Oct 31, 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...
Oct 28, 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...
Oct 28, 2022 Historic Franklin Park is about to get the attention it deserves and has been denied for generations By Jeff Porter This morning I was reminded by the Boston Globe that the City of Boston's sale of the site of the former Winthrop Street Garage also...
Oct 28, 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,...
Oct 26, 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...
Oct 26, 2022 New England Clean Energy Connect will remain on ice until at least next year as achievement of Bay State's GHG reduction goals hangs in the balance By Jeff Porter A Maine Trial Court Judge has denied New England Clean Energy Connect permission to complete its project to transmit Canadian hydropower...
Oct 22, 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...
Oct 17, 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,...
Oct 14, 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...
Oct 13, 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...
Oct 13, 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...
Oct 12, 2022 America's oldest park is about to receive some much needed TLC in a win for Environmental Justice By Jeff Porter The Boston Globe is reporting this morning on exciting plans to improve the Boston Common, America's first public park. The Common and...
Oct 11, 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...
Oct 07, 2022 The Maui in the Mountains Case is Over . . . For Now By Jeff Porter This week a Federal Judge in Montana threw out a NGO's citizen suit against the Yellowstone Mountain Club for what the NGO claimed were...
Oct 04, 2022 More on the Supreme Court's most recent tangle with the Clean Water Act By Jeff Porter Bobby Magill of Bloomberg has published a concise summary of the two hours in the Supreme Court yesterday during which attorneys for the...
Oct 04, 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...