28 Jun, 2023 Employee or Independent Contractor? Not so fast… By Mintz The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a decision finding that makeup artists, wig artists and hairstylists of The Atlanta...
27 Jun, 2023 CFTC Asserts Enforcement Authority Over Carbon Markets By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, the CFTC solicited whistleblowers in connection with "potential [] fraud and manipulation" in "voluntary carbon markets,"...
26 Jun, 2023 Performance Evaluations as Talk Therapy By Jennifer B. Rubin If 20% of Americans currently live with mental illness as the National Institute of Mental Health reports, and 60% of American adults are...
23 Jun, 2023 SEC Commissioner Proposes Limits to Shareholder Proposals on Environmental and Social Issues By Jacob H. Hupart SEC Commissioner Uyeda, one of two Republican commissioners on the Securities & Exchange Commission, delivered remarks yesterday at the...
19 Jun, 2023 Newsom's package of bills to advance environmental goals alarms environmentalists (ironic, isn't it?) By Mintz Last month, Governor Newsom attempted to turbocharge California's efforts to combat climate change: he proposed a package of no less than...
15 Jun, 2023 SEC Climate Change Disclosure Rule Expected in October 2023 By Jacob H. Hupart This week, the Securities & Exchange Commission indicated--through an update to a GSA website --that the proposed climate change...
08 Jun, 2023 Microsoft Xbox Alleged COPPA Violations Costly: $20 Million By Cynthia Larose Blaming a "data retention glitch," Microsoft has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $20 million to settle allegations that the...
01 Jun, 2023 Who (Actually) is the Boss (Take Two)? The NLRB Takes on Non-Competes By Jennifer B. Rubin A few months ago, we wrote about the NLRB General Counsel's opinion that some non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions in...
01 Jun, 2023 How Does Climate Change Create Financial Risk? Ask Insurance Companies. By Jacob H. Hupart Much of the current debate about ESG initiatives and how companies consider the impact of climate change on their operations appears to...
01 Jun, 2023 Supreme Court Ends Protection for Most Wetlands In The U.S.—But Not In California By Mintz The Supreme Court ends protection for most wetlands in the United States... In a sweeping decision, the Supreme Court last week...