Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Regulators Escalate Focus on the Risks of Bank Relationships with Fintechs and Other Third Parties
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: Updated EEOC COVID-19 Technical Assistance Guidance, Case Decision & Wage & Hour Division Proposed Rule
Digital Assets Regulation Framework: Commerce Solicits Public Comment
DE Under 3: EEOC & DOJ Technical Guidance for Employer’s AI Use; Upcoming EEOC Hearing; Event for Mental Health in the Workplace
Comment Deadline Approaching: Proposed Amendments Restricting Use of Prop 65 Short-Form Warnings
2BInformed: The Future of Fluoride in Drinking Water, the New TSCA Fees Rule, and the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 5
Recent Actions on Ag Biotech by EPA’s Emerging Technologies Branch
III-44- A Little Help From The DOL
[WEBINAR] Laying the Foundation for Maximizing Benefits Around Emerging Technologies
[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?
Episode 014: Business Divorce Stories: Business Appraiser Tony Cotrupe and Attorney Jeff Eilender
On May 15, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed an interim final rule in the Federal Register that will rescind its prior 2021 COVID-19 mortgage servicing final rule. The interim final rule is set for...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on July 10, 2024, announced a proposed rule that would require servicers to more intently assist borrowers throughout a "loss mitigation review cycle" before being permitted to...more
Florida healthcare providers billing federal programs may again face a complicated COVID-19 quandary. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has denied the state of Florida's request for an injunction against the...more
The New Requirement - Yesterday, November 4, 2021, in addition to the OSHA ETS applicable to most employers with 100 or more employees, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an “Interim Final Rule with...more
The Biden Administration, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and via Interim Final Rulemaking (“IFR”), has expanded vaccination requirements in many health care settings. Effective November 5,...more
On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced its interim final rule regarding vaccination requirements for eligible staff of certain health care providers. The rule, which becomes...more
On November 5, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued an interim final rule requiring that a wide variety of providers and suppliers participating in the Medicare program ensure their staff are...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will issue emergency regulations expanding its requirement for nursing home staff to be vaccinated to include workers at Medicare and Medicaid-certified...more
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a long-awaited rule seeking comment on its proposed approach to determine the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluation measure benchmarks, retail...more
On November 4, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published an interim final rule with comment period in the Federal Register that...more
This week in Washington: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced he is waiting to see who will become the next House speaker before working on another COVID-19 stimulus package; Senate Appropriations Committee releases...more
In an effort to provide additional relief to a health care system strained by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (“ONC”) released an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (“IFC”) on...more
Thursday, the Trump Administration published in the Federal Register two new Interim Final Rules designed to reduce significantly the number of H-1B workers in the United States. They are- •A rule from the U.S. Department...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants must provide to investors for the first time in 30...more
As part of a broader Trump administration announcement made on August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued sweeping oversight changes in the form of an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more
On June 23, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interim final rule permitting mortgage servicers to offer certain loss mitigation options based on the evaluation of an incomplete loss mitigation...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) released an interim final rule to reflect changes made by H.R. 7010, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act,...more
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized a rule to strengthen and modernize regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act; the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt...more
In This Issue. The ongoing global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to grow in scale and scope. In response, federal financial regulators are continuing efforts to bring regulatory relief to promote stability...more