Acting CFPB Director Bessent tells CFPB staff to stop virtually all work

This Law Firm Publication by Ballard Spahr states that the acting bureau Director, Scott Bessent, has reportedly ordered the agency to stop virtually all work. Source link Read more »

SEC Rescinds Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (SAB 121) on Crypto Custody Accounting

The SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 122 (SAB 122), rescinding Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (SAB 121), under which the SEC had recommended that an obligation to safeguard crypto assets held for platform... Read more »

CFTC Issues Staff Advisory on Use of AI by CFTC-Regulated Entities

The CFTC staff issued an advisory related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by CFTC-regulated entities as they begin to integrate AI into their businesses. The advisory observes that AI may... Read more »
Love on the Run’ misses chance to examine staff sexual misconduct at detention centers

Love on the Run’ misses chance to examine staff sexual misconduct at detention centers

Many states including Oklahoma, where I practice, have laws that create strict liability crimes when a person in power engages in a sexual relationship with someone subject to that authority. The underlying... Read more »
Love on the Run’ misses chance to examine staff sexual misconduct at detention centers

Love on the Run’ misses chance to examine staff sexual misconduct at detention centers

Many states including Oklahoma, where I practice, have laws that create strict liability crimes when a person in power engages in a sexual relationship with someone subject to that authority. The underlying... Read more »
US Companies Push Child Care Benefits For Staff To Better Work-Life Balance

US Companies Push Child Care Benefits For Staff To Better Work-Life Balance

As the cost of child care hits record highs, more than half of US employers are prioritizing benefits that help their staff juggle and pay for the demands of family and work.... Read more »
Andrew Maunz Comments on the EEOC Suing a California Moving Company for Promoting Young Staff

Andrew Maunz Comments on the EEOC Suing a California Moving Company for Promoting Young Staff

Andrew Maunz comments on the EEOC’s enforcement of age-related discrimination laws after the agency sued a California-based moving company for promoting ‘student-athlete’ workers workforce in “A Moving Company Touts Its Young, Chiseled... Read more »

White House Calls on US Schools to Carry Naloxone, Train Staff and Students on Use

In response to adolescent overdose deaths doubling from 2019 to 2020, the White House is urging all schools to carry the emergency overdose reversal drug naloxone and train students and faculty on... Read more »
Why this BigLaw firm adopted a permanent work-from-anywhere policy for its lawyers and staff

Why this BigLaw firm adopted a permanent work-from-anywhere policy for its lawyers and staff

John B. Quinn is a founding partner and chairman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Thanks to nearly two-years of COVID-19-related shutdowns and sheltering-in-place orders, working from home has become the new... Read more »
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