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  • DEI hard: new reports reveal UK workplace diversity challenges

    This month has seen the publication of two UK government-backed reports relating to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The Treasury Committee has published its report in relation to barriers faced by women in financial services, including the progress on removal of the gender pay gap and the role of the government and regulated firms combatting sexual harassment. The Parker Review...

  • Global Real Estate Horizon Scanner – Spring 2024 edition

    A glance at the legislative changes likely to impact global real estate over the next few months. What legal developments can we expect to see globally this Spring? Whichever jurisdiction you operate in, there is an array of new regulation that we expect will impact the real estate world. Take a look at our Spring 2024 edition of the Global Real Estate Horizon Scanner to help you navigate...

  • Pay Transparency Wage Range Disclosure Compendium 2024

    ”Pay scale,” which means the salary or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position

  • Global Pay Equity Desktop Reference 2024

    There is a global call for greater transparency around employee pay. For multinational organizations, tracking the ever-changing global pay equity reporting obligations can pose daunting challenges. To simplify the process, we are pleased to provide you with our fourth annual Global Pay Equity Desktop Reference: Pay Equity Reporting Laws Around the World.

  • Developments in Equal Pay Litigation

    We combine legal expertise with industry-leading statistical capabilities to provide global pay equity solutions that assess and mitigate risk.

  • 50 State Equal Pay Reference Guide 2024

    For organizations that operate in multiple states, tracking the ever-changing requirements related to equal pay issues can pose daunting challenges and the growing “ripple effect” of such requirements is being felt across industries and sectors. To simplify the process, we are pleased to provide you with our Eighth Annual 50 State Equal Pay Reference Guide: What Employers Need to Know about US...

  • SEC Announces First-Ever Enforcement Actions for “AI Washing”

    The actions are part of increased regulatory scrutiny on how companies, investment advisers, and other market participants are using AI and their related disclosures. On March 18, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two first-of-their kind settled enforcement actions with investment advisers Delphia (USA) Inc. (Delphia) and Global Predictions Inc. (Global...

  • Organizational Integrity Shorts: Don’t Just Let the Dominoes Fall; Understand the Paths They Might Take

    Let’s say you’re a publicly traded manufacturer of a popular medical device, which you sell commercially as well as to a number of VA hospitals. You receive an anonymous internal hotline complaint alleging that certain unauthorized, reverse-engineered components were used in the manufacturing process and that certain quality tests were skipped in the interest of “efficiency.” You triage the...

  • What I Wish I Knew Then: Nadine Strossen

    In "What I Wish I Knew Then" (New York Law Journal, March 22, 2024), Nadine Strossen, former President of the ALCU and Professor Emerita of Constitutional Law at New York Law School, dives into issues of particular interest to recent college and law school graduates. I found her take on the nuances of the first amendment to be especially illuminating. "In defending freedom of speech, we are...

  • FTC and DOJ Target Healthcare and Life Sciences Industries - Urgent Care: Current Antitrust Enforcement Trends in the Healthcare Industry

    The healthcare industry remains a focal point of President Biden’s antitrust agenda. The president’s July 2021 Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy called on federal agencies to focus antitrust enforcement efforts on health care, among other industries, and to coordinate on oversight, investigations and remedies where agency jurisdiction overlaps. The Federal Trade...

  • Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 19, 2024

    Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector.

  • Fiscal Year 2025 Greenbook Provisions Chart

    On Monday, March 11, President Joe Biden released his budget request to Congress (“Budget”) and various accompanying documents. Separately, the Treasury Department released its General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2025 Revenue Proposals, commonly known as the “Green Book,” which provides more detailed descriptions of the tax proposals in the Budget along with associated...

  • This Week’s Climate Policy Update - March 2024 #3

    Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...

  • The Nucleus: Life Sciences Enforcement and Regulatory Updates - March 2024

    Circuit Split Widens Over AKS-Based FCA Causation Element - The Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) continues to form the basis of hundreds of millions of dollars of annual recoveries for the government under the federal False Claims Act (FCA). In 2010, Congress amended the AKS to clarify that “a claim that includes items or services resulting from a violation of the AKS constitutes a false or...

  • Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - March 2024

    Five NJ nephrology practices combine under Northeast Kidney Care banner - The combined company claims to be the largest independent group of nephrologists in the state, with 26 locations.

  • Quick Reference Chart On Key Global Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

    Climate disclosure regulations are among the most significant and complex challenges faced by companies and boards, with a variety of requirements emanating from numerous governmental authorities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in recent years. Mayer Brown lawyers from around the world produced a White Paper on Global Climate Change Disclosure Initiatives and Board Corporate...

