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What's Next for the Paycheck Protection Program? by Lindsey Berwick and John Wittenberg
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced major changes to two regulations concerning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The first is a revamp of Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) standards for...more
France, the first country to transpose the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (the Directive or CSRD) through Order No. 2023-1142 of 6 December 2023, Order No. 2023-1142 of 6 December 2023, concerning the...more
Companies with recurring payment programs with negative option terms now have until July 14, 2025, to bring their disclosure, consent, and cancellation practices into full compliance....more
Those familiar with construction in Massachusetts know all too well the numerous types of building permits, approvals, orders of conditions, and the like that may be required to proceed with construction work on a given...more
May 1, 2025, was the first compliance report deadline under New York City’s Local Law 97 (LL97). LL97 requires most buildings over 25,000 square feet, including condominiums (condos) and cooperatives (coops), to limit carbon...more
Companies with B2C or B2B recurring payment programs that include negative option terms now have until July 14, 2025, to ensure their disclosure, consent, and cancellation practices are compliant with the Negative Option...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has announced it will again be extending the data submission period for the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) Section 8(a)(7) reporting requirement for per- and...more
On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission voted to defer the compliance deadline for the amended Negative Option Rule by 60 days. The Commission issued a statement on the new deadline....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a statement on May 9 deferring by 60 days its enforcement of certain provisions of the Negative Option Rule (the Rule). The bulk of the Rule’s requirements are now scheduled to go...more
On calculating a noncitizen’s voluntary-departure deadline, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a deadline that falls on a weekend or legal holiday automatically extends to the next business day. Monsalvo Velázquez v. Bondi, No....more
Pursuing or defending an appeal in the Michigan Court of Appeals can be a lengthy process. Briefing does not begin until after all transcripts have been ordered, and that process alone can take up to 91 days in civil cases....more
The European Council has approved the Directive, which offers a temporary relief to companies facing requirements under the CSRD and CSDDD....more
On April 11, the Department of Justice's National Security Division (NSD) published new guidance on recent measures to restrict the ability of adversarial foreign governments and other foreign entities of concern to access...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision today: Monsalvo Velázquez v. Bondi, No. 23-929: The Court addressed whether the 60-day voluntary-departure deadline to leave the country rolls over to the next...more
On April 17, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) formally announced an extension for the mandatory off-cycle revalidation deadline for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)....more
Between wildfires such as the ones in Southern California earlier this year and hurricanes and other major storms experienced by other parts of the country annually, there is no shortage of natural disasters affecting people...more
Following Judge Frederic Block's March 31, 2025, issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO) temporarily halting New York state's push to consolidate the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) under a...more
President Donald Trump's April 8, 2025, proclamation extends the compliance deadline for the EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) by two years, from July 8, 2027 to July 8, 2029, asserting national security concerns...more
On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (Reciprocal Tariffs EO) imposing a 10% baseline reciprocal tariff on nearly all US trading partners, effective April 5, and an additional reciprocal tariff on...more
On April 7, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a limited waiver delaying by an additional year the effective date of certain parts of the new Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rule. ...more
Well, Q1 of 2025 ended with a bang and continued the expansion of transactional work for the Gray Reed Construction Team. The announcement of tariffs and feared disruptions in the supply chain certainly created a point of...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order extending the effective date of certain parts of § 64.1200(a)(10) of its rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to April 11, 2026....more
To address concerns over the implementation timeline of compulsory natural catastrophe (Nat Cat) insurance introduced for Italian businesses with the 2024 Italian Budget Law, the Italian government has issued a Decree-Law...more
As outlined in our prior client alert, the healthcare industry can breathe a temporary sigh of relief as Congress has once again acted to extend for an additional six months the Medicare telehealth flexibilities implemented...more