Welcoming a New Payment Pro: Jason Cover Joins the Payments Pros Podcast — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
(Podcast) The Briefing: Influencer Fail – ALO Yoga & Influencers Named in $150M Class Action Lawsuit for FTC Violations
The Briefing: Influencer Fail – ALO Yoga & Influencers Named in $150M Class Action Lawsuit for FTC Violations
Compliance into the Weeds: Leaving on a (Qatari) Jet Plane
LEGAL ALERT | NAD Finds Kevin Hart’s Social Media Disclosures Insufficient in Monitoring Decisions
Choosing Your LDA Reporting Path for 2025
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 305: Spotlight on Civil Procedure (Part 2 – Discovery)
Compliance Tip of the Day: Clarifying Compliance Mandates
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: How to Use the Restatement of Consumer Contracts - A Guide for Judges
Compliance Tip of the Day: Corporate Leaks and Compliance
Greenhushing: What It Is & Why It Matters
(Podcast) The Briefing: Navigating the Legal Risks for Brands in Social Media Marketing – Part 2 (Archive)
The Briefing: Navigating the Legal Risks for Brands in Social Media Marketing – Part 2 (Archive)
AI Washing: Simple Guidance to Avoid Risk
Tech Debt is Common. What does it mean for IPO readiness from a cybersecurity perspective?
Episode 332 -- Deep Dive into SEC’s Internal Controls and Cybersecurity Settlement with R&R Donnelly
Mitigating Political-Law Risk
The Preferred Return Podcast | AIFMD II – Implementation Begins
Why ESG Matters?
Meeting the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has reinstated the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Following recent court decisions, the deadline...more
February 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma to place their Annual EEO Public File Report in their Public...more
The clock is ticking for medical device and pharmaceutical companies to fulfill their obligations under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (the "Sunshine Act"). With the reporting deadline of March 31 looming and CMS...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently adopted a final rule amending CFTC Rule 4.7. CFTC Rule 4.7 provides an exemption from certain disclosure, recordkeeping and reporting requirements for registered...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure rules officially went into effect in December 2023. Aimed at improving cybersecurity risk...more
On June 5, 2024, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) unanimously vacated the “Private Fund Adviser Rules,” which the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC)...more
Washington state recently enacted several laws expanding protections for employees. Washington employers should be aware that these laws have significant implications in the workplace, including restrictions on employers’...more
As we have discussed in earlier Client Alerts, on August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new and amended rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act), to...more
...SEC Adopts Amendments to Fund Names Rule - On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Fund Names Rule) as well...more
With just over a week remaining until election day, now is the time for reporting committees, individuals and corporations, and organizations to prepare for and understand their ELEC reporting obligations. Under the Elections...more
We are pleased to present our annual End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. This Part 1 covers year-end health and welfare plan issues....more
Regulators across the globe continue to focus on disclosures and marketing relating to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Consistent with this trend, on September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more
On September 20, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1 (the “Names Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which is intended to prohibit the use of fund...more
On September 20, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted, by a 4-1 vote, to adopt certain amendments (the “final rule” or the “amendments”) to Rule 35d-1 (the “Names Rule”) under the Investment...more
On September 20, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted to adopt final amendments to modernize Rule 35d-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). This rule, commonly...more
On August 23, 2023, in its efforts to promote transparency for investors by increasing visibility into compensation schemes, sales practices, and conflicts of interest, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted...more
On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the enactment of a series of new and amended rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act). We refer to these...more
California charter schools face additional disclosure, reporting and record-keeping requirements depending on the number of employees. This is the result of California’s new Pay Transparency law, enacted by Senate Bill 1162,...more
From 2004 to 2014, clinical trials in the EU and countries in the European Economic Area (collectively known as EU/EEA Countries) were subject to the EU Clinical Trial Directive 2001/20/EC (CTD) which set rules for conducting...more
On Aug. 29, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 1162. If signed into law by Gov. Newsom, the bill will impose significant new pay reporting and pay scale disclosure burdens upon employers on top of what is...more
On February 9, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed a package of new rules and amendments to enhance cybersecurity preparedness and improve cyber resilience of investment advisers and investment...more
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (together, the Agencies) issued a final rule...more
On 20 June 2019 the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a final interim rule (effective on 21 June 2019) amending its reporting, procedures, and penalties regulations, 31 Code of Federal...more
On August 25, 2016, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council published in the Federal Register its highly anticipated Final Rule regarding the so-called "blacklisting" procedures for federal contractors President...more
In this alert, we provide a detailed overview of the final rules, Regulation Crowdfunding, which will be applicable to crowdfunding offerings conducted in reliance on Section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended...more