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On April 27, the CFPB published a final rule extending the date for mandatory compliance with the new “general” Qualified Mortgage (QM) rule (General QM Rule) until October 1, 2022. In December, 2020, the CFPB published the final General QM Rule.

On Wednesday, April 28, a major component of the legal battle in the fight over interstate oil and gas pipelines will reach a climax. In Washington, D.C., the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC v. New Jersey et al.

Speculating about the future can be a perilous undertaking. If predictions from the twentieth century were right, we would be cruising around in flying cars and living in moonbases or on remote planets by now.

There has been a steady increase in private equity investment in physician, dental and other professional practices over the past few years.

In the last year, there has been an unprecedented surge of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formations.

On April 26, 2021, the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the opening of the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection (EEO-1). EEO-1 reports are mandated by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

U.S. companies doing business in Latin America must ensure that they institute and maintain strong anti-corruption safeguards. These companies must be prepared to coordinate with regulators from multiple jurisdictions in the event that they are subject to an investigation....

Although environmental justice (EJ) is not a new concept in the context of air permitting, the Biden administration’s increased focus on identifying and addressing disproportionate environmental impacts on low-income neighborhoods and communities of color is likely to spur an increase in EJ claim

Seyfarth Synopsis: This is the second installment in a series of recommendations to the Biden Administration on immigration reform previously published by the Cato Institute in “Deregulating Legal Immigration: A Blueprint for Agency Action.” Read the first installment here.

Q: It is no secret that Trump and Biden have starkly different views on immigration laws and policies. Now that President Biden is in charge, how have things changed? What impact has there been on employers and their employees in the U.S. under employer-sponsored visas?...

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