AI Today in 5: August 12, 2025, The Creating Billionaires Episode
California Employment News: CA Local Minimum Wage Updates
Podcast - Regulating AI in Healthcare: The Road Ahead
Mid-Year Labor & Employment Law Update: Key Developments and Compliance Strategies
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Understanding the New Overtime Tax Policies in the Big Beautiful Bill
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 12, 2025
Podcast - Navigating the Updated SF-328 Form
First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
DOL Restructures: OFCCP on the Chopping Block as Opinion Letters Expand - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 14: The Pig Around the Corner: Privacy and Trade with Constantine Karbaliotis of nNovation LLP
Episode 366 -- DOJ Issues Data Security Program Requirements
Podcast - Rewriting the Narrative of Private Equity in Healthcare
SBA’s Final Rule Is Here: Key Takeaways on Updates to HUBZone Program, Other Small Business Programs, and Various Small Business Matters
The Evolving Landscape of B2B Payments: Regulatory Trends and Financial Practices Explained — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing Health Care
Keeping up with all the new regulations
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Gavels & Gowns - What’s Next in VA Higher Education? An Interview Featuring Chris Peace, President of CICV
Podcast - The FTC's Regulation of Social Media Advertising
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: PilieroMazza Launches Labor & Employment Podcast for GovCons
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On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) issued Field Assistance Bulletin 2025-02 (the “Bulletin”), clarifying the annual funding notice requirements applicable to defined benefit pension plans under section...more
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The stay of the effective dates of the amended fiduciary regulation and amended exemptions means that the “old” fiduciary regulation (the 5-part test) and the amended exemptions continue in effect indefinitely. As a result,...more
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UPDATE: On August 8, I posted this blog article in contemplation of the DOL sending a new fiduciary proposal package to the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) in the White House. One month later, to the day, the receipt of...more
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