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Husch Blackwell LLP

Employers Continue to Face ERISA Tobacco Surcharge Lawsuits, With Mixed Results

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Recently, companies have seen a spate of class action lawsuits challenging the legality of tobacco cessation wellness programs and related tobacco surcharges imposed by their employer-sponsored health benefit plans....more

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Federal Reserve Board Enforcement Action Raises Concerns as to Reach of Regulators’ Jurisdiction

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Key Takeaways - The Federal Reserve Board issued a removal and prohibition order against a former bank employee based on alleged misconduct unrelated to her role at the bank, raising concerns about the scope of regulatory...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

UPDATE – Departments issue nonenforcement policy statement!

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On May 15, 2025, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services issued their anticipated nonenforcement policy regarding the 2024 Mental Health Parity regulations. As expected, nonenforcement is applicable...more

K&L Gates LLP

Asset Management Regulatory Year in Review 2024

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2024 was a year of meaningful regulatory change for asset managers globally. The regulatory activity was wide ranging and without a particular unifying theme. In fact, the wide, and in cases diverging focuses of key global...more

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Keeping Up with the Regulators: How to Build an Effective Compliance Programme to Satisfy the Best Interest Care Obligation

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It has been nearly five years since the US Securities and Exchange Commission (‘SEC’ or ‘the Commission’) adopted Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) to enhance the standard of conduct applicable to broker-dealers when they...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

BREAKING: DOL Expands the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program

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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published in the Federal Register an updated version of the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP) under Title I of ERISA. Per the DOL, VFCP “is designed to encourage...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

October and November 2024 Regulatory Roundup

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After its fiscal year-end frenzy in September, the SEC relaxed slightly, with no new rule-making and fewer enforcement actions. So, I took a break last month and combined the October and November Roundups. (You’re welcome.)...more

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[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - March 28th, Phoenix, AZ

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Looking for compliance training and networking in your area? SCCE’s Regional Compliance & Ethics Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance training, including updates on the latest news in regulatory...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Weeks - June 2019

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Last week, a Canada-based social media company was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for purportedly conducting an unregistered securities offering to United States persons in connection with an initial coin...more

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Investment Services Regulatory Update - February 2018

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Cryptocurrency-related Holdings - On January 18, 2018, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment...more

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