31 Oct, 2022 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...
28 Oct, 2022 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...
28 Oct, 2022 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,...
26 Oct, 2022 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...
22 Oct, 2022 SEC is Rumored to Be Dropping Scope 3 GHG Emissions Disclosures from Final Climate Disclosure Rule By Jacob H. Hupart It has been publicly reported that the SEC is considering dropping “Scope 3” GHG emissions from the mandatory climate disclosures that...
17 Oct, 2022 Pay Range(r)s: A (Pocket) Field Guide to Pay Transparency By Jennifer B. Rubin Professionals in the compensation-setting space (this means human resources professionals, compensation consultants, corporate counsel,...
14 Oct, 2022 California's New Law Prohibits Discrimination Against Employees For Off-The-Clock Use Of Cannabis By Delaney Busch California first legalized medical marijuana in 1996 and adult use or recreational marijuana in 2016. Since then, 39 states and the...
13 Oct, 2022 Potential Delay of SEC Climate Disclosures Rule Due to Reopening of Comments Period to Address Technical Issue By Jacob H. Hupart Last Friday, the SEC re-opened the comment period on its climate disclosures rule--"The Enhancement and Standardization of...
13 Oct, 2022 DOL Proposal, If Adopted, Will Substantially Impact Gig Economy Which Relies Primarily On Independent Contractors By Delaney Busch On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule that would make it more difficult for companies to classify workers as...
11 Oct, 2022 Lawsuit Challenging Taxation of Cryptocurrency Tokens Generated Through Staking Dismissed as Moot By Ed Daley The early dismissal of a federal lawsuit that could have resolved whether certain cryptocurrency tokens can be taxed as federal income...
04 Oct, 2022 Keeping Up With Kim Kardashian’s Crypto – SEC Fines Kardashian $1.26 Million For Undisclosed Crypto Promotion By Ed Daley Cory Flashner Kim Kardashian, the reality television personality, social media star, and entrepreneur has agreed to pay $1.26 million to settle the...
03 Oct, 2022 Living the High Life: Separation of Work and Home? By Kevin Kim Count California as one of the states that will soon protect the recreational usage of cannabis for employment purposes. Assembly Bill...