Penalties, Noncompliance, State and Local Government

Missed a Paycheck Deadline? The Cost Isn't Worth the Treble

DarrowEverett LLP on 6/18/2025

Employers operating in Massachusetts face some of the nation’s most stringent requirements regarding the timing and frequency of wage payments. The Massachusetts Wage Act (M.G.L. c. 149, § 148) mandates prompt payment of...more

New York Sales Tax: When a Responsible Person Acts Irresponsibly

Rivkin Radler LLP on 2/18/2025

Late last year, the Office of the State Comptroller (the “OSC”) estimated that sales and use tax receipts would increase by 2.3% in the SFY 2024-2025. The OSC also projected that collections from sales and use taxes would...more

California’s Proposed Bills Require Companies to Report on Climate Emissions and Risks

Fenwick & West LLP on 9/15/2023

While all eyes are on proposed federal and European climate disclosure rules, the California legislature passed two climate-related bills that overlap somewhat with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s proposed...more

Client Alert: Understanding Florida’s Insurer Accountability Act

Jenner & Block on 8/9/2023

In a move aimed at strengthening consumer protection and improving insurer transparency, the state of Florida has implemented the Insurer Accountability Act, a bipartisan insurance law that introduces a range of new duties...more

The City That Never Peeps? NY City’s Biometric Identifier Information Ordinance Goes Into Effect July 9, 2021

Perkins Coie on 7/13/2021

The nation’s latest biometric privacy law will go into effect in New York City this week. What Is the Ordinance? New York City’s new biometrics ordinance goes into effect today, Friday, July 9. The ordinance regulates...more

California Enacts Law Requiring Certain Employers to Offer Open Positions to Laid Off Employees in the Travel and Hospitality...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/28/2021

As travel begins to resume in California, the Legislature has imposed additional stringent requirements on employers in the travel and hospitality industries. Beginning April 16, 2021, Senate Bill 93 will require employers in...more

New Year, New Rules: The District of Columbia’s New Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/22/2021

On January 11, 2021, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Act”), which, once effective, will be one of the broadest bans on non-compete agreements in the country. ...more

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