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
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On January 14, 2025, just six days before the transition from the Biden Administration to the second Trump Administration, OSHA closed the books on collecting public comments on the agency’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...more
The CFPB has adopted a final rule to extend its oversight to the largest nonbank providers of digital consumer payment applications, including those that enable transfers from deposit accounts held at banks and other insured...more
On October 31, 2024, Region 1 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), which covers the New England states, proposed sweeping new requirements to regulate stormwater discharges from certain commercial,...more
In a previous post, we discussed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) notice of proposed rulemaking aimed at enhancing recordkeeping for bank deposits received from fintech and other third-party, non-bank...more
Last month, the FDIC proposed rules related to FDIC pass-through insurance coverage. These rules could have a significant impact on bank-fintech partnerships, including some partnerships for programs that do not promise FDIC...more
We previously posted on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) notice of proposed rulemaking aimed at enhancing recordkeeping for bank deposits received from fintech and other third-party, non-bank companies....more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) proposed in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPR”) that insured IDIs keep records of individual accounts that are typically held in pooled custodial accounts that support...more
The FDIC has issued a proposed rule that would apply to practically all bank-fintech arrangements that use custodial deposit accounts to provide customers with transactional features (also called "FBO" accounts for short)....more
As Golden State employers know, a new workplace violence prevention law for non-healthcare employers went into effect on July 1, 2024. Cal/OSHA, the agency charged with overseeing workplace safety and health, has been...more
In Short - The Background: The Inflation Reduction Act provides for robust tax incentives on qualifying renewable-energy construction projects. In order to claim the full amount of such tax credits on qualifying projects,...more
On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), in a 3-2 vote, issued a release (the “Release”) containing proposed rules to address conflicts of interest associated with broker dealers’ and investment...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a two-year administrative transition period that delays until 2026 the new rule that catch-up contributions made by certain higher‑income participants in 401(k), 403(b), and...more
On July 21, 2023 the N.J. Department of Labor and Workforce Development (Department) issued long-awaited guidance regarding the Temporary Workers Bill of Rights Act. Certain provisions of the Act took effect on August 5,...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 27, 2023, published its Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, which is intended to update the public about the agency's plan to review, propose and issue regulations over the...more
Payment service providers should take note of an expansive new rule proposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) intended to protect consumer shoppers of goods and services sold on a subscription basis. For merchants...more
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission announced that its proposed rule replacing its Prenotification Negative Option Rule would result in new, expansive requirements for all forms of negative option offers, including...more
On October 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a rule release (Release) that proposed new and amended rules (Proposed Rule) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Advisers Act)....more
Here is what you need to know about the FDA's recent proposed rule on "healthy" labeling. - On September 29, 2022, FDA proposed an amendment to the existing regulation (21 CFR § 101.65) on when “healthy” or similar terms...more
For decades, health-conscious consumers have argued about what it really means for a food to be “healthy.” Is dark chocolate “healthy”? How about breakfast cereal, coffee, or fruit gummies?...more
On July 13, 2022, the FTC’s proposed Motor Vehicle Dealers Trade Regulation Rule, was published in the Federal Register. The FTC’s stated purpose of the proposed rule is to “protect consumers and honest dealers by making the...more
The Louisiana Virtual Currency Business Act (Act), which requires virtual currency businesses to hold a license became effective on August 1, 2020. At that time the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions (OFI) was tasked...more
Companies manufacturing, importing, or processing vermiculite or talc should take note of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recently proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements for asbestos under the Toxic...more
On May 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments to Rule 35d-1 (the “Names Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as well as amendments to fund...more
Federal wage and hour officials recently issued proposed rules that will make it easier for unions to have their hourly rates of pay established as the prevailing wage rates and will increase the Department of Labor’s...more