In a chapter in the ABA Criminal Justice Section's book The State of Criminal Justice: 2019, special pro bono counsel Ron Tabak again looks at recent developments relating to capital punishment.

As discussed in the November 2017 edition of Employment Flash, a California law that went into effect on January 1, 2018 ...

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), an influential proxy advisory firm, has launched its annual policy survey to inform its benchmark voting policies for 2020 and beyond

Effective January 1, 2019, the minimum wage increased in the following 19 states, and in a number of cities, as a result of state legislative action, voter ballot initiatives and/or scheduled

Since 2012, employers in the U.K. have been required to automatically enrol their employees into a so-called auto-enrolment pension. Many employers

Financial institutions and their employees may be subject to the following federal pay-to-play rules: SEC Rule 206(4)-5 for investment advisers; CFTC Rule 23.451

In a recent mailing we noted that the following Democratic presidential candidates are covered under federal pay-to-play rules (i.e., SEC 206(4)-5, MSRB G-37, CFTC 23.451 and FINRA 2030) because they are currently elected state or local officials running for federal office:

As discussed in our November 29, 2018 mailing, the FEC rolled out changes to its Electronic Filing Password Assignment System, requiring PACs and other committees' passwords to have two-factor authentication.

The next quarterly update for state contractors that is required under the Illinois pay-to-play law is due August 14, 2019.

Dockless electric scooters (e-scooters), bicycles and other electrically powered micro-mobility options have become increasingly popular in major metropolitan areas within and outside the United States.

On December 17, 2018, the U.K. government published the long-awaited "Good Work Plan," which proposes reforms to labour laws to protect workers ...

On March 6, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC or Commission) Division of Enforcement (Division) published an advisory on self-reporting and cooperation for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act.

On December 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules that will require hedging policy disclosures.

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), an influential proxy advisory firm, recently proposed changes to its benchmark voting policies...

On January 14, 2019, the New York state legislature passed A. 776 (the bill), which is designed to close the "LLC loophole" in state campaign contribution laws ...

On March 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an important change to its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ...

While much attention has been paid to the maximum level of administrative fines under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ...

Recently, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) noted in its quarterly compliance newsletter dated June 8, 2018 that it has "compliance concerns" regarding issuer-solicited charitable...

On September 17, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposed rules regarding the statistical disclosures that bank

In one of the first decisions to interpret and apply the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Lorenzo v. Securities and Exchange Commission