The proposed modifications, if ultimately adopted, would remove costly and burdensome regulatory requirements that NVOCCs currently bear.

In December, HHS published a list of counties where at least 10% of the residents are fluent only in a non- English language.

Venable attorneys produce periodic alerts and newsletters covering a variety of topics and practice areas.

The European Commission, which has responsibility for enforcing the EU's antitrust rules, announced that it has raided the offices of a number of companies active in the container liner shipping sector.

While an organization may face significant membership pressure to move a meeting out of a state where a boycott is underway, executives need to be mindful of how such a pull-out will affect the organization's finances.

Reaffirming the old maxim that people commit crimes, not companies, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a policy memorandum this week that firmly gives top priority...

Under sequestration and the current austere federal spending environment, government agencies are significantly curtailing federal employee attendance at conferences.

On September 18, 2013 the SEC proposed rules requiring public companies to disclose the median of the annual total compensation of all employees, the annual total compensation of the CEO, and the ratio of the median to the annual total compensation of the CEO.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued two important announcements regarding its examination of SEC-registered investment advisers.

A subpoena ad testificandum (a subpoena for testimony) is another powerful evidentiary tool utilized by a federal grand jury to elicit testimony.

On September 24, 2019, just as independent schools were settling into the rhythm of a new academic year, the Department of Labor announced...

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill eliminating the requirement that New York employers must provide annual WTPA notices to their employees.

The Federal Reserve Board and the CFPB published the dollar thresholds in Regulation Z (Truth in Lending (TILA)) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing Act (CLA)) that will apply for determining exempt consumer credit...

On June 25, 2015, the CFPB published its enhanced consumer complaint database, which includes over 7,700 consumer narratives.

The Fed examined VFSC with a focus on the bank holding company's internal controls relating to loans to insiders and attendant credit risks.

Please note the April 10, 2013, deadline to register and obtain a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), described in the advisory recently released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

In light of recent attention to closed-end fund governance in general and to bylaws in particular, we offer this brief reminder of the value of a periodic review of the bylaws...

Successful marketing leads to sales, but sometimes those sales don’t result in customers making timely payments.

As we reported in November, the California Fair Political Practices Commission reached a settlement agreement with two entities (Center to Protect Patient Rights and Americans for Responsible Leadership) involved in a 2012 ballot measure.

As we reported in November, the California Fair Political Practices Commission reached a settlement agreement with two entities (Center to Protect Patient Rights and Americans for Responsible Leadership) involved in a 2012 ballot measure.