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New Risks of Criminal Liability for Small Business Owners and Officers

Practice: Corporate & Business

Beginning January 1, 2024, American businesses, for the first time, will be required to report their beneficial ownership directly to the federal government. This fundamental shift in reporting requirements is targeted to affect small businesses, irrespective of business type or history, under the theory that small businesses are the businesses
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Public Hearings to Commence on Norwalk Zoning