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The Dark Side of Instant Messaging for Business

Instant messaging applications are increasingly present in today’s corporate world and a popular form of communications both internally, between company employees, and externally…

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[Client Alert] SEC Approves NASDAQ Limitation on Regulation A+ Listings

In 2015, the SEC amended its rarely used Regulation A with the goal of easing the regulatory burden on smaller companies and…

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New FLSA Regulations—Take Two

Employers across the country went to great lengths in 2016 to prepare for the implementation of updated regulations from the US Department…

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[Client Alert] SEC Considers Improving Private Placement Rules

On June 18, 2019, the SEC published a concept release requesting comments on ways to improve its private placement rules in an…

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Client Alert: SEC Proposes Amendments to “Accelerated Filer” and “Large Accelerated Filer” Definitions

On May 9, 2019, the SEC proposed amendments to the definitions of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” contained in Rule 12b-2…

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OCR HIPAA Enforcement and the Future of Mega-Dollar CMPs and Settlements

OCR just announced its most recent HIPAA settlement, this time with an EMR vendor Medical Informatics Engineering, acting as a business associate.

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[Client Alert] Supreme Court to Decide Whether Title VII Prohibits Discrimination Against LGBT Employees

SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE WHETHER TITLE VII PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT EMPLOYEES On April 22, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United…

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Client Alert: SEC Adopts Amendments to Regulation S-K

On March 20, 2019, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation S-K to modernize and simplify certain disclosure requirements for public companies.  The…

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Proposed Overhaul of North Carolina Security Breach Notification Law Would Make It One of the Toughest in the Nation

Yesterday, North Carolina state Representatives Jason Saine (R), Brenden H. Jones (R), Robert T. Reives II (D), and Pricey Harrison (D) introduced…

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SEC Releases Framework for Determining when Blockchain Tokens are Securities

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued its first formal (though legally non-binding) guidance on when digital assets (typically recorded on…

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