29 Jun, 2017 With autonomous vehicles, what will "highway safety" mean? By Passle Group The Congressional committee in charge of auto regulation is considering 14 separate bills right now to spur AV innovation balanced...
23 Jun, 2017 Dress codes continue to cause (heat) waves! By Passle Group We wrote recently about how dress codes are becoming a more common and controversial topic of conversation in the workplace. Last year...
19 Jun, 2017 Less stressful tests seen boosting US bank payouts $30bn By Sean Lippel The stress of stress tests may be over. Bloomberg projects that this will be the first year all US banks pass this week's Federal...
19 Jun, 2017 Initial Coin Offerings: Where the SEC Might Stand By Matthew Levinson A recent federal case in Utah, SEC vs. Traffic Monsoon, shows a potential roadmap for aggressive SEC enforcement of ICOs. The SEC's...
19 Jun, 2017 TUPE or not TUPE? By Kate Pumfrey A sale of shares in a company will not ordinarily engage the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as...
16 Jun, 2017 The Court of Appeal and the lawfulness of CLOPUDs By Antonia Frangakis On 12th June 2017 the Court of Appeal in Government of the Republic of France v. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2017] EWCA Civ...
13 Jun, 2017 Trump administration releases plan for overhauling Dodd-Frank By Sean Lippel The changes, released Monday evening by the Treasury Department, urge federal agencies to make bank stress test bi-annual rather than...
12 Jun, 2017 Election 2017: What does the election outcome mean for planning? By Passle Group The result of the 2017 Election has left the Conservatives as the largest party, but short of the seats required to form a majority...
09 Jun, 2017 Atom the UK Challenger Bank postpones current-account launch By Gareth Jones Concerned about the extent of forthcoming regulation designed to make it easier for customers to switch current accounts, Atom Bank CEO...
09 Jun, 2017 Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) posts FAQ that addresses fintech questions By Sean Lippel As policymakers seeks to adapt alongside the warp speed of fintech, the OCC has released a new statement that addresses marketplace...
08 Jun, 2017 Day of Reckoning with the DOL By Matthew Levinson As Aaron Schumm, CEO of portfolio company Vestwell, describes, "Forward-thinking shops have already moved to spiritually fulfil their...
08 Jun, 2017 Why You Still Can’t Trust Your Financial Adviser By Matthew Levinson Bloomberg reviews the research behind the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule, which was designed to help Americans avoid $17b in excess...
08 Jun, 2017 Health and Safety penalisation caselaw - the gift that keeps giving (to Whistleblowing cases) By Passle Group The most recent case under the whistleblowing legislation (the Protected Disclosures Act 2014) involves a senior employee who had worked...
04 Jun, 2017 Supreme Court's Ruling on Paragraph 49 of the NPPF - Clarity at last? By Passle Group On 10 May 2017, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the joined appeals of Suffolk District Council v Hopkins Homes Ltd and...