Registered companies must disclose 2024 climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports they file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Pursuant to final rules adopted by the SEC earlier this year, registrants will be required to disclose ...
By: Agnes Antonian, Christina Sartorio Ku, Meredith Rubin and Varronika Siryon
The U.S. Supreme Court late last month issued an opinion, Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, which broadens federal judges’ authority when interpreting the functions of the federal government. Just a few days ...
DHS Provides Employers with Fact Sheet on I-9 Fine Calculations
Form I-9 is used by employers to verify that employees are legally authorized to work in the US; compliance requires new hires to provide documentation of the right to work in the United States. As we have reported in earlier ...
As discussed in a prior alert, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) promulgated a new rule on April 23, 2024, to expand the group of salaried employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) overtime protections by raising the threshold annual amount that employees covered by ...
CIS Ombudsman Announces New Features to Improve Case Assistance Request Experience
The Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Ombudsman announced its finalization of new features designed to improve the experience of those requesting case assistance. The changes affect ...
When New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the state’s budget into law in April she enacted legislation intended to replace the New York City affordable housing tax abatement program known as 421-a, which expired in 2022. Like its predecessor, the new program, Affordable Neighborhoods ...
Agnes Antonian, Chair of Connell Foley LLP’s Environmental Law Group, and Anthony LoPresti, an associate with the group, have published an article in the May 2024 issue of Commerce magazine, a publication of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (the “CIANJ”).
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The Supreme Court of New Jersey just issued an opinion holding that the New Jersey Wage Theft Act (“the Act”)—which penalizes employers for knowingly failing to pay compensation—may only be applied to conduct that occurred on or after August 6, 2019, the Act’s effective date.
The ...
As discussed in a prior alert, New Jersey employers are subject to a three-factor test, known as the ABC test, that generally classifies most workers as employees, rather than as independent contractors. On May 13, 2024, the Supreme Court of New Jersey issued an opinion clarifying that the ABC ...
Reforms contained in a forthcoming rule proposal to modernize land resource protection rules will significantly impact land use developments throughout New Jersey, making the Garden State’s permit acquisition process even more challenging and difficult to navigate than it is now.
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