For Investment Advisers: SEC withdraws Prior Guidance on Proxy Voting Firm Independence. The SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued an Information Update officially withdrawing two no-action letters on proxy voting issued back in 2004,...
Members of the pharmaceutical supply chain, including drug wholesalers and manufacturers, are grappling with fast-approaching deadlines for compliance with new federal regulatory requirements. The Drug Quality and Security Act, passed in 2013,...
Female Manager at Temple Mushroom Farm Sexually Harassed Multiple Female Workers, Federal Agency Charges - PHILADELPHIA - Bisconti Farms, Inc., a mushroom farm in Temple, Pa., violated federal law when it subjected female workers to sexual...
MacLeod v Alberta College of Social Workers, 2018 ABCA 13, highlights that a person under investigation must be given reasonable particulars of the allegations against them.... By: Field Law
In Hall v. LVNV Funding, L.L.C., 2018 WL 4664117 (5th Cir. Sept. 26, 2018), the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a furnisher of credit information, finding there was no dispute of material fact as to whether the furnisher fulfilled its...
Through Revenue Procedure 2018-52, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has recently updated its system of correction programs for retirement plans known as the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS). EPCRS permits plan sponsors to correct...
A federal district court in Florida has ruled that a claim against a policyholder arising out of a hacker’s theft of confidential credit card information was not covered under a commercial general liability (CGL) policy. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins....
Legislation requires California public companies to have at least one woman director by the end of 2019. Applies to public companies with a principal place of business in California as disclosed on Form 10-K....
On October 1, 2018, New York State released final model sexual harassment materials and compliance guidance in response to comments received during its open comment period, discussed in more detail in a previous blog article. The new materials...
