Last week, the SEC staff published new compliance and disclosure interpretations clarifying some of the inner workings of exemptions for certain cross-border business combinations,

Yesterday, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance published new Corporation Finance Interpretation (CFI, formerly referred to as Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, or C&DIs)...

On April 14, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit summarily reversed a troubling decision of the Federal District Court in Delaware...

Investment advisers are reminded to review their filing obligations under the TIC Form SHC as reporting on this 5-year benchmark survey is due on March 3, 2017.

As anticipated, the pace of change around the Climate and broader ESG landscape is accelerating rapidly. In this timely webinar, we discussed...

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have been gaining traction as one of the most popular exit strategies over the last year.

On Tuesday, May 5, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed charges in the federal District Court of Rhode Island against David A. Staveley and David Butziger for conspiracy...

Yet another Massachusetts Superior Court judge has issued a decision addressing whether a change in an employee’s job precluded enforcement of a previously-signed noncompete.

Companies are expanding their work from home policies amid the spread of coronavirus. Counsel Chris Feudo discusses best practices for companies and employees.

The new Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA) came into effect on October 1, 2019, requiring employers to begin collecting payroll deductions

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released the final version of its new "joint employer" rule. The rule limits the scenarios in which businesses will be treated as joint employers

In a latest example of the more active stance of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in enforcing the federal wage and hour laws, the DOL recently announced its launch of a new timesheet application for smart phones.

In a latest example of the more active stance of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in enforcing the federal wage and hour laws, the DOL recently announced its launch of a new timesheet application for smart phones.

On Tuesday, August 29, 2017, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) initiated a review of the EEOC's pay data collection rule.

The revised rule is subject to a thirty-day comment period, which runs until August 15, 2016.

The Massachusetts Wage Act automatically entitles an employee who proves an unlawful failure to pay wages to treble damages.

As we have previously reported, Massachusetts wage and hour laws strongly disfavor the classification of individuals as independent contractors rather than employees.

President Obama’s proposed federal budget for the 2011 fiscal year highlights one of its key enforcement priorities - to fight the misclassification of employees as independent contractors.

On August 20, 2024, Judge Brown of the Northern District of Texas blocked the FTC's Final Rule banning noncompetes. The decision comes just over a month after Judge Brown's preliminary injunction order.

In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Judge Denise Casper rejected an argument by the defendant employee in a noncompete case.