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OSC Amends Capital Raising Exemptions for Early-Stage Businesses

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The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) recently announced certain amendments to the dealer registration exemptions for not-for-profit angel investor groups and eligible early-stage businesses that had been developed to...more

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Vermont Enacts Law Prohibiting Medical Debt Reporting and Funding Debt Relief Initiative

On May 16, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed into law S. 27, a medical debt relief measure that prohibits the inclusion of medical debt on consumer credit reports and establishes a state-funded initiative to abolish...more

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Commission Opens Pathway for Environmental NGOs to Challenge State Aid

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The European Commission revised the Code of Best Practices for the conduct of State aid control procedures. The revised Code opens a pathway for NGOs to challenge State aid decisions on EU environmental law grounds....more

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Employment Law Update: May Day! The Department of Labor Pauses Enforcement of the Controversial Independent Contractor Rule

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In a significant shift for businesses, nonprofit organizations and gig-economy workers, the Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced on May 1st that it will no longer enforce the 2024 independent...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies - Advancing United States Interests When Funding (Trump EO Tracker)

Summary - Directs the heads of executive departments and agencies to review all funding provided to NGOs and align future funding decisions with the interests of the United States and the goals of the Trump-Vance...more

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Geneva Insights - February 2025

International Geneva – A global governance ecosystem of over 40 international organizations, 178 country representations and 700+ non-governmental organizations....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: How Your Organization Can Adapt to Federal Grant Uncertainty

This past week, the Trump Administration issued and then rescinded its January 27, 2025, OMB memorandum that temporarily paused federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs. In the supplemental...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

ALERT: Trump Administration Issues “Pause” on Federal Grant Spending Effective January 28

On January 27, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) released a memorandum regarding “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs” (OMB Memorandum M-25-13;...more

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White House Halts Federal Assistance to Advance Trump Priorities, Including Eliminating DEI Funding

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On Monday, January 27, 2025, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issued a memo ordering the pause of all federal financial assistance “that may be implicated” by any of President Trump’s recent...more

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Client Alert: New Jersey Privacy Law

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On January 16, 2024, New Jersey became the fourteenth state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation after the passage of the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (“NJDPA”), adding to the growing national focus on consumer personal...more

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Update on Remedial Bill Concerning Connecticut Property Tax Exemptions for Manufacturers & Not-For-Profit Organizations in Certain...

As an update to our recent post titled “New Remedial Bill Concerning Connecticut Property Tax Exemption for Manufacturers In Certain Municipalities,” which analyzed Raised Senate Bill 1136 (“SB 1136”); a related bill, Senate...more

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New Jersey’s New Child Victims Act Expands Opportunity for Filing Abuse Claims and Removes Former Immunity for Non-Profit...

On December 1, 2019, New Jersey’s Child Victim’s Act went into effect. This new law opens a two-year “revival” period for individuals to assert civil claims of child abuse and to file claims against institutions and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

DOL Endorses Volunteer Treatment of Certification Exam Graders

DOL Opinion Letter confirms that volunteer status not jeopardized by nonprofit payment of expenses. Department of Labor Opinion Letter endorses non-employee classification of member volunteers at nonprofit, without...more

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DOL Issues Employer-Friendly Opinion Letters

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Last week, on August 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued four Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) opinion letters. In welcome late-summer news to employers, each opinion is employer-friendly....more

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