II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
Now that we have passed the halfway mark in 2025, we are taking a look back at significant developments that have already occurred this year in the consumer data privacy landscape. Five more states’ comprehensive privacy laws...more
On November 15, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published final regulations to implement its long-awaited “Outbound Investment” Security Program, which the Biden Administration originally introduced in August 2023 under...more
Earlier this month, the final rule overhauling the U.S. merger control filing process was published in the Federal Register, making the effective date for the new process February 10, 2025. All filings made on or after that...more
Minnesota’s legislature rushed through several bills this year affecting recruiting and staffing associations and other service providers such as property management companies. One such law may, as one member of the Minnesota...more
Twelve new state comprehensive data privacy laws are set to go into effect over the next two years as the United States continues to catch up to foreign jurisdictions like the European Economic Area (EEA), making a total of...more
On 26 October 2023, the UK Parliament announced that the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) bill received Royal Assent (therefore, becoming the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023). ...more
With Governor Abbott signing House Bill 19 into law on June 9, Texas joins more than two dozen US states with a specialized business court system designed to preside over specific high-value business and commercial disputes....more
The Final Rule clarifies the application of ERISA’s fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty to the selection of plan investments that incorporate ESG goals. On November 22, 2022, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released a...more
Since the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) was passed into law on March 18, 2020, crucial questions about the Act’s requirements have remained unanswered. Yesterday (on March 26, 2020), the United States...more
There is a good deal of confusion about when the CCPA actually “becomes law.” The confusion is due, in large part, to a lack of drafting clarity presumably caused by the hasty drafting of the Act....more