Employment Law Now VIII-150 - The FTC Noncompete Rule is Dead: What Now?
ERISA Blog | Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rules A Primer for Self-Insured Group Health Plans
Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Employment Law Now VIII-145 – Status Update: Injunctions for FTC Non-Compete Ban and DOL Overtime Exemption Regs
Legal Alert | Reign It In: Federal Court Enjoins DOL's Expansion of Davis-Bacon Coverage
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part I
Unpacking FERC's Transmission Planning and Permitting Final Rules
The Burr Broadcast: Key Differences Between PWFA and ADA
DOL’s Expanded Overtime Salary Limits, EEOC’s Sexual Harassment Guidance, NY’s Mandatory Paid Prenatal Leave - Employment Law This Week®
The FTC Issued a New Rule to Ban All New Noncompete Agreements
Preparing for Major Changes to DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise DBE Program
#WorkforceWednesday: FTC Nixes Non-Competes Nationwide—Now What? - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
Fierce Competition Podcast | Understanding the FTC’s Landmark Ban on Noncompetes
Meeting the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Close Look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Final Credit Card Late Fee Rule: Have Cardholders Been Dealt a Winning or Losing Hand?
What's the Tea in L&E? Alert: Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees Increases to $58,656
What's the Tea in L&E? Alert: Non-Compete Agreements Largely Banned by New FTC Rule
#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Expands Title VII, EEOC’s Final PWFA Rule, AI Screening Tools - Employment Law This Week®
The CFPB's Final Credit Card Late Fee Rule: Implications and Industry Response — The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
Successor Government Contractor Hiring Obligations Change: DOL’s Long Awaited Nondisplacement Rule
Election year is here, and it comes as no surprise that federal agencies are rapidly issuing new rules and guidelines ahead of November, although there has been a very unusual number of developments from federal agencies that...more
The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (“Bureau”) of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a January 24th public notice that it is providing updated instructions (i.e., “Guidance”) in regards to tower...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its final Regulation (the “Regulation”) relating to the prudence and loyalty duties under the fiduciary rules of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”),...more
Title I of Division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”), and interim final rules issued by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor (the “Departments”) in July 2021 (see our...more
Updated Annual Meeting Guidance for Mutual Banks and Mutual Holding Companies - The Massachusetts Division of Banks has issued new guidance to mutual banks and mutual holding companies that have not yet held their 2020...more
The U.S. Forest Service has released narrowly tailored changes to update its procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act, in the wake of the Council on Environmental Quality’s recent overhaul of the NEPA...more
Firms that advise institutional advisers and institutional investors in the proxy voting process (“proxy advisors”) have gained prominence in recent years, but have also faced increased scrutiny regarding the accuracy and...more
On July 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt amendments (Amendments) to certain of its rules governing proxy solicitations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act). The...more
There has been a recent flurry of regulatory guidance issued affecting employee benefit plans. Most of the guidance addresses challenges specifically created by the COVID-19 pandemic, while other guidance is applicable...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of June 22 – June 26, 2020. Additionally, for continuing updates on the tax impact of COVID-19,...more
FinCEN has issued updated guidance addressing the use of crypto currency and other convertible virtual currency (CVC). A portion of this guidance addresses the use of CVC in games. The guidance does not establish any new...more
Today the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs published its final rule to update its Sex Discrimination Guidelines, expressing its intent to bring the outdated 1970 guidance in line with...more
Final and Temporary Dividend Equivalent Regulations Issued – Some Good, Some Bad, And Some Ugly: On September 17, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released final and temporary regulations under Section 871(m),...more
Action Item: The U.S. Coast Guard issued a new policy letter that streamlines the process for vessel owners and operators to apply for an extension to their compliance date for installing ballast water treatment systems....more
On May 8, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service published final Treasury Regulations, §1.67-4, prescribing when costs incurred by estates or nongrantor trusts are subject to the 2-percent floor for miscellaneous itemized...more