The Biden Administration's Push for Transparency in AI Technology
Successor Government Contractor Hiring Obligations Change: DOL’s Long Awaited Nondisplacement Rule
Protecting Our Nation’s Data: Cybersecurity Compliance for Government Contractors
AI Around the Globe: What to Know in 2024
DE Under 3: President Biden Issued "Modernizing Regulatory Review" Executive Order
Business Better Podcast Episode: An Update on Environmental Justice Under the Biden Administration
#WorkforceWednesday: FTC Proposes Ban on Non-Competes - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
Constangy Webinar - DEI Audits: Tools to Enhance Your DEI Practices
Navigating the FTC’s Proposed Rule Banning Non-Competes
Exploring the FTC’s Proposed Ban on Noncompetes (Fairly Competing, Episode 20)
Law Brief®: Rich Schoenstein and David Kleinmann Discuss FTC's Proposed Noncompete Ban
[Podcast] Keith Matthews and Chris Wozniak: Talking Ag Biotech Episode 2
Bringing order to the regulatory chaos for crypto?
DE Under 3: New Data Collection Burdens, NLRB’s Ruling Regarding Union Election Dismissals, and OMB’s Tech Modernization Fund
The Labor Law Insider: Project Labor Agreements Part II
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Crypto Markets Expand as Biden Calls for All-of-Government Approach to Regs
DE Under 3: EEO-1 Survey Closure Date, Non-Binary Reporting Updates, and Government Agency Equity Plans
#WorkforceWednesday: Non-Compete Compliance, New Requirements for Plan Sponsors, Get Ahead on Anti-Harassment Training - Employment Law This Week®
Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
DE Under 3: OFCCP AAP Verification Portal 'Rules of Behavior', Vaccination Injunction Updates, & Recent Job Scam Alerts
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The Biden-Harris administration launched Version 1.0 of its Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. This tool is a key component of the administration’s environmental justice...more
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Please join us for the annual Nelson Mullins Financial Services Conference, which will feature a lineup of national speakers on the future of financial services....more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed regulation on October 14, 2021, that would clarify how fiduciaries of private sector employee benefit plans should apply ERISA’s fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty...more
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Our one-day Regional Compliance and Ethics Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more
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On May 20, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk, which outlines various initiatives to promote policies related to physical and transition risks associated with climate change and...more
On June 11, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released its Spring 2021 Rule List. Among the proposed rulemaking topics are various environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) disclosures. Although...more
On June 16, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would impose new ESG due diligence and disclosure requirements on publicly traded companies. H.R. 1187 – the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of...more