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On June 13, 2024, the Boston Planning & Development Agency (“BPDA”) Board of Directors approved a proposed zoning text amendment regarding Net Zero Carbon (“NZC Zoning”) and authorized its submission to the Boston Zoning...more
Welcome to the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - Amendments to key rules and regulations will take effect in 2024,...more
As we anticipated in our previous blog article, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) made revisions to its proposed regulations following the public workshop hosted by the California Department of Health Care Access...more
The Cannabis Control Commission (“CCC”) has proposed multiple amendments to its existing regulations, including a proposed amendment adding a new section to its regulations entitled “Host Community Agreement Requirements for...more
On June 9, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved proposed amendments of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) to their respective listing standards to implement the...more
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has proposed revising the regulations governing the acquisition of land into trust for Indian tribes. The proposed revisions, if adopted, would streamline the fee-to-trust process and eliminate...more
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December 22, 2020, to once more delay the implementation of amendments to FINRA Rule...more
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (“JCOPE”) released proposed rulemaking to clarify its lobbying regulations, as published in the New York State Register on July 15, 2020. This comes a few months after releasing the...more
- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) formally withdrew its highly controversial “Regulation Automated Trading” (Reg AT). - In its place, the CFTC proposed principles-based rules applicable to designated...more
Last week, the New York State Department of Financial Services released a proposed amendment to the regulations promulgated under the state’s Emergency Medical Services and Surprise Bills law (the SBL), which adds additional...more
On February 14, the European Parliament published a press release announcing it had adopted in plenary at first reading the proposed Regulation amending the Regulation on cross-border payments (924/2009) regarding certain...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) announced that the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) will hold a public hearing to receive comments on proposed amendments to emergency...more
On February 1, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 41 to annul the Extraction Payment Disclosure Rule. The rule would require oil and gas companies to disclose in annual reports for fiscal...more
As we’ve previously reported, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has recently proposed a number of amended regulations in connection with the regulatory review and overhaul mandated by Governor Baker’s...more
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has released proposed amended regulations for the licensure of hospitals, clinics, and out-of-hospital dialysis units, proposed the rescission of separate birth center...more
Next week, the House is scheduled to debate two bills designed to reduce regulatory burden on small businesses in order to facilitate access to capital. H.R. 5424, the Investment Advisers Modernization Act, was approved by...more
At the same time the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted rules implementing Regulation Crowdfunding pursuant to Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), the agency proposed...more
Fulfilling a promise made more than three and a half years ago, on Friday the SEC approved final rules for Regulation Crowdfunding ("Reg CF"), the last remaining component of the JOBS Act of 2012. Reg CF aims to create a...more
FINRA recently filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to adopt the final rules relating to Title III crowdfunding “funding portals.” This may signal that indeed the final...more
Regulatory Developments: FINRA Requests Comment on Rules Relating to Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults - On Oct. 15 FINRA published Regulatory Notice 15-37, requesting comment on proposed amendments to...more
Regulatory Developments - FINRA Files Proposed Rule Change to Apply Markup Rule to Government Securities: On Sept. 30 FINRA filed with the SEC a proposed rule change, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 6, to...more
Regulatory Developments Under § 367 Affecting Transfers of Appreciated Property to Foreign Corporations - Introduction: On September 14, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue...more
In Notice 2014-69, the Treasury Department and the IRS clarified that a group health plan that fails to provide substantial coverage for in-patient hospitalization and physician services will not be treated as providing...more
SEC proposes modest amendments to AP process to enhance efficiency and address concerns regarding fairness. In an effort to enhance the efficiency of its processes in administrative proceedings (APs) and bolster its...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be hearing the music. In response to the many voices that have expressed dissatisfaction with the procedures used in SEC administrative hearings, the SEC today issued proposed...more