II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced yesterday that the effective date for QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control, would be delayed until December 15, 2026, though audit firms may elect to...more
On July 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced its intent to postpone the effective date of the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism...more
FinCEN’s announcement clearly reflected its sensitivity to industry concerns. It acknowledged that AML/CFT Rules “must be effectively tailored to the diverse business models and risk profiles of the investment adviser...more
On July 21, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it intends to postpone the effective date of the final rule concerning the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering...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
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
In what might have been a Valentine’s Day gift for retail employers across New York, on February 14, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment to the New York Retail Worker Safety Act (S8358B/A8947C, Chapter...more
The IRS recently issued Notice 2024-73, which provides much-needed guidance on long-term, part-time (“LTPT”) employees in ERISA-governed 403(b) retirement plans. Following passage of the SECURE 2.0 Act, an employee is...more
While product importers were spending the summer poring over the Instructions for Reporting PFAS Under TSCA Section 8(a)(7) (May 2024), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was working on a Direct Final Rule and...more
On May 29, 2020, USCIS announced that it intends to reinstate premium processing service for eligible I-129 petitions and I-140 petitions in stages over the next few months. Premium processing service was suspended March 20,...more