Primerus recently shared a piece in their Fall Paradigm magazine featuring Krevolin & Horst associate Jackie Caroe, titled “Anti-Money Laundering Act Can Catch Unsuspecting Businesses in Its Web, Says Pair of Atlanta Attorneys” In the piece, Jackie and former Krevolin & Horst associate John Wisiackas discuss the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) as a key tool […]
By Megan Howard and Skylr Martucci-Moore Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become ubiquitous over the last few years, prompting many businesses and institutions to scramble to adopt policies, procedures and playbooks to avoid getting left behind by their competitors and to stay relevant with customers. It’s not just a passing fad, either – developments over the […]
Krevolin & Horst partner Kana Caplan published an article in the Georgia Bar Health Law Section Fall 2024 Newsletter. Along with Jennifer Whitton of Health Law Strategists, LLC, and Aditya Krishnaswamy, a 3L student at Georgia State University College of Law, Kana explores the current landscape of non-competes in healthcare. With intense competition for skilled […]
In her recent article for Law360, Krevolin & Horst partner Jessica Gabel Cino discusses Georgia’s approval of Fiserv’s special fintech bank charter and its potential to reshape the payments landscape. This new charter allows fintech companies to directly access payment networks, bypassing traditional bank partnerships. Curious how this could impact the future of payments? Read […]
In summer 2023, the Georgia legal community was abuzz with the recent decision by the Court of Appeals in N. Am. Senior Benefits, LLC v. Wimmer, No. A23A0162, 2023 WL 3963931 (Ga. Ct. App. June 13, 2023) (affirming a decision by the Statewide Business Court). We previously wrote about the decision here. This case dealt […]
By Kana Caplan and Jack Cartwright On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to ban employers from using noncompete agreements with employees. The rule, first proposed in January 2023, prohibits businesses from entering into new noncompete agreements with any employees. Businesses, however, will be able to enforce existing non-compete agreements against […]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of a whistleblower rewards program aimed at addressing gaps in existing federal whistleblower initiatives. The program seeks to encourage self-reporting by companies and aims to combat the decline in DOJ prosecutions of white-collar crime over the past decade. Before officially launching the program later this year, the […]
On March 15, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion clarifying the standard used to determine whether a public official’s use of a personal social media account violates the First Amendment when she deletes comments or blocks another user from posting. In Lindke v. Freed, a unanimous Court held that an official’s deletion or […]
Are you familiar with the reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act that went into effect January 1, 2024? See below for more information. For further information please read our CTA Client Notice.
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that a new final rule will go into effect March 11, 2024, addressing whether workers are employees or independent contractors. The new rule “returns to a totality-of-the-circumstances analysis” in which the contractor/employer relationship is considered “in view of the economic reality of the whole activity.” The change in […]
