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DOL Fiduciary Investment Advice - We Have Tread This Road Before, Has Anything Changed for Advisors?

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The Department of Labor (DOL) recently released the Retirement Security Rule - yet another iteration of its updated fiduciary rule that has been kicking around the agency for over a decade....more

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Biden Administration Issues Final Rule Expanding ERISA Fiduciary Definition, Enhancing Protections for Pension Plan Participants

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On April 23, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule significantly expanding the definition of who qualifies as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (the Retirement Security...more

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Third Time’s a Charm? The Department of Labor Releases Its Third Iteration of the Fiduciary Rule

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Over strenuous objection from some members of the financial services industry and some members of Congress, on April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule (the Final Rule) defining what it means to...more

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DOL Updates Procedures for Prohibited Transaction Exemption Applications

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On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published the final rule amending the procedures for filing an individual prohibited transaction exemption application.  The amended regulation (the “Procedures”)...more

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DOL Withdraws FLSA Inside Sales Exemption Lists

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a new final rule on May 19, 2020 recasting the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (“FLSA”) inside sales exemption, Section 7(i). This new rule – which took effect immediately – repeals two...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Wage and Hour Division Modifies Rules For FLSA’s Retail Sales Exemption

On May 19, 2020, the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) implemented a final rule withdrawing partial lists of establishments that it previously interpreted as either having “no retail concept” or...more

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Federal Judges Halt Expanded Exemption From ACA Contraceptive Mandate

In back-to-back decisions, two federal district court judges have blocked implementation of a Trump administration rule that would exempt more employers from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement...more

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ERISA's Fiduciary Rule – Not Dead Yet, Not Dead . . . Ever?

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It has been a long and winding road for the amended fiduciary regulation (the "Regulation") of the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). The highly...more

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The New Wage And Hour Regulations: Is Your Institution in Compliance?

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The long awaited changes to the federal wage and hour regulations were finally released by the Department of Labor (USDOL) on May 18, 2016. The changes, which generally relate to the salary basis amount required for the white...more

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DOL Releases Final Fiduciary Investment Adviser Regulations

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On April 6, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited final regulations defining who is a fiduciary investment adviser (the Final Rule), along with related prohibited transaction class exemptions and...more

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U.S. DOL To Issue Final Rule and Exemptions on Fiduciary Standards

On April 6, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor will release its highly-anticipated Final Rule and Exemptions addressing when a person providing investment advice with respect to an employee benefit plan or individual...more

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UPDATE: When Will The Exemption Changes Occur?

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Since our recent post on this topic, U.S. Solicitor of Labor M. Patricia Smith has appeared at the annual conference of the American Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Section. Some of her remarks indicate that the U.S....more

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Update on the Fight Over the Companionship and Live-In Domestic Worker FLSA Exemptions: Final Rule Set to Go Into Effect on...

A U.S. Department of Labor final regulation prohibiting third-party home care agencies and other third-party employers from taking advantage of the Companionship and Live-In Domestic Worker minimum wage and overtime...more

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