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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released details regarding its new Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) in Announcement 2011-64.

Governor Christie signs bill that requires employers to post and distribute notice of employees' rights to gender-equal pay but vetoes other gender parity bills.

On August 10, 2012, section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (the Act), 112 P.L. 158, added new subsection (r) to section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), 15 U.S.C. § 78m.

On September 28, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Regulated Investment Company (RIC) Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), which will go a long way toward updating and streamlining a number of mutual fund tax rules.

In his first speech at the New York City Bar Association since his election, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. said that he would expand his office’s use of the Martin Act, New York’s securities fraud statute, in targeting financial fraud, and that he would lobby lawmakers to toughen penalties under the measure and to extend the statute of limitations.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided welcome and practical relief to businesses with the September 14 release of Notice 2011-72 (the Notice), which eliminates all recordkeeping requirements in connection with employer-provided cell phones and "other similar telecommunications equipment" that are provided to employees primarily for business purposes.

On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148 or ACA) is constitutional with modifications to the Medicaid expansion provisions.

On September 19, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it will repropose its pending regulation that would amend the definition of what constitutes "investment advice" for purposes of creating fiduciary status under ERISA, rather than proceeding directly to a final regulation.

Both the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Tri-Agency Group (the IRS, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Labor) have released important new guidance on the operation and taxation of the age 26 adult child rules established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law).

The Division of Investment Management of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a no-action letter to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), taking the position that disclosures required by a DOL regulation on participant-directed retirement plans would be treated as satisfying the SEC’s rules on mutual fund advertising.

The SEC named Elizabeth Baird and Christian Sabella as Deputy Directors of the Division of Trading and Markets (the "Division").

Unlike so-called "merger control" laws in most countries, the U.S. HSR Act applies to individual executive officers and directors acquiring shares of the employing corporation as part of their compensation if certain jurisdictional thresholds are satisfied.

The U.S. Department of Labor has recently issued Advisory Opinion 2013-03A, which discusses whether a bookkeeping account for revenue sharing payments constitutes "plan assets" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

On January 26, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its intention to require corporate taxpayers to disclose all uncertain tax positions on a new schedule to be attached to the yearly tax return.

Healthcare industry clients should be prepared for possible cuts to the Medicaid program, Medicare provider and supplier reimbursement rates, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare Part D, and for increased fees for manufacturers.

While the quality of the United States' food supply continues to be exceptionally reliable, problems do occasionally arise.