Your company has an ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) mission. It could be as (seemingly) simple as using renewable energy in production, sourcing eco-friendly materials or, more broadly, coming up with a "more sustainable" product— …
New proposed regulations clarify how employers should implement retirement plan eligibility rules for long-term, part-time ("LTPT") employees. While some questions remain, the proposed regulations provide a number of welcome answers, which are …
Employers will be required to provide their employees with a "Workers' Bill of Rights" by July 1, 2024. The New York City Council passed a bill on November 2, 2023, amending the New York City Administrative Code to mandate the creation of a …
On November 7, 2023, the Division of Enforcement ("Division") of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") released its annual report of the results of its enforcement efforts,[1] announcing that it had filed 96 …
As we discussed in our prior blog post, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently finalized its Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure rule for public companies (the "Rule"). The Rule requires, …
DEC. 14, 2023 – The fast-growing financial services practice at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has again been honored for excellence by Chambers, which named the firm one of the leading legal counselors in the United States to the fintech sector. In the …
For years now, California law has required most employers to provide a Wage Theft Prevention Notice (aka Wage Theft Notice) to nonexempt employees, and the Labor Commissioner has provided an optional template for purposes of doing so. Recently passed …
On December 4, 2023 the CFTC issued proposed guidance regarding the listing of voluntary carbon credit ("VCC") derivative contracts ("Proposed Guidance"). The Proposed Guidance outlines factors that designated contract markets (" …
Now is the time to review overtime exemptions and pay plans for sales employees to be ready for 2024. The changing tech economy has created a class of sales employees who may not fit traditional overtime exemptions. Moreover, poorly drafted commission and …
California is in a rush to electrify everything. The rapid conversion of appliances such as furnaces, water heaters, ovens, and dryers from natural gas to electricity and the proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) – including both individual EVs in …
A federal judge dismissed with leave to amend a plaintiff's second attempt to allege in a putative class action that Gatorade Fit "healthy" claims are false advertising. Plaintiff David Gumner alleged that PepsiCo falsely advertises the …
On November 27, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released draft regulations mandating notice, opt-out, and information access requirements for companies using automated decision-making technology (ADMT) to process personal information. …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the availability of a Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG) to help manufacturers comply with the FDA's final rule modernizing the standard of identity (SOI) for yogurt. This guidance arrived just in …
DEC. 5, 2023 – The Financial Times has ranked Davis Wright Tremaine LLP among the top 20 performers in the FT North America Innovative Lawyers Report and honored the firm as a leader in the areas of technology, investment in people, and access to justice. …
In Granite Construction Company, ASBCA No. 62281 (November 1, 2023), the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals ("Board") addressed the issue of what constitutes a reasonable period of time to suspend work under the suspension-of-work clause ( …
DEC. 4, 2023 – Gerald A. Stein, a former attorney in the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, and a highly skilled litigator and counselor in private practice, has joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner in the firm's New York …
As AI-generated materials are becoming more commonplace in creative works across the media landscape, content creators and distributors are seeking guidance on what information needs to be disclosed to the United States Copyright Office in order to …
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK National Cyber Security Centre (UK NCSC), along with partner agencies from 17 nations, have released Guidelines for Secure AI System Development (the "Guidelines"). The …
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a cattle rancher and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, thinks alternative protein products deceive Americans by imitating real meat. To address this issue, she has reintroduced the Real MEAT Act ("Real Marketing …
