ArticleAcosta Confirmed as DOL SecretaryOn April 28, 2017, the U.S. Senate voted 60-38 to approve Alex Acosta as the new Secretary of Labor of the U.S. Department of Labor.United StatesEmployment and HRPoyner Spruill LLP
ArticleDepartment Of Labor Proposes Rule To Increase Wage LevelsOn March 26, 2026, the US Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise the methodology for determining prevailing wage levels for the H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 visa programs...United StatesEmployment and HRMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
ArticleNew FLSA Regulations Increase Number Of Workers Eligible For Overtime PayOn September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule updating the earnings threshold to qualify an employee as "exempt," and therefore ineligible for overtime, under the Fair Labor Standards Act.United StatesEmployment and HRBowditch & Dewey
ArticleNew "White Collar" Final Rule Issued; Takes Effect December 1, 2016The final rule and its increased salary requirements will take effect on December 1, 2016United StatesEmployment and HRWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleLegal Questions For Your Sustainability Team #3If your company must make a climate-related financial disclosure report, ask your sustainability team if they are preparing a report that is specific to the entity or entities covered by the law or if they expect to use one prepared for the enterprise as a whole.United StatesEnvironmentJones Day
ArticleUnited States: SEC Charges Investment Adviser For Inadequate Policies And Procedures Regarding Valuation Of Private Fund AssetsOn 24 May 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the settlement of charges against Sciens Investment Management...United StatesFinance and BankingK&L Gates
ArticleOIG Report Examines Medicare Appeals Volumes and TimelinessIn October 2013, the OIG issued a report ("The First Level of the Medicare Appeals Process, 2008–2012: Volume, Outcomes, and Timeliness") that addresses the first level of the appeals process for Medicare Parts A and B, known as redetermination. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleFeeling Discouraged About Immigration?Feeling Discouraged About Immigration? You are not alone. Many agree that the U.S.'s current immigration system is in need of comprehensive legislative reform. United StatesImmigrationMiles & Stockbridge
ArticlePreparing For The H-1B Lottery – What To Expect For FY2019April 2, 2018 marks the first day of a five-day window to file cap-subject H-1Bs with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) for the upcoming fiscal year (FY 2019), which begins on October 1, 2018. United StatesImmigrationDickinson Wright PLLC
ArticleNext Level Analysis: "Migratory Law Partners And The Glue Of Unfinished Business"Christine Soares's recent post Is Your Lateral Partner Subject to a "Jewel Waiver"? highlighted risks associated with hiring lateral partners fleeing from dissolving firms.United StatesInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringFox Rothschild LLP
ArticleIdeas Not Rising To The Level Of Protectable IP Do Not Trigger An Obligation To AssignIn Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. v. ITC, No. 2020-1785, (Apr. 29, 2021), the Federal Circuit affirmed the ITC's decision that Bio-Rad infringed three patents owned by 10X Genomics by importing...United StatesIntellectual PropertyFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
ArticleRevised Common Level Ratio For Philadelphia May Result In Tax RefundEvery year, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Tax Equalization Board ("STEB") establishes a common level ratio ("CLR") of assessed value to market value of real estate for each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties for the prior calendar year, which are to be issued by the July 1 effective date. United StatesTaxDuane Morris LLP
ArticleDepartment Of Defense Issues CMMC 2.0 Proposed RuleOn December 26, 2023, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a long-awaited proposed rule that, if enacted, would establish the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorArnold & Porter
ArticleESAs' Report On Voluntary Disclosure Of PAIsOn 28 September 2023, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published their second annual report (Report) on the extent of voluntary disclosures of principal adverse impacts...United KingdomFinance and BankingTravers Smith LLP
ArticleEarly Settlement Concession For Young People In The UKIn this post, we look at the recent change in Home Office policy which welcomes young people who were born or brought up in the UK without immigration status to apply for early settlementUnited KingdomImmigrationRichmond Chambers Immigration Barristers
ArticleTCPA Laws At The State Level: What You Need To KnowA Q&A with Michele Shuster, Managing Partner at Mac Murray & Shuster LLP.United StatesConsumer ProtectionMac Murray & Shuster
ArticleNew Federal Overtime Rule Set To Take Effect January 1, 2020The $455 per week threshold (referred to in the rule as the "standard salary level") had been in effect since 2004.United StatesEmployment and HRDLA Piper UK LLP
ArticleThe Wait Is Finally Over – DOL's New Proposed Overtime Rule Sets Federal Minimum Salary Level Threshold At $679/Week ($35,308/Year)On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which proposes updates to the required salary amounts ...United StatesEmployment and HRLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
ArticleLegal Alert On Decree 69/2024/ND-CP On Electronic Authentication And IdentificationOn June 25, 2024, the Vietnamese Government issued Decree 69/2024/ND-CP (Decree 69), effective from July 1, 2024, replacing Decree 59/2022/ND-CP.VietnamImmigrationDuane Morris LLP