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Employment Law

Six Employment Law Trends to Watch in 2026: Federal Enforcement and Virginia Updates

As we move into 2026, employers face a rapidly evolving legal landscape shaped by federal enforcement priorities and state-level initiatives. Below are six critical trends that HR professionals, business leaders, and risk compliance officers should monitor closely. 1. Federal Enforcement Realignment: Budget Cuts and Shifting Responsibilities The Department of Labor (DOL) enters 2026 with a…

December 15, 2025

Business and Financial Services

Finding True North in Turbulent Times: Insights into Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Boards

In today’s environment of economic uncertainty, social transformation, and technological disruption, nonprofit boards must take a proactive and legally informed approach to strategic planning. Strategic oversight is a core governance function that directly affects mission fulfillment, legal compliance, and organizational sustainability. Boards need to actively engage on these topics or risk obsolescence. As outside legal…

November 24, 2025

Employment Law

Contractor or Employee? What Every Virginia Builder Needs to Know Now

General contractors and subcontractors often retain companies and individuals to perform part of their scope of work. This can be done, obviously, by hiring employees or by hiring independent contractors. The question of whether an “independent contractor” is in fact an independent contractor is a repeat arena for disputes and risk in the form of…

October 30, 2025

Business and Financial Services

What Should a Nonprofit Board Member Think About Regarding a Merger or Acquisition?

Just like other businesses, nonprofits sometimes may need to think about potential merger and acquisition issues. In our legal practice, we have handled a number of affiliation deals or asset acquisitions involving nonprofits. This experience is consistent with what other sources report. Over the last five to ten years, the U.S. nonprofit sector has experienced…

October 1, 2025

Employment Law

U.S. Department of Labor’s July 2025 Regulatory Rollback: Implications and Strategic Considerations for Employers

On July 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a sweeping deregulatory initiative aimed at rewriting or repealing more than sixty workplace rules deemed “obsolete” or “overly burdensome” by the current administration. According to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the rollback is part of a broader effort to “eliminate unnecessary regulations that stifle…

July 29, 2025

Construction

No Surprises, No Excuses: How Construction Firms Should Prepare for the Rise in Worksite Immigration Raids

With immigration enforcement actions ramping up across job sites nationwide, contractors and developers can no longer afford to ignore developing a response plan in advance. If ICE shows up at your jobsite or office, you need to understand the law and your obligations. You need to develop a coherent response plan and convey that plan…

June 10, 2025

Business and Financial Services

Building a Great Nonprofit Board: No Tourists, No Ghosts, No Dead Weight

There is a lot of mythology in the nonprofit world around what makes a great board of directors. Does it take prestige names or deep pockets? Some start by using friends or family. None of that matters if your board isn’t actively engaged, aligned on mission, vision, and values, and capable of respectfully challenging each…

June 9, 2025

Business and Financial Services

CTA Update (March 26, 2025): FinCEN Proposes to Relieve Reporting Companies from BOI Reporting Requirements Under the CTA

On March 26, 2025, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published in the Federal Register an interim final rule that proposes to substantially narrow the existing beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) to “require only entities previously defined as ‘foreign reporting companies’ to file a BOI report.…

April 3, 2025

Business and Financial Services

CTA Update (March 2, 2025): Treasury Department Posts on X that CTA Filing Requirements No Longer Apply to U.S. Businesses

Many of us were looking for some additional clarity regarding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in the wake of FinCEN’s February 28, 2025, Notice. We may have finally received that when the Treasury Department’s announced in posts on X on March 2, 2025, that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the…

March 5, 2025

Business and Financial Services

Another Day, Another CTA Update: FinCEN Extends BOIR Deadline

Those following this blog will recall that FinCEN just announced ten days ago that Beneficial Ownership Information reporting (BOIR) requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) were once again back in effect with the decision of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District Court of Texas, in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury,…

February 28, 2025