Bio is working to develop safe…
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/ Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
On April 7, 2025, U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas struck down the Biden administration’s final rule related to federally imposed minimum staffing requirements for long term care…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
On May 15, 2025, the district court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order vacating the gender-identity portions of the EEOC’s 2024 Enforcement Guidance. In the order, District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk stated that…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), shareholders that beneficially own more than five percent of an issuer’s outstanding publicly traded voting equity…
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/ Business Organizations, Environmental Law, Securities Law
In the world of outside business activity (OBA) disclosure, many FINRA enforcement actions center on whether a registered person gave, or did not give, prior written notice of those activities to their member firm. These types…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Securities Law
In fiscal year 2024, the EEOC received 88,531 new charges and conducted 11,998 mediations, resulting in the resolution of 8,543 charges. These mediation success rates—reflecting a resolution of 9.6% of total charges filed and…
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/ Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law
