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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 1
2024 Credit Reporting Review: Impactful Changes and Future Forecast — FCRA Focus Podcast
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Are Overtime Wages and Tips Exempt From Income Tax? What Employers Need to Know to Prepare
The Regulatory Situation After the Trump Executive Orders Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The CFPB's Proposed Data Broker Rule
Understanding the DFPI's Proposed Rules: A Deep Dive Into California's Digital Financial Assets Law — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Understanding the DFPI's Proposed Rules: A Deep Dive Into California's Digital Financial Assets Law — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Legal Alert: USPTO Proposes Major Change to Terminal Disclaimer Practice
FDA Releases Laboratory-Developed Tests Final Rule – Thought Leaders in Health Law
The FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements | What You Need to Know
An In-Depth Analysis of the CFPB’s Proposed Overdraft Rule - The Consumer Finance Podcast
The FTC Takes Initiative to Stop Junk Fees
Understanding the CFPB's Proposed Digital Payments Larger Participants Rule and Its Implications for Digital Assets — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Instant Decline, Instant Relief? Unpacking the CFPB's Proposed Rule on NSF Fees — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
Redefining Banking: A Conversation on the CFPB's Proposed 1033 Rule — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
DE Under 3: FAR Council Submitted for OMB Approval Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”
The FTC Announces Three Important Developments
Exploring the Future of Open Banking: A Discussion on CFPB's 1033 Proposed Rule – Crossover Episode With Regulatory Oversight Podcast – The Consumer Finance Podcast
Welcome to the latest issue of Bracewell’s FINRA Facts and Trends, a monthly newsletter devoted to condensing and digesting recent FINRA developments in the areas of enforcement, regulation and dispute resolution. We dedicate...more
UPDATE: On 1 May 2025, NFA withdrew Interpretive Notice 9083. The guidance remains available on NFA’s website for industry participants’ review....more
On April 15, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sought approval of its 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection. The EEOC’s new proposed 2024 EEO Component 1 Instruction Booklet (the “Booklet”) changes...more
Amid a surge in Telephone Consumer and Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuits, two groups filed Petitions for Declaratory Ruling before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this month, seeking clarity on several current TCPA...more
On January 14, 2025, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) addressing reporting obligations with respect to certain...more
Earlier this month, California Governor Gavin Newsom directed the state’s recycling agency, CalRecycle, to restart the process of issuing regulations for California’s landmark plastic and packaging extended producer...more
Over a year after Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) law went into effect in January 2024, Minnesota’s Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) recently published proposed permanent rules (the Proposed Rules) that, if...more
At the American Bar Association’s White-Collar Crime Institute’s conference held in Miami, Florida on March 6-7, 2025, two panelists from the panel “Sentencing: Effective Mitigation in White-Collar Cases” differed on whether...more
On Friday, March 14, in Regulatory Notice 25-05, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposed a new rule to address when registered individuals engage in activities away from their member firms and when...more
As long anticipated, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr has launched a new proceeding to eliminate policies and rules that may no longer be necessary or that impose undue regulatory burdens. The...more
In 2016, the EEOC announced big changes to EEO-1 reporting. The new initiative, led by Obama-era appointees, required employers to report an entirely new category of data covering pay and hours worked for the purpose of...more
On March 10, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a further delay in the implementation of proposed updates to its Guidance to Surveyors for Long-Term Care Facilities under Appendix PP of the...more
We have written in prior Cabinet News & Views articles that, since the November elections, the U.S. federal banking regulators have been signaling significant changes in approach. This week, the FDIC kicked off the changes by...more
After months of uncertainty, legal challenges, and changing deadlines under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the Treasury Department issued a press release on March 2, 2025, stating that it would not enforce any...more
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury threw a new twist into the ongoing Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) enforcement saga by announcing that it will not enforce any fines or penalties against any U.S. citizens or...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced on February 27, 2025 that it will not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement action for failing to file or update BOI reports by the current...more
On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced a suspension of enforcement actions related to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). This announcement means that reporting companies are...more
Both the U.S. Department of the Treasury and FinCEN, a bureau within the Treasury Department, have issued statements, which, taken together, indicate a significant reduction in the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency...more
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a major shift in its approach to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The Treasury Department stated that it will not enforce any penalties or fines related...more
In February, a coalition of healthcare organizations sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Letter), urging the immediate rescission of a proposed update to...more
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with beneficial ownership information reports (BOI Reports) under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more
As discussed in our prior client alert, following the February 18 decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Smith v. U.S. Dep’t of Treasury to stay a nationwide injunction it previously entered...more
The FDIC has signaled the reversal of key, controversial proposals from 2024. In doing so, it has provided welcome clarity on important areas that implicate banks of various sizes and charter types, allowing banks to focus on...more
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a press release announcing that it would not enforce any penalties or fines or take other enforcement actions against U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies...more
The Treasury Department announced plans to significantly narrow beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more