  • A Legal Primer on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property

    On November 30, 2022, OpenAI captured the world’s attention when it introduced version 3.5 of its ChatGPT service. What began as cocktail hour conversations and funny experiments quickly made its way into boardrooms and budgets. Goldman Sachs reported AI investment was forecast to approach $200 billion globally by 2025, and 47% of top technology officers (e.g. CIO, CTO) reported to CNBC that AI...

  • Veterinary Law Newsletter: Volume 26

    Exciting updates from the National Veterinary Law Group at Mandelbaum Barrett PC! Our newest newsletter has arrived, brimming with invaluable insights tailored for the veterinary industry. Discover informative articles addressing crucial topics for practice owners in 2024, from profit interests to associate contracts and telemedicine.

  • 401(k) Sponsors Say Their Plan is OK, But They Don’t Have Any Idea

    When I was dating my wife, she asked me if I had a good credit score and I said I did. I never checked my credit score, but I paid all my bills in full and on time. Of course, when I got a copy of my credit report, my credit score wasn’t so great because that credit card account that I opened in college with my mother had a $17,000 balance that I wasn’t aware of since I hadn’t used the card for...

  • A Guide to the SEC's New Climate Disclosure Rules

    On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted climate disclosure rules which will require registrants to disclose detailed new climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration statements. These rules come almost two years after the SEC first issued proposed climate-related disclosure rules on March 21, 2022.

  • Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update - March 2024 #2

    Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s biweekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...

  • The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rules: Requirements, Practicalities, and Next Steps

    The long-awaited rules, already at the center of political debate and litigation, represent another global regulatory effort to integrate climate considerations into financial reporting. On March 6, 2024, nearly two years after its proposed rules were first released, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission), in a 3-2 vote along party lines, approved final rules...

  • InterConnect Newsletter - Q1 2024

    Courts have clearly established that a shipper cannot prevail in a freight claim against a carrier if an “Act of God” caused the freight loss or damage. The Act of God defense is an original, and one of the most battle-scarred, defenses in any Carmack Amendment claim for freight loss and/or damage. It was intended to be asserted in shipment schematics involving severe, natural phenomena such as...

  • FinCEN Re-Proposes AML/CFT Requirements Covering Investment Advisers

    On February 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a long-anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to impose comprehensive anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) requirements on investment advisers within the asset management sector (the Proposed Rule). The NPRM represents FinCEN’s

  • A Secret On Sale: When Trade Secrecy and Invention Disclosure Collide

    You have invented a process for manufacturing a high-potency artificial sweetener. You are now faced with a critical business decision: how do you protect your intellectual property? You could keep your process a closely guarded secret—benefiting from trade secret protection potentially forever—at the constant risk that a competitor may legally reverse engineer or independently discover your...

  • Challenging Prosecutorial Use of a Pretrial Detainee’s Electronic Communications.

    Pretrial detention imposes several unreasonable burdens on a defendant's ability to prepare for trial. One such burden is that the prosecution often gains access—without a warrant—to the defendant's telephone calls because the pretrial detention facility often records and shares the calls with the prosecution. This practice may inhibit the defendant’s willingness and ability to speak freely to...

  • Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2024 #4

    CYBERSECURITY - City of Pensacola Services Disrupted by Cyber-Attack - Adding to the list of many other municipalities, the city of Pensacola, Florida, was hit with a cyber-attack last weekend that affected services to residents, including emergency telephone assistance.

  • Class Action & MDL Roundup 2023 Q4 - Not All Cases Survive and Advance

    Welcome to the Class Action & MDL Roundup, our quarterly review of decisions and settlements in the class action arena. In this edition, student-athletes win an NIL round, Canadians in California isn’t personal (jurisdiction), and it’s only a duty to disclose when it’s material. Plus, we have our usual coverage of lawsuits over drugs and pharmaceuticals, wage-and-hour rules, shareholder losses,

  • The Scramble - Gaming Legal Year in Review: 2023

    Introduction - Welcome to the second issue of The Scramble, presented by Wilson Sonsini’s Electronic Gaming Group. Wilson Sonsini has advised hundreds of clients throughout the gaming sector. The Scramble is an annual publication that highlights the gaming industry over the past year, Wilson Sonsini’s work in the industry, and offers a glimpse into our anticipated projects in the upcoming...

  • Primarily Non-Financial Corporate Reporting: Climate Change

    Version 2.0 following publication of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Climate-Related Disclosure Rules - A wave of new legislation and regulation in the U.S. and Europe has the potential to significantly impact the non-financial reporting obligations of U.S. companies. With the myriad of requirements overlaid with varying timelines, it can be challenging to understand what...

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