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On July 8, 2025, the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure (Subcommittee) will hold a hearing titled “Leveling the Playing Field: Fostering Opportunities for Small Business Contractors.” The...more
On June 18, 2025 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interim final rule that amends Regulation B to extend the compliance deadline dates set forth in the small business lending data collection rule...more
Our firm is tracking a myriad of other pending state housing laws, most of which were proposed as part of the “Fast Track Housing” package. Those bills are briefly summarized below. The following summaries reflect the status...more
Various state housing bills are currently making their way through the California State Legislature that are expected to benefit mixed-income multifamily housing developers. The following summaries reflect the status of the...more
Pursuant to House Bill 177, Delaware has postponed the effective date of the changes to its trade name registration process until February 2, 2026, to “allow the Department of Revenue to conduct outreach to affected agencies...more
Welcome to a special edition of Akin’s Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update. We held out hope that the NASA budget would be released in time for our Friday deadline, but that was not to be. And a lot has happened since our...more
Texas is on the brink of expanding its medical cannabis program in a significant way. House Bill 46 (HB 46) passed both chambers of the Texas Legislature and now awaits action by Gov. Greg Abbott. He has until June 22 to sign...more
On March 28, 2025, the New York State Senate Elections Committee met and voted to approve seven bills...more
On May 12, 2025, the Republicans on the House Committee on Ways and Means introduced a broad tax reform bill that includes sweeping changes to the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC), also commonly known as the ERC. Chief...more
Washington’s legislators have less than two weeks to reconcile the budget and avoid a special session. Here is a quick overview of some of the major tax proposals we’re monitoring this legislative session and a reminder for...more
On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its proposals for to postpone the application of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D)...more
On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, a Federal district judge in Texas lifted the nationwide preliminary injunction issued in Smith v. U.S. Dept. of Treasury, which means that the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and its...more
For the past few months, the beneficial ownership reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) have fluctuated between being required pursuant to the CTA and being halted by nationwide preliminary...more
On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, while an injunction blocking enforcement of the CTA remains in effect, a bipartisan bill was introduced on the floor of the House of Representatives, HR 9278, titled the “Protect Small Business...more
On Tuesday, January 14, Tennessee’s 99 Representatives and 33 Senators gaveled into session for the first official day of business as the state’s 114th General Assembly. Among the first tasks were electing the top leadership...more
The legislature met their second legislative funnel deadline this week. This means that policy bills that did not receive floor approval in their originating chamber and advance through committee in the opposite chamber are...more
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) has introduced legislation that would delay and then extend the term of patents related to the treatment of COVID-19. The “Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act” also would shield health...more
Last week, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019” (H.R. 1994) by a vote of 417-3. The bill makes numerous changes affecting...more
On September 30, 2018, for the final time during his tenure as Governor, Governor Jerry Brown acted on a series of bills passed by the legislature that would have far-reaching consequences for employers. Though employers can...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. November was no...more
This Week - The week began Monday evening with Gov. Cooper’s (D) State of the State address to a joint session of the North Carolina General Assembly. In his address Cooper outlined his goals for the direction in which...more