02 Aug News U.S. Department of Labor Issues Proposed Rule Increasing Minimum Wage for Certain Federal Contractors publications / POSTED BY Duanne Morris On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) implementing President Biden’s April 27, 2021, Executive Order 14026 “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors,” which increases the minimum wage for employees of certain federal contractors to $15 per hour (and to $10.50 per hour for tipped employees) effective January 30, 2022. The executive order goes into effect on January 30, 2022, and includes several significant expansions of the Obama-era Executive Order 13658 on which it is based. The executive order does not cover employers who are not federal contractors and only covers federal contractors who have certain categories of federal contracts. Read More
26 Jul News TAIWAN – Visa-free entry, simplified visa regulations extended publications / POSTED BY Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced last week that it would extend visa-free entry for an additional year for citizens of Brunei, the Philippines, Russia and Thailand. Read More
26 Jul News FDA Issues Final Guidance on Form and Content of Unique Device Identifier Labeling System publications / POSTED BY Duanne Morris On July 7, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance regarding the form and content of unique device identifier (UDI) labeling. The guidance will assist labelers of medical devices and FDA-accredited issuing agencies (who operate systems for issuing UDIs used by labelers) in meeting the requirements under 21 CFR Part 801, Subpart B, and the Unique Device Identification System Final Rule, 78 FR 58786 (September 24, 2013) (UDI Rule). Read More
22 Jul News Third Circuit Upholds National Labor Relations Board's Return to Pre-Obama Deferral Standard publications / POSTED BY Duanne Morris On July 8, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an opinion upholding the National Labor Relations Board’s 2019 decision relating to post-arbitral deferral standards. The Third Circuit found that the Board’s decision to eliminate an Obama-era rule and return to the standard that had been in effect for decades prior was rational and consistent with the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”). Read More
01 Jul News U.S. Supreme Court Offers Guidance on Rebutting Presumption of Reliance in Certification of Securities Class Actions publications / POSTED BY Duanne Morris On June 21, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a securities class action opinion that clarified the types of proof—and who bears the burden of proof—necessary to support certification of a class action alleging that a company’s generic statements sustained an artificially inflated stock price. Read More
16 Apr News TJ de Minas Gerais suspende expediente forense e prazos processuais / POSTED BY Conjur O presidente do Tribunal de Justiça de Minas Gerais, desembargador Gilson Soares Lemes, anunciou nesta terça-feira a suspensão do expediente forense da corte por causa do avanço do novo coronavírus no... Read More
03 Mar News Mexico Issues Official Guidance for Voluntary Adoption of Ecommerce Ethics Code publications / POSTED BY Morgan Lewis Mexico’s Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (PROFECO)) on February 26 announced its new voluntary Ecommerce Ethics Code (Código de Ética en Materia de Comercio Ele... Read More
02 Mar News Maryland Passes Digital Advertising Tax, Now Being Challenged in Court publications / POSTED BY Morgan Lewis The Maryland state legislature voted on February 12 to override Governor Larry Hogan’s veto and thus enacted the Digital Advertising Act, the first tax of its kind in the United States. Other states s... Read More
27 Feb News Divulgadas as regras sobre a entrega da Declaração do Imposto de Renda da Pessoa Física 2021 / POSTED BY Divulgadas as regras sobre a entrega da Declaração do Imposto de Renda da Pessoa Física 2021 Read More
25 Feb News New York Court of Appeals Issues Landmark Decision Clarifying Statute of Limitations Issues in Foreclosures, with Profound Implications for the Mortgage Industry publications / POSTED BY Duane Morris On February 18, 2021, the New York Court of Appeals handed down a decision clarifying several issues involving the statute of limitations in mortgage foreclosure actions. In a consolidated opinion, th... Read More
