By Ameena Y. Majid, Giovanna A. Ferrari, and Matthew Catalano
Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 6, 2024, the SEC announced its long-awaited adoption of final rules regarding climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public offerings (the “Climate Rules”).[1] The SEC dialed back the more prescriptive nature of the previously proposed climate rules (the “Proposed
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Seyfarth Synopsis: Ninth Circuit concludes in trilogy of disability access cases that complaints must specifically allege unlawful conditions.
Over the years, ADA Title III complaints filed by the plaintiff’s bar have gotten progressively more vague with respect to the barriers alleged. This is no coincidence: Some have stated outright that they keep those allegations vague so businesses
By Steve Shardonofsky, Linda C. Schoonmaker, Vanessa Rogers, and Joshua D. Seidman
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last April, the Dallas City Council passed an ordinance requiring employers to provide employees who work within the City of Dallas with 48 or 64 hours of paid sick leave per year, depending on size. Despite pending lawsuits challenging the legality of the
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By Erin Dougherty Foley and Karla Grossenbacher
Seyfarth Synopsis: In this hot topic webinar, on Thursday, November 16, 2017, we will discuss how to avoid becoming the next target in a lawsuit concerning the collection and retention of biometric data. There is no cost to attend this program, but registration is required.
In the past two months, at least
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By Minh Vu
Seyfarth Synopsis: An executive order from President Trump will likely halt the Justice Department’s public accommodations website rulemaking.
President Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ) had stated that proposed regulations for public accommodations websites would be issued in 2018—eight years after the agency began its rulemaking process. The likelihood of such a proposed regulation being issued now is
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