As audit committees move into overdrive to review the 2020 annual reports on Form 10-K of calendar-year companies, in this Alert we offer “tips” drawn from recent Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rule changes, guidance, enforcement cases and staff comment letters.
President Biden recently issued his National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, and an important component of the plan released on January 21 is to “jumpstart” the vaccination process.
Since the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017 (TCJA) was passed, a little-known deduction for unreimbursed partner’s expenses (UPE) has taken on more significance.
Recently we have seen a slew of class action filings under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). CIPA is an older privacy law, associated with eavesdropping and wire fraud, not to be confused with the California Consumer Privacy Act that became effective in 2020....
In a previous post we summarized the provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“the Act”) governing employee benefit plans, including retirement, welfare, and fringe benefit programs.
On January 13, 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced revisions to its Nationwide Permit (NWP) Program under the Clean Water Act. The final rule reissues 12 existing NWPs and creates four new NWPs.
In one of many last-minute actions likely to be challenged by Democrats, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued a final rule “codifying” the September 2018 Interagency Statement (2018 Statement).
As previously reported, regulations further amending the coming into force date of the Regulations Amending the Patented Medicines Regulations (Additional Factors and Information Reporting Requirements) (Amended Regulations) were registered on December 24, 2021 and push back the coming into force
It was just about a year ago that we all started hearing about a novel virus originating in China. A few months later, as American courts ground to a halt, or moved forward haltingly, it started to create the backlog of cases that continues to grow.
