On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”), which has introduced major changes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (the “IRC”). Many of these changes extend President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts that were set to expire, and the OBBBA also includes new tax cuts and deductions that could impact […]
On January 21, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), President Trump issued an executive order (no. 14173) entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Executive Order”). This Executive Order significantly changes federal contractors’ compliance requirements and obligations under federal law, although it contains a 90-day grace period. Our firm released two client alerts (the “Client Alerts”) detailing the impact of the Executive Order and the two cases affecting its enforceability. On […]
In a continuing series of judicial actions, on December 26, 2024, a merits panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order (the “Merit Panel Order”) reinstating the nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and the Reporting Rule, including the impending reporting deadlines, by vacating a stay of […]
The Massachusetts Legislature has attempted to pass legislation regulating noncompete agreements every year since 2009. This year, it finally succeeded. The new law, which will take effect on October 1, 2018, makes important changes to the body of Massachusetts non-compete “common-law” that has evolved over many decades. Here are the highlights of the new Non-compete […]