II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill (SB) 26-189 (SB 189) on May 14, 2026, substantially revising the state's landmark Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 205) – the first U.S. law imposing broad obligations on...more
The Los Angeles City Council has taken initial steps to delay implementation of the City’s planned $30/hour minimum wage for hotel and airport workers, originally slated to take effect by 2028....more
On May 1, 2026, California's Office of Administrative Law approved CalRecycle's regulations implementing SB 54, the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. The regulations took effect upon...more
The European Union announced that agreement had been reached on material amendments expected to be introduced into the EU AI Act as part of the Digital Omnibus legislative amendment intended to simplify data-related...more
Maine recently enacted a pay transparency law that requires most employers to include a pay range in all job postings. The law is scheduled to take effect on June 29, 2026....more
On May 11, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) formally codifying the agency’s authority to deny (not just reject) immigration benefit requests found to contain...more
From 1 June 2026, the new United Arab Emirates Civil Code ("the new UAE Civil Code") will come into force. The UAE Civil Code supersedes the 1985 version of the UAE Civil Code ("the old UAE Civil Code"), which many of our...more
On April 28, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a final order (the “Order”) increasing the dollar amount thresholds to be a “qualified client” under Rule 205-3 under the Investment Advisers Act of...more
The California Office of Administrative Law on May 1, 2026, approved permanent regulations implementing California's Senate Bill (SB) 54, the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, and filed...more
Joining approximately twenty-five other state or local jurisdictions, two states—Maine and Virginia—have enacted new pay transparency requirements slated to take effect in July 2026. Virginia’s House Bill (HB) 636/Senate Bill...more
On April 15, 2026, Governor Janet T. Mills signed into law “An Act Relating to Noncompete Agreements Between Employers and Health Care Practitioners,” L.D. 2200 (the “Amendments”)....more
As described in a prior mailing, effective June 30, 2026, the Department of War (DOW) will be prohibited from entering into a contract with a company that is a party to a contract with a “covered lobbyist” for any entity the...more
On March 24, 2026, Washington Governor signed House Bill 1155 amending various provisions related to non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, amendments which take effect on June 30, 2027. ...more
2026 is a pivotal year for SECURE 2.0 compliance and plan design changes. Several provisions of SECURE 2.0 become operationally effective, and most plans will also face a year-end amendment deadline, making early plan sponsor...more
The minimum wage in the U.S. Virgin Islands will rise to $12.00 per hour beginning April 24, 2026, in the first of a newly enacted schedule of annual increases that will push the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour by June 1,...more
The “No Taxes on Tips” regulation has been enacted and will take effect on June 12, 2026. The new regulations, issued by the IRS, declare that a deduction shall be allowed for an amount equal to a taxpayer’s qualified tips,...more
MSHA has published a notice in the Federal Register stating that the effective date of the 2024 Silica Rule is indefinitely delayed for metal and nonmetal mines. Metal and nonmetal mines should continue to follow the existing...more
Effective on March 20, 2024, a newly enacted New Jersey statute expanded the obligations of sellers and landlords regarding flood risk transparency. These requirements apply to both residential and commercial transactions and...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the calendar year (CY) 2027 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D rule, with policies effective June 1, 2026, and applicable to coverage beginning January 1, 2027....more
On April 3, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order titled "Urgent National Action to Save College Sports," representing the federal government's most direct intervention yet into the governance of collegiate...more
With a few days to spare as the clock ticked toward a March 20th effective date, New York Governor Kathy Hochul kept good on an earlier promise to revise the state's coerced debt law (the "Coerced Debt Law"). ...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Release No. IA-6955 on March 27, 2026, providing notice of its intent to increase the dollar amount thresholds under Rule 205-3 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the...more
On March 17, the FHFA amended its “Private Transfer Fee Covenants Regulation,” to reinstate “grandfather” exceptions. The rule restores timing and transitional applicability provisions that exempt mortgages on properties...more
The journey to implementation of the revised EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive 2011/61/EU (AIFMD) is in its final stages, and the Directive, AIFMD2, will take effect in each of the EEA member states on 16...more
In Announcement 2026-7, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) further delayed the application of certain required minimum distribution (RMD) proposed regulations until January 1, 2027, at the earliest. The delayed proposed...more