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Title United States: Where is my tax refund? Months after filing, thousands of Americans are still waiting for their tax refunds. The Washington Post. The pandemic temporarily closed the IRS and officers are now returning to work. They have been confronted with a massive backlog of work. Americans got an extra three months this year to file t...	Author Smith Law	Date 14 Jul 2022
Title United States: Colorado Criminalizes Restrictive Covenants Colorado is criminalizing violations of Colorado’s noncompete law through Senate Bill 21-271 (“SB 21-271”). SB 21-271 was introduced May 13, 2021, became law on July 6, 2021, and will take effect March 1, 2022. The bill is over 300 pages long, and generally addresses misdemeanor and criminal s...	Author Woods \| Aitken	Date 01 Apr 2022
Title United States: CFPB Guidance Regarding Vehicle Repossessions Patrick Newman and Tal Bakke will join American Recovery Association Executive Director Les McCook on Thursday, March 17, 2022, to discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) newly released guidance regarding vehicle reposessions (Bulletin 2022:-04: Mitigating Harm from Repossesion of ...	Author Bassford Remele	Date 31 Mar 2022
Title United States: Remote Work Considerations for South Dakota Banks Over the past several years, employers have worked to provide flexible work environments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Employees have taken advantage of these opportunities and are likely to continue to request flexible work environments in the future, including the option to work remotely. ...	Author Davenport Evans	Date 31 Mar 2022
Title United States: Two Property and Casualty Bills Headed to Fla. Governor: What Insurers Need to Know The Florida Legislature adjourned the 2022 session on Monday, March 14. Though the Legislature was unable to reach a consensus on a major property insurance reform bill, it did pass a handful of insurance-related bills, which will now be sent to the governor for his signature or veto. Discussions of...	Author Carlton Fields	Date 31 Mar 2022
Title United States: Forced Unionization of Federal Contractors On February 4, 2022, President Biden issued Executive Order 14063 (“EO 14063”). EO 14063 requires U.S. government departments and agencies (“contracting agencies”) to use project labor agreements (“PLAs”) on all federal construction projects with a total estimated cost of $35 million or ...	Author Woods \| Aitken	Date 30 Mar 2022
Title United States: How Government Recalls Work Usually when a product is recalled, it makes the news. People are often made aware of the fact there is a dangerous product in their home. But you may be surprised to learn that recalls are not as organized as you may think, and there is often confusion over when a recall should be issued, and when ...	Author Fox Farley Willis & Burnette	Date 30 Mar 2022
Title United States: Participant Choice Does Not Relieve ERISA Fiduciaries from Duty of Prudence An ERISA fiduciary must act “with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.” 29 U.S.C. § 1104(a)(1...	Author Davenport Evans	Date 29 Mar 2022