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Starting March 17, 2025, the Employee Benefits Security Administration’s Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (“VFCP”) will have a “self-correction” option. Although the new option eliminates the need to wait for formal...more
On Friday, December 27, 2024, the Justice Department issued a final rule to address “urgent national security risks posed by access to U.S. sensitive personal and government-related data from countries of concern and covered...more
Earlier this year, the Department of Labor (DOL) updated the prohibited transaction exemption for Qualified Professional Asset Managers, often referred to as the “QPAM exemption.” Included in the update is a new requirement...more
On April 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published significant modifications to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (the QPAM Exemption). The amendment becomes effective on June 17, 2024; however, certain...more
On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued a long-awaited Executive Order ("the EO") establishing a new Outbound Investment Program ("OIP") to prohibit certain outbound US investments to China (including Hong Kong and Macau)...more
On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued an executive order to regulate, for the first time, US outbound investments in key technologies in China that are critical to national security. The executive order directs the...more
After months of speculation, the US government took steps to regulate outbound investment in specific foreign industries of concern. President Biden on August 9, 2023, issued Executive Order 14105 directing the Department of...more
The Biden Administration issued the long-anticipated Executive Order (E.O.) on Aug. 9, 2023, requiring notification of, and in some cases prohibiting, U.S. investments in companies engaged in the semiconductors and...more
The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy also issued its annual report and further guidance that could help stakeholders navigate the new National Security and Investment Act 2021. First Prohibition...more
While California held the collective attention of privacy professionals nationally in preparation for the effective date of the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), Nevada has snuck in a privacy law of its own. On...more
The Tenth Circuit recently affirmed the Department of Labor’s authority to impose new conditions for exemption from prohibited transaction rules with respect to the sale of annuity contracts. The case related to the...more