Clients regulated by, or who have contracts with government agencies regulated by, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) should be aware of a major, recent court decision. On November 12, 2024, the D.C. Circuit Court…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Contracting, Transportation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
For decades, employers faced with ongoing workplace unionization could hold a mandatory meeting, on paid time, to educate employees on the potential impacts of unionization and offer the employer’s perspective on unionizing the…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule raising the salary thresholds for being exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In 2018, as part of the “Trump tax cuts,” the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption was increased to $11,180,000, with annual increases for inflation. Today, the exemption stands at…
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/ Finance & Banking, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Effective January 1, 2025, Washington’s state minimum wage will increase to $16.66 per hour, a 2.35% increase over 2024. In addition to complying with the state’s minimum wage requirements, Washington employers also need to be…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Property tax is a major concern for Texas property owners, since it represents one of the most substantial expenses they face. In 2023, local taxing entities’ property tax collections totaled $82.1 billion, matching the total…
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/ Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
Any lingering notion that Ohio was a “swing” state in presidential elections was erased Tuesday as former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance won Ohio by just over 11 percentage points…
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/ Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics
The Department of State (DOS) has announced that their new online passport renewal system is fully available to the public, having started September 18, 2024…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
In 2004, California became the first state to enact a Paid Family Leave (PFL) program. This program was designed to extend disability compensation to individuals who take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse,…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On April 22, 2024, the Office of Civil Rights issued a Final Rule titled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (2024 Final Privacy Rule).
Originally Published by the American Bar Association…
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/ Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
On April 22, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Final Rule titled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Final Rule)…
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/ Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Health, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Over 30 million companies now have less than 70 days to file their initial reports under the new federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Here is the bottom line and why it matters…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Taxation
