Category: Business Law & Regulations

September 22, 2023

The EEOC has released its new Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) for Fiscal Years 2024-2028. The SEP lays out the EEOC’s enforcement priorities to focus and coordinate the agency’s work over multiple years “to have a sustained impact in advancing equal […]

September 21, 2023

The EEOC has released its new Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) for Fiscal Years 2024-2028. The SEP lays out the EEOC’s enforcement priorities to focus and coordinate the agency’s work over multiple years “to have a sustained impact in advancing equal […]

September 21, 2023

To whom does the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act apply? The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act imposes transparency and disclosure obligations on a “controller” (an individual or legal entity who, “alone or jointly with another person, determines the purposes and means for […]

September 20, 2023

On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its regulations regarding who employees may authorize to act as their representative and accompany the Compliance Safety and Health […]

September 20, 2023

On September 12, 2023, Delaware governor John Carney signed the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (the “DPDPA” or the “Act”) into law. The DPDPA protects the privacy rights of consumers in Delaware and regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of […]

September 19, 2023

As our economy enters a period of financial stress, consumers are leaning toward options that provide flexibility in purchases. Larger-priced items become a deterrent as families and businesses struggle to make ends meet. We all need financial relief while still […]

September 19, 2023

On September 15, 2022 California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) into law. The CAADCA takes effect July 1, 2024, and brings vast changes to the online compliance landscape with regard to children’s privacy and […]

September 18, 2023

Noncompetes are under siege on multiple fronts. Highlighted on the national stage by President Biden’s July 9, 2021, Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, noncompetes have been under attack from state and federal legislatures, the Federal Trade […]

September 15, 2023

On April 28, 2023, the IRS Office of Chief Counsel issued Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum 202317020 (CCA Memo), with an important reminder to employers who provide health and dependent care flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) under an Internal Revenue Code (Code) […]

September 14, 2023

When you think of long-term wealth creation, it’s hard to overlook passive income. Thinking of personal finance, passive income promises a steady financial inflow even when you aren’t working anymore. Some sources of passive income even promise the dream of […]

September 14, 2023

Starting an email marketing program is one of the smartest things a business can do. More than half of the planet uses email, and 61% of consumers prefer to hear from brands via email. While sending email newsletters and campaigns […]

September 13, 2023

Most modern U.S. state data privacy laws exempt from their definition of personal information “publicly available information.” What constitutes publicly available information differs between state privacy laws and may not correlate to the lay definition understood by many businesses and […]

September 12, 2023

As of now, 12 states (CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, IN, MT, OR, TN, TX, UT, and VA) have passed comprehensive privacy laws that are in effect (CA, CT, CO, and VA), or are about to go into effect sometime […]

September 12, 2023

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”) can conduct inspections for several reasons, including as a response to an employee complaint, after the report of a fatality or injury, and in accordance with an emphasis program. The reasonable scope of […]

September 11, 2023

On May 26, 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed into law an amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) that bans employment discrimination on the basis of an individual’s height and/or weight. The amendment thus […]

September 11, 2023

The recently enacted Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires covered employers (i.e., public or private employers with more than 15 employees) to provide reasonable accommodations to “qualified” employees or candidates with a known limitation related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related […]

September 8, 2023

Earlier in 2023, we launched our New England and First Circuit Class Action Tracker, as a tool to analyze class action litigation trends in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. In July, we updated our tracker to include data […]

September 7, 2023

Under the European GDPR, if the personal information that an organization is going to use as part of training an AI has been collected directly from individuals, then those individuals should be provided with a copy of the organization’s privacy […]

September 7, 2023

On August 31, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board’s Democratic majority issued a decision in American Federation for Children, Inc. The ruling expands the scope of activities protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to include […]

September 6, 2023

Flight attendant Charlene Carter sued her employer and her union alleging, among other things, that they discriminated against her on the basis of religion, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”). In July […]