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CIPL white paper on responsible, holistic data use

CIPL Publishes White Paper on Leveraging Data Responsibly and a Holistic Data Strategy

by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity

IS TCR NEXT TO FACE BAN?: With Tik Tok Facing Ban Unless it Sells to American Company is The Campaign Registry Next on the List?

by: Eric J. Troutman

MSHA Releases Final Rule on Respirable Crystalline Silica

by: Zachary T. Byers

Goodbye “Five-Part Test”—DOL Finalizes New Investment Advice Fiduciary Rules

by: Adam W Scoll & Jennifer Rigterink

Safety Perspectives From Region 6: Programs and Program Enforcements [Podcast]

by: Frank D. Davis & John Surma

FTC Passes Final Rule Banning Worker Non-Compete Agreements

by: Kendall Millard & Christopher Rubey

Recent N.D. Ill. Ruling Upholds Common Interest Doctrine Over Communications Between Biometric Technology Vendors and Customers

by: Julia Y. Trankiem & Torsten M. Kracht

The FTC Says “No Más” to Non-Compete Clauses

by: Patricia M. Prezioso & James M. Lemonedes

Fast Facts on the New FTC Rule Banning Non-Compete Clauses

by: Alexis M. Wheeler

Explaining the FTC’s New Rule Banning Noncompetes Nationwide

by: Rachel E. Green

FDA Continues to Take Stance That it Will Not Issue CBD Rules

by: Lauren P. Carboni & Kyle Y. Faget

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Two PFAS Chemicals Deemed Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA

U.S. EPA Finalizes Designation of Two PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA

by: Linda E. Benfield & Amanda K. Beggs

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), including their salts and structural isomers, as “hazardous substances” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Largest Ever IRS Data Breach Impact on Individuals and Families

Protect Yourself: Action Steps Following the Largest-Ever IRS Data Breach

by: Kevin Spencer & Joseph Viviano

Last week, more than four years after Littlejohn committed his crime, the IRS began notifying affected taxpayers that their personal data had been compromised. If you received a notice from the IRS, it means you are a victim of the data breach and should take proactive steps to protect yourself from fraud.

Department of Labor overtime salary threshold increase

Final Rule Raises Salary Threshold for Employee Overtime Exemptions - Learn How This Could Affect You and Your Business

by: Carmen M. Cato & S. Gordon Hill

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released a final rule that increases the salary threshold for the white collar overtime exemptions from the current $35,568 yearly minimum to $43,888 on July 1, 2024, and then to $58,656 on January 1, 2025.

FTC rule to prohibit non-compete contracts nationwide

Federal Trade Commission Alters Employment Landscape Through Nationwide Noncompete Ban

by: Brian A. Hayles & Michael P. Fischer

Following a 16-month administrative process ... the FTC on April 23, 2024, issued its final rule that will, according to the FTC, “promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide, protecting the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs, increasing innovation, and fostering new business formation.”

Federal Trade Commission noncompete rule in health care industry

What the FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Competes Means for Healthcare

by: Denise M. Gunter & Carrie A. Hanger

As written, the rule will have profound effects on virtually every industry, especially health care, where non-competes are common in physician and mid-level practitioner employment agreements. As several Commissioners indicated during the April 23 meeting, they are particularly concerned about non-competes in health car…

FTC seeks to prohibit noncompete clauses with new rule

FTC Adopts Final Rule Banning Employers From Entering Non-Competes

by: Scott R. McLaughlin & Christine Bestor Townsend

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a final rule that effectively prohibits the use of almost all non-compete clauses. The FTC voted 3-2 to approve the final regulations, referred to as the Non-Compete Clause Rule, the approval coming fifteen months after the FTC released its proposed rule

DOL Releases Updated Overtime Rule

by: Allan S Bloom

The DOL released its updated federal overtime rule on April 23, 2024. With limited exceptions, the rule increases the minimum salary for exemption as executive, administrative, or professional (“EAP”) employee from $684 per week ($35,568 annualized) to $844 per week ($43,888 annualized) effective July 1, 2024

Department of Education Title IX regulations published

U.S. Department of Education: Highly Anticipated Title IX Regulations Published, Compliance Required by August 1, 2024

by: Ashley N. Higginson & Ahmad Chehab

On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“DOE”) issued its long-awaited and lengthy Final Title IX regulations (after having received more than 240,000 comments from the public during the interim rulemaking process).

Legal issues and considerations for employers in 2023

Top 10 Legal Challenges for Employers

by: Nancy J. Puleo & Michael L. Stevens

With 2024 underway, we highlight some of the most pressing legal issues facing employers this year, including increased regulation of noncompetition agreements, new paid family and medical leave laws, a new Overtime Rule, and a heated unionization climate, supported by a continuing expansion of employee rights

United States | USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Returning Workers With April 1-May 14 Start Dates

by: BAL U.S. Practice Group

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Thursday that it had received enough petitions to reach the H-2B cap for returning workers with start dates from April 1 to May 14, 2024.