24 Apr, 2024 Voluntary Reporting for a Mandatory Database: DOL’s New Approach for the SECURE Act 2.0 Retirement Savings Lost and Found By Adam Snyder Ryan Gorman Scott Wagner Ed Emerson Jennifer Cote +2 more... Show less On April 15, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a Notice of Proposed Information Request (the “Notice”), outlining its plan to...
24 Apr, 2024 Expanded Fiduciary Rule Finalized By DOL By Ryan Gorman Lost amidst the hoopla of invalidated non-competes and overtime rules, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its long-awaited final...
24 Apr, 2024 Recap of the Georgia Brownfield Association’s Annual Seminar By Brian Remler Sydney Brogden The Georgia Brownfield Association (GBA) held its 10th annual Brownfield Seminar on April 9th, bringing together leaders from the legal,...
23 Apr, 2024 Regulation and Compliance in the Alternative Asset Space By William Gaskins As the SEC has issued a number of final or proposed rules affecting broadly the conduct of broker dealers and investment advisers in the...
18 Apr, 2024 Illinois Court Holds That Trafficking Allegations—Including Allegations of Negligence—Are Not “Occurrences” or Are Excluded as Intentional Acts By Seslee Smith Ryan Burke Nathan Miles In Country Mutual Ins. Co. v. Gary Gang Xu et al., 2024 IL App 2202287 (2024), the court considered whether allegations concerning sex...
16 Apr, 2024 Fostering LGBTQ Inclusivity in Rental Agreements: A Guide for Landlords By Charles Hicks In recent years, the LGBTQ community has made significant strides towards equality and acceptance. However, despite these advancements,...
28 Mar, 2024 The Importance of Standards of Review: A Tornado Is Not a “Windstorm” By Nathan Miles Seslee Smith Ryan Burke A recent Texas case shows the importance of providing clear and unambiguous policy language. In Mankoff v. PURE, the insureds negated an...
26 Mar, 2024 Coming Back Around on Adaptive Reuse By JD Howard Bruce Smith Colby Nelson As MMM's construction group discussed back in August of 2023, converting an office building into a multifamily residence is an...
25 Mar, 2024 Excess Insurer’s Policy Conditions Shield It from a Potential $10 Million Coverage Liability By Nathan Miles Excess insurers facing claims should heavily scrutinize their policies for conditions that may be unsatisfactory —even if seemingly...
13 Mar, 2024 ERC Voluntary Disclosure Program Deadline is Approaching By Barclay Taylor William Stone III OVERVIEW Thousands of businesses struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic filed employee retention credit (ERC) claims in...
11 Mar, 2024 Was NAIOP's Industrial Demand Forecast Too Pessimistic? By Daniel Weede Last week, NAIOP released its Q1 Industrial Demand Forecast. It predicts the “market for industrial real estate faces headwinds from a...
06 Mar, 2024 Navigating Work Calls Without Privacy By Ellenor Stone A BP executive's husband pleaded guilty to securities fraud for buying and selling stock of BP's merger target. He knew of the upcoming...
26 Feb, 2024 Foregoing Discovery Leads to Adverse Judgment Against Insurer By Nathan Miles Seslee Smith Ryan Burke Although discovery is costly, skipping it altogether can be far costlier. Indeed, in a recent case in the Second Circuit, an insurer’s...
26 Feb, 2024 401(k) Plans Beginning to Utilize Student Loan Repayment Matching Benefit Under SECURE Act 2.0 By Ryan Gorman An increasing number of 401(k) plan sponsors are (finally) getting around to implementing the innovative student loan matching provision...
22 Feb, 2024 Georgia Senate Passes Bill That Would End Direct Action Suits Against Truck Insurers By Nathan Miles Seslee Smith Ryan Burke Senate Bill 426 would bar a plaintiff injured by a motor carrier from suing the motor carrier’s insurer directly unless (1) the plaintiff...
22 Feb, 2024 EPA Finalization of PFAS Testing Method Paves Way for Federal "Hazardous Substance" Designation under CERCLA By Brian Remler A few weeks ago, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) finalized Method 1633, an environmental sampling method for...