On January 23, 2026, the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Fact Sheet 2026-01, providing answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs)...

On May 6, 2025, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed into law HB 102, delaying the start date of Maryland's highly anticipated paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance program ("FAMLI").

On May 27, 2025, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed the Protect Our Workers, Enforce Rights Act (POWER Act). The ordinance, found here, aims to enhance protections...

On June 5, 2025, a unanimous Supreme Court eliminated the requirement for a higher evidentiary standard for majority plaintiffs (white, male, heterosexual, etc.)...

The United States Supreme Court ("Supreme Court") has dealt a blow to organized labor, striking down as unconstitutional a California law that permitted union organizers access to agricultural company land to speak with workers.

Washington's Equal Pay and Opportunities Act has been amended again, placing another disclosure and compliance obligation on Washington employers during the hiring process...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection proposed wide-ranging amendments to its Chapter 105 regulations...

The reinstatement of two Democratic NCUA board members has been put on hold by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

On behalf of our client RevSpring, Inc., Ballard Spahr has filed an amicus brief in support of the petition for rehearing en banc filed in the Eleventh Circuit by the defendant in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services.

For our financial services clients interested in monitoring important federal and state legal developments, Ballard Spahr has launched a comprehensive, national tracking service designed to serve...

The CFPB received about 22,900 complaints about private and federal student loans between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, the highest level the Bureau has received in a one-year period...

The CFPB is proposing major changes to its final rule that would require financial institutions to report information contained in loan applications submitted by small businesses...

As we reported previously, a petition for rehearing en banc was filed by the plaintiff bank trade associations in National Association of Industrial Bankers v. Weiser.

The Senate has confirmed John Crews to serve on the NCUA board, where he is expected to become chairman, replacing Kyle Hauptman who was recently nominated to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Crews brings extensive experience from his roles at the Treasury Department, House Majority Leader's office, Senate Banking Committee, and the White House National Economic Council during the first Trump administration.

Today's episode marks the first of a two-part series, with Part Two scheduled for release on November 20th. In this installment, we examine the sweeping changes in fair lending policy and enforcement under the second...

The interim final rule provides that it does not apply to "transactions for acquisition, development, and construction of real estate."

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced January 19, 2021 the extension of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac moratorium on single-family foreclosures from January 31, 2021 to February 28, 2021.

Alleging that Global Circulation, Inc. (GCI) threatened consumers with jail time, lawsuits, and wage garnishments to pressure them into paying debts they did not owe...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently revised the requirements for bidding at a foreclosure sale and for utilizing Claims Without Conveyance of Title (CWCOT)...

The IRS recently released helpful guidance in Revenue Procedure 2020-44 to assist the market's transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates.