FTC Sues Amazon over ‘Dark’ Prime Practices The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging the online retailer tricked millions of consumers into signing up for its Prime subscription program and made it difficult for them to...
CA Gov Wants $5B More for Mental Healthcare California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced his support for two bills that would add treatment beds for homeless people suffering from mental illness or substance abuse ( SB 326 ) and pay for that additional treatment...
Pay Transparency Laws Followed More Loosely in Some Industries Thanks to pay transparency laws enacted in states like California, Colorado, Illinois and Washington, as well as in a handful of cities like New York, many job advertisements now include a pay range...
State Lawmakers Seeking to Broaden Access to Mental Healthcare With over 1 in 5 U.S. adults and youths (13-18 years old) experiencing mental illness and cost keeping many of them from being able to access mental healthcare, state lawmakers are trying various...
Do you need to know more about the new industrial relations landscape? Lawyers, company directors and managers within all types of organisations need to make changes – now and in the future. As a result, you will need to be well prepared to adapt your business...
MLex's reporters have had a frantic start to 2022, with global competition lawsuits against Google and Apple spilling over into the Federal Court of Australia and a criminal-cartel prosecution involving local foreign-exchange businesses culminating in guilty...
James Panichi and Laurel Henning talk through the biggest stories for MLex's Australian reporting in 2021, including criminal-cartel , antitrust developments and Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s (ACCC), continued efforts to tackle the...
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have been buzzed about for years; however, current events have catapulted ESG to the main stage. The SEC’s recent announcement of a Climate and ESG Task Force and request...
Lasting Health Policy Changes from Pandemic A number of health-related state policy changes made during the COVID-19 public health emergency appear likely to remain in place indefinitely. Over the past three years, hundreds of states have sought to extend temporary...
Stricter Rules Could be Coming for Banks with Over $100B in Assets The heads of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve said last week that bank regulators are considering applying a set of tougher capital rules to banks that have over...
It has been an action-packed six months for MLex’s Australia-based journalists. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s five-year, rolling probe into the operation of digital platforms has hit the halfway mark, while the agency’s...
Now that oil prices are at multi-year highs, many independent energy companies are looking at ways to quickly increase production. Learn the steps to take when your client plans to use fracking to get the most out of their new wells. READ NOW » Related...
Mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, or other reorganizations of a company can have a profound effect on employee benefit plans of the constituent companies. Choosing an asset purchase or a stock acquisition form of acquisition can impact the benefit plans of...
Check out our foreign benchmark rate loans tracker that identifies select new publicly-filed loans with interest rates based on foreign benchmark interest rates. The data analyzed in this tracker was obtained using Market Standards , which contains over 3,600 publicly...
It seems like mega bankruptcy cases are being filed on a daily basis. Stay aware of those cases by using this mega bankruptcy tracker, which provides pertinent information for notable mega bankruptcy cases, including a debtor’s reasons for filing for Chapter...
Explore our Alternative Reference Rate Loans Tracker that identifies new publicly-filed loans with interest rates based on reference rates other than SOFR or LIBOR. This new tracker is based on publicly-filed credit agreements available on Market Standards, the...
On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules and amendments relating to SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC business combination transactions. Read this client alert digest to keep up with potential regulations relating to these types of companies. READ NOW » Related...
Do you need to advise your clients on the types of compensation that employers may exclude from the regular rate of pay calculation for nonexempt employees? Read this newly published practice note for guidance on this topic. READ NOW » Related Content...
In the wake of numerous high-profile scandals involving the misappropriation of client assets, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken significant steps to enhance the safekeeping of client funds and securities by investment advisers including...
Section 5 of Form 8-K covers changes in control, director departures and elections, amendments to articles of incorporation or bylaws, trading suspensions, and other important corporate events. Use this practice note to understand a client’s disclosure obligations...
M&A practitioners must be highly skilled and agile, as each transaction has its own unique considerations. Understanding the intricacies between various transaction types is key, and Practical Guidance has you covered. Refresh your understanding of stock purchase...
Get an overview of Insurance Bad Faith Claims , including the insured’s rights, claim triggers, and the benefits of bringing a claim. READ NOW » Related Content Bad Faith Claims and Litigation Avoidance Checklist Get insight on the most important...
Failing to adopt an investment policy statement (IPS) is not a violation of the fiduciary standards of ERISA. However, the Department of Labor (DOL) has said that the adoption of an IPS is “consistent with the fiduciary obligations set forth in ERISA,”...
Proven Screening Solutions Support Government Goal to Transform Security Clearance System May 7, 2008 — New York, NY, May 7, 2008 - LexisNexis Special Services Inc. (LNSSI) today announced that it is co-sponsoring the Information Technology Association of...