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FAR Council Withdraws “Pay Equity and Transparency” Proposed Rule

On January 8, 2025, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council withdrew a proposed rule that would have banned federal contractors and subcontractors from seeking or...more

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What Does a Second Trump Administration Mean for the Private Funds Industry?

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The incoming Trump administration will bring significant changes to regulatory policy as it relates to the asset management industry, and private funds, in particular...more

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New Federal Proposed Rule Addressing “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”

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The Biden administration’s Fall 2023 United Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions included a variety of near and long term regulatory plans for federal agencies, including regulatory action for pay equity and...more

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Top 10 ESG Developments for 2023

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2023 saw terms like “ESG,” “greenwashing,” and “circular economy” come into common use. We also saw a tsunami of other environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related developments at the international, federal, and state...more

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Departments Propose Broader Batching and IDR Process Changes for Surprise Billing Claims

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On October 27, 2023, the US Departments of Health and Humans Services, Labor and the Treasury (the Departments), along with the Office of Personnel Management, issued a proposed rule titled Independent Dispute Resolution...more

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SEC Adopts Broad Exempt Offering Reforms

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad exempt offering reforms; the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule, with significant revisions from the original proposal, on ESG investments; the...more

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Health Plan Transparency Rule: Comment Period Ends This Week

In November 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Department of Labor, (collectively, the Departments) released a proposed rule requiring group health...more

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Labor Department Proposes New Safe Harbor For Electronic Disclosure Under ERISA

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The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued proposed regulations updating the safe harbor for the electronic delivery of employee benefit plan notifications for plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...more

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Trump Administration Proposes Transparency Rule for Group Health Plans and Insurers

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On November 15, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively, the Departments), unveiled a proposed rule (scheduled to be published on November...more

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Potential $2.4 Billion and Countless Trees Saved – Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule on Electronic Disclosure for Retirement...

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The Department of Labor recently issued a proposed rule that allows certain retirement plan disclosures to be posted online, rather than requiring such disclosures to be printed and mailed. The Department of Labor anticipates...more

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Going Paperless: DOL Proposes New Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbor

On October 23, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published proposed rules addressing default electronic disclosures by employee benefits plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). In doing...more

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DOL's Proposed Rule on Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbors

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Complying with all the required notices and disclosures to retirement plan participants can be expensive and burdensome. The Department of Labor (DOL) has moved one step closer to making it easier and less expensive for plan...more

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DOL Proposes New Electronic Disclosure Rules for Retirement Plans

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At long last, the Department of Labor (DOL) has issued an update to its safe harbor rules governing electronic distributions of retirement plan disclosures. When finalized and adopted, the new safe harbor rules will update...more

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DOL Issues New Proposed Rule for Electronic Disclosures of Retirement Plan Notices

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The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule that, if finalized, would expand its existing guidance and liberalize rules for electronic disclosure of retirement plan notices under ERISA. The proposed rule, which sets...more

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DOL Proposes Rules for New Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbor for ERISA Retirement Plan Documents

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on Oct. 23, 2019, published proposed rules for an alternative safe harbor approach for electronic disclosure of documents that must be provided to participants and beneficiaries in...more

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DOL Proposed Rule on Electronic Disclosures Could Help Alleviate Costs and Burdens on Employers and ERISA Plan Administrators

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On October 23, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule that, if finalized in its current form, would make it easier for retirement plan administrators to use electronic media to furnish information to...more

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Regulation Best Interest: The SEC Responds to the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule

On April 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission published its proposed Regulation Best Interest. Regulation Best Interest would require broker-dealers and affiliated persons to act in the best interest of a retail...more

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Regulation Best Interest Obligates Broker-Dealers, Excuses RIAs

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On May 9, 2018, the SEC released its much-anticipated proposed rule (“Regulation Best Interest”), which is intended to set the standard of conduct for broker-dealers and displace the DOL Fiduciary Rule....more

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Recent Developments Toward A Fiduciary Standard For Brokers

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Much has happened since we last reported on the Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule. The compliance deadline was extended 18 months to July 1, 2019. A federal appellate court vacated the Fiduciary Rule in its entirety. The...more

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Investment Services Regulatory Update - November 2017

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues No-Action Letters to Facilitate Cross-Border Compliance with the Research “Unbundling” Provisions of the European...more

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