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LEGAL UPDATE – FinCEN’s New Guidance on Beneficial Ownership Reporting

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on July 16, 2024

Posted in Corporate Transparency Act of 2020, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), FinCEN

By Suzanne L. Saxman, Shamim Mohandessi, and Tess Rabin

Seyfarth Synopsis: On July 8, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued new guidance concerning compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) by revising and elaborating on the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that Seyfarth’s CTA Task Force has covered in the past. This…

EEOC Releases Draft Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment and Invites Comment

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on October 11, 2023

Posted in EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Harassment

By Emily J. Miller and Rachel V. See

Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 2, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published notice of its “PROPOSED Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace” (“draft enforcement guidance”) in the Federal Register. Employers should pay attention because the draft enforcement guidance sets forth the standards to which the EEOC will seek to…

What Does Bostock Mean? Texas Judge Tosses EEOC Guidance Interpreting the Landmark Title VII Ruling that Protects LGBTQ+ Employees

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on October 10, 2022

Posted in EEOC, Employment Litigation, Workplace Policies and Processes

By Sam Schwartz-Fenwick and Adam J. Rongo

Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC published guidance to provide clarity on its interpretation of Title VII protections for LGBTQ+ employees in the wake of the landmark case Bostock v. Clayton County, GA. A recent decision by a federal district court in Texas rejected the EEOC’s interpretation and resulting policies.

On June 15…

OSHA to Issue New COVID Emergency Temporary Standard Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination, Testing, Paid Time Off

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on September 9, 2021

Posted in COVID-19, OSHA Compliance, OSHA Enforcement, Vaccine, Workplace Policies and Processes

By James L. Curtis, Benjamin D. Briggs, Adam R. Young, Patrick D. Joyce, A. Scott Hecker, Ilana Morady, Daniel R. Birnbaum, and Craig B. Simonsen

Seyfarth Synopsis: President Biden announced a six-pronged, “comprehensive national strategy” to combat COVID-19, which will include a second OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard requiring vaccines or testing.…
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Illinois Governor Announces Mask Mandate for All Indoor Settings, Regardless of Vaccination

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on August 27, 2021

Posted in COVID-19, Health & Safety, Healthcare, Illinois, OSHA Compliance, OSHA Enforcement, Vaccine, Workplace Policies and Processes

By James L. Curtis, Adam R. Young, and Craig B. Simonsen

Seyfarth Synopsis: Labelling the Delta-variant surge as the “Pandemic of the Unvaccinated,” on August 26, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Prtizker announced that Illinois residents must wear masks indoors, and that school and health care staff must be vaccinated.

Cook County and the City of Chicago both had…
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FDA Grants Full Approval to the Pfizer Vaccine

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on August 23, 2021

Posted in COVID-19, Employment, Health & Safety, OSHA Compliance, OSHA Enforcement, Vaccine, Workplace Policies and Processes

By Brent I. Clark, James L. Curtis, Benjamin D. Briggs, Mark A. Lies, II. Adam R. Young, A. Scott Hecker, Ilana Morady, Patrick D. Joyce, Daniel R. Birnbaum, Matthew A. Sloan, and Craig B. Simonsen

Seyfarth Synopsis: Today the FDA approved Comirnaty (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA), previously known as Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 …
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