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Introduction Corporate fraud, among both employees and company directors, continues to be an expensive issue in Australia. Regarding occupational fraud – fraud committed by individuals against the company which employs them or of which they are director – the majority of the fraud is committed at the employee or managerial level. Fraud at the executive and director levels constitutes a smaller …

Previously, we had reported that the FMCSA had undertaken rule making with respect to certain financial obligations of brokers and freight forwarders. Link to previous article. In November, 2023, the FMCSA issued its final rules which are available here. THE FINAL RULES MAY BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS. Assets Readily Available – Final rule sets out a list of the acceptable asset types a MBC-85 tr…

H-1B Cap Season is quickly approaching.  Registration for this year’s lottery will open in March 2024.  If you are interested in sponsoring your employee(s) in this year’s lottery, please contact SKO to have their case reviewed for eligibility. What is THE H-1B STATUS? H-1B is a widely used professional work visa available to noncitizens for employment in the U.S.  H-1B requires employer sponsor…

The document review process in litigation is ripe for automation through use of AI. Courts have considered and approved predictive coding approaches proposed by litigants in place of traditional manual document review. The OECD defines an Artificial Intelligence system as a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions …

This is part of a series of articles by Wright Lindsey Jennings’ labor and employment team examining key trends for employers and the workplace in 2024, authored by attorney Troy Price. The series was featured in Arkansas Business.  Most employers know well that it can be a violation of state and federal law to discriminate against a current or potential employee based on race or national origin.…

The Act on the Modernization of Partnership Law (MoPeG) came into force on 1 January 2024. It brings with it numerous innovations and changes for partnerships (GbR, OHG, KG, GmbH & Co. KG, PartG). We are pleased to present the most important changes resulting from the MoPeG in our newsletter below: I. Reform of the GbR After the provisions of the German Civil Code (BGB) relating to the GbR h…

As 2023 comes to an end, we reflect on how active the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rulemaking agenda was throughout the year. As companies prepare for their annual reports and proxy statements, we summarize new disclosure requirements that now apply. In this Snapshot, we review the new disclosure requirements effective this quarter and share the SEC’s proposed gift-giving agenda for 2024. …

Recently, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“US EPA”) announced that it would extend the comment period for a proposed rule would make revisions to the Air Emissions Reporting Requirements. The announcement Warehouse Indirect Source Rule – Warehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Program, 88 Fed. Reg. 70616-02 (proposed Aug. 13, 2023) (to be codified at 40 C.F…

There is a new regulation under the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that, for the first time, will require disclosure of information about all corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships (unless exempt), as well as personal information about their beneficial owners and the persons who form those entities. This requirement is effective on January 1, 2024, for all suc…

On December 22, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul provided New York State employers with a welcome holiday surprise by announcing her veto to the proposed ban on non-compete agreements. As noted in the prior client alert concerning the New York legislatures’ 2023 passage of its non-compete ban bill, S3100, its restriction was expansive and would have provided a broad ban on non-compete agreemen…