The FBI recently issued a Flash alert warning higher education institutions, k-12 schools, and seminaries about increasing numbers of ransomware attacks affecting the education industry....
Update: As noted, New York State enacted Banking Law §9-x on June 17, 2020 as a means of providing forbearance relief to mortgagors that were experiencing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The PCAOB has released a publication captioned “Audit Committee Resource: 2021 Inspections Outlook.” The purpose of the three-page publication is to assist audit committees in engaging in informed dialogue with their auditors on the PCAOB’s planned focus of their examination of public company au
Key Takeaways - The US has floated the idea of a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. One in three COVID-19 survivors in new study were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months.
On March 11, 2021, the Biden Administration proposed rescinding the Final Rule, as promulgated on January 7, 2021, regarding the independent contractor (“IC”) classification status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that, at least in the short run, is likely to dramatically reduce litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). In Facebook, Inc. v.
On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 and the act was signed into law on December 27, 2020. But don’t let the bland title fool you.... By: Hogan Lovells
On April 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court adopted a narrow interpretation of a key clause of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”), which restricts the use of devices known as “automatic telephone dialing systems” or “autodialers.” In a unanimous opinion in Facebook, Inc.
On March 1, 2021, Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler of the Northern District of California dismissed a variety of claims brought against the genealogy website Ancestry.com based on the website’s use of individuals’ personal information obtained from school yearbooks.
The State of California has renewed employee entitlements to supplemental paid sick leave for COVID-19 related reasons. The supplemental paid sick leave entitlements for 2020 expired three months ago. California Labor Code section 248.1....
