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Client Alerts Environmental Real Estate2025 Brownfields Funding Round Now Open in Rhode Island

April 10, 2025

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) has announced the release of the 2025 Guidelines and Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Brownfields Remediation and Economic Development Fund Grants. This competitive funding opportunity is available to Government or Public Entities, Non-Profit Organizations, and Private/Non-Governmental Entities to support the cleanup and revitalization of contaminated or...

Client Alerts Corporate & BusinessCorporate Transparency Act: FinCEN Narrows Reporting Rules, Exempting U.S. Entities and Beneficial Owners

April 2, 2025

By Lawrence Sheh, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an interim final rule exempting all U.S. entities and their beneficial owners from beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The new rule narrows the definition of “reporting company” to exclusively apply to entities...

Client Alerts Litigation & Disputes NonprofitCourt of Appeals Order Will Allow DEI Executive Orders To Take Effect, Pending Further Review

March 18, 2025

By Elizabeth O. Manchester, James P. McGlone, and Kelley J. O’Donnell In a decision on Friday, March 14, 2025, a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay pending appeal in a legal challenge to a pair of President Trump’s executive orders which promulgated new policy directives regarding (among other things) diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...

Client Alerts NonprofitCourt Blocks Key Provisions of Trump’s Anti-DEI Orders with Nationwide Injunction – UPDATED

March 12, 2025

By Elizabeth O. Manchester and Kelley J. O’Donnell [Update: On March 14, 2025, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of the preliminary injunction covered here, which allowed the challenged executive orders to take into effect. For analysis of these developments, see PSH’s client alert here.] On February 21, 2025, the United States...

Client Alerts Corporate & BusinessCorporate Transparency Act Enforcement Suspended

March 3, 2025

By Lawrence Sheh, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini In a February 27, 2025 press release, FinCEN announced that despite the updated March 21, 2025 beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) report filing deadline, the agency will not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions for noncompliance with the Corporate Transparency Act based on any failure to...

Client Alerts Corporate & BusinessCorporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations Reinstated with March 21, 2025 Filing Deadline for Most Filers

February 20, 2025

By Lawrence Sheh, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini On February 18, 2025, a Texas federal district court judge stayed the nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), reinstating beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting obligations. This decision marks the latest development in a series of legal challenges to the CTA, including multiple injunctions, stays,...

Client Alerts Corporate & Business Litigation & Disputes NonprofitFederal Funding Pause: Understanding the White House’s Memo and Subsequent Court Rulings

February 3, 2025

By Elizabeth O. Manchester, James P. McGlone, and Kelley J. O’Donnell On Monday January 27th, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum instituting a pause on federal grant and loan programs. This memo quickly became the subject of litigation, further guidance from the White House, and court orders temporarily blocking...

Client Alerts Corporate & Business NonprofitAnother Attack on Diversity and Inclusivity Efforts Post Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) Supreme Court Decision

January 29, 2025

By Elizabeth O. Manchester, Russell J. Stein, and Kelley J. O’Donnell The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) filed suit against McDonald’s in federal court over the corporation’s scholarship program for high school students of Hispanic and Latino descent, the Hispanic American Commitment to Educational Resources (“HACER”) program.[1] The complaint alleges the scholarship program is racially discriminatory in...

Client Alerts Employment & LaborNew Year, New Massachusetts Employment Compliance Requirements

January 6, 2025

By Alicia Samolis, Sean Fontes, Morgan Hedly, and Michael Gamboli As employers plunge forward into the New Year, they are reminded that if they have any employees working in Massachusetts – in person or remotely – then they need to ensure their Massachusetts employees have been provided the yearly Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave (“PFML”) law updated notice. The...

Client Alerts Corporate & BusinessCorporate Transparency Act: Reinstatement of Preliminary Injunction

December 30, 2024

By Lawrence Sheh, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reinstated a nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). The preliminary injunction, which had previously been stayed by a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit, pauses the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting requirements under...

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