3/27/2023 5:28:19 PM Who (Actually) is the Boss? The NLRB, Supervisors, and Non-Disparagement Provisions By Jennifer B. Rubin The NLRB's decision addressing non-disparagement provisions and its General Counsel's recent follow-on advisory about the scope of that...
3/27/2023 5:13:09 PM Email Layoffs from the Employment Litigator’s Lens By Paul Huston Danielle Bereznay With the market continuing on its roller coaster trajectory, many employers have been forced to make big cuts to payroll. When doing so,...
3/21/2023 1:29:01 PM President Biden Issues First Veto to Protect ESG Investing By Jacob H. Hupart Today, President Biden issued the first veto of his presidency. This action had been heavily telegraphed in advance and was widely...
3/16/2023 2:33:27 PM AG Garland signals that Department of Justice's cannabis policy will be "very close" to Cole memorandum By Jane Haviland In his March 1, 2023 testimony before the United States Senate, Attorney General Merrick Garland indicated that the Department of...
3/16/2023 11:37:40 AM SEC Commissioner Uyeda Suggests that ESG Disclosures Contribute to Decline in IPOs By Jacob H. Hupart In a recent lecture delivered at Columbia Law School/Business School at the "Going Public in the 2020s" conference, SEC Commissioner...
3/16/2023 11:35:35 AM President Biden Threatens First Veto Over Congressional Nullification of DOL Regulation Enabling Consideration of ESG Factors By Jacob H. Hupart Last fall, the Biden Administration's Department of Labor ("DOL") issued a regulation ("Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan...
3/15/2023 8:06:55 PM SEC Continues Focus on ESG Issues in 2023 Examination Priorities By Jacob H. Hupart Last month, the SEC issued its list of examination priorities for 2023. Among the list of six priorities identified by the SEC in its...
3/14/2023 1:52:40 PM SEC Notice to Public Companies: Less-than-forthcoming Breach Disclosures Can Cost You By Cynthia Larose Just ahead of the expected April release of the final SEC cybersecurity regulations, the SEC has fined Blackbaud, a donor data management...
3/12/2023 7:36:43 PM The SVB Payroll Predicament By Jennifer B. Rubin Employers with SVB accounts face a serious predicament with an imminent and urgent need to make payroll. Given the potential liabilities...
3/9/2023 6:06:25 PM Healthcare Hacks: Weak links By Cynthia Larose The FBI and the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency have been warning the healthcare sector for years about vulnerabilities...
3/8/2023 2:40:33 PM Exaggerating Job Titles Won't Magically Transform Employees' Overtime Eligibility By Corbin Carter When did a "Receptionist" become an "Assistant Manager of Reservations?" According to a new research study, employers' use of exaggerated...
3/1/2023 9:21:23 PM Antitrust Practitioners Expect Activity With Climate Issues By Jacob H. Hupart As we have noted previously, a number of Republican politicians had previously identified antitrust law as a potential counter to ESG...