12/27/2022 8:59:15 PM Cash for Gas? Rethinking Employee Benefits in the Hybrid Work World By Evan Piercey Should employers subsidize travel costs as hybrid work arrangements calcify nationwide? According to this article in The Wall Street...
12/15/2022 6:55:59 PM The Hybrid Work Compromise...Maybe Employers and Employees Can Have Their Cake and Eat it Too By Evan Piercey Hybrid work is part of the new normal. But what does hybrid work really entail? And what factors should employers consider as they enter...
12/15/2022 2:11:38 PM Ratings Agencies Increase Focus on "Green Ratings" By Jacob H. Hupart S&P recently purchased Shades of Green, which has been described as "the largest external reviewer of sustainable bond and green...
12/13/2022 1:11:09 PM Republican SEC Commissioners Continue to Criticize Proposed Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, SEC Commissioner Peirce delivered a lengthy speech at the American Enterprise Institute, in which she extensively criticized...
12/12/2022 10:29:25 PM Raters gonna rate... but there's a bright side! By Daniel B. Guggenheim These days, we seem to be surrounded by cautionary forecasts. For example, in a recent post about U.S. REITs, Fitch Ratings indicated...
12/8/2022 4:52:42 PM WFH - work from home or work from "home?" By Mintz The global pandemic fostered a huge uptick in remote work as many companies were required to shut their physical offices for months. For...
12/8/2022 4:47:38 PM Discrimination, Harassment, and Corporate Transparency By Corbin Carter A tech industry titan recently released to the public a 50-page report, drafted by outside legal counsel, which outlines the company's...
11/23/2022 4:55:07 PM SEC Highlights ESG Enforcement Activity in Annual Report By Jacob H. Hupart The SEC recently announced its yearly summary of enforcement activity. Among the items it chose to highlight were its efforts to enforce...
11/23/2022 1:32:49 PM Department of Labor Enables Consideration of ESG Factors in ERISA Investments By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, the Department of Labor "released a final rule under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) . . . [that]...
11/14/2022 1:24:22 PM Biden Administration Proposes That Federal Contractors Must Disclose GHG Emissions By Jacob H. Hupart Last Thursday, the Biden Administration proposed that all federal contractors (except those receiving less than $7.5 million annually in...
11/8/2022 6:15:27 PM An SEC Win - US District Court Judge Rules LBRY’s LBC Token a Security By Cory Flashner Ed Daley In a significant victory for the SEC, US District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro granted summary judgment to the SEC in what is the first...
11/7/2022 9:42:13 PM Senate Republicans Issue Warning to Law Firms About Potential Antitrust Implications of ESG Activities By Jacob H. Hupart Last Thursday, five Republican senators--Cotton (AR), Grassley (IA), Rubio (FL), Lee (UT), and Blackburn (TN)--sent an identical letter...
10/31/2022 12:02:28 PM Thinking "Big Picture" as Pay Transparency Finally Arrives in NYC By Corbin Carter As the New York Times highlighted, November's arrival means that NYC's pay transparency law will finally go into effect. The basic...
10/28/2022 6:46:15 PM A Bad Boss Bonus? By Jennifer B. Rubin Today's news about Twitter's sale and the tidying up of its executive suite highlights a little-discussed and poorly understood...
10/28/2022 12:28:14 PM SEC States That Considering Diversity When Recommending Investment Advisers Is Consistent With An Advisor's Fiduciary Duty By Jacob H. Hupart Earlier this month, the SEC issued an FAQ concerning "an adviser's fiduciary duty when considering factors relating to diversity, equity,...
10/26/2022 2:44:07 PM 401(k) Limits Reflect Inflation By Mintz The Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") imposes contribution limits on "qualified plans," a term that encompasses 401(k) plans and other...