As we reported last month, the DOL was considering what to do with the enjoined persuader rules, new regulations that would have drastically changed the interpretation of the advice exemption to the LMRDA reporting requirements. In sum, the new rules effectively narrowed the advice exemption to require reporting of a
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Signs Point To Change In Government’s Position On New (But Currently Enjoined) Persuader Rule
By Mark Theodore on
The fight over the Department of Labor’s attempt to “clarify” the 50 plus year interpretation of the persuader rules may be coming to an end. After its implementation, the persuader rule was immediately challenged in litigation in Minnesota and Texas. Late last year, the U.S. District Court in Texas issued…
Update: Revised Persuader Reporting Regulations One Step Closer To Reality
By Mark Theodore on
On Friday, December 21, 2012 the Administration published its regulatory agenda for the coming year. The Administration usually publishes a Spring version but did not do so in 2012. Among the several regulations in process, the regulatory agenda notes that the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed narrowing of the 50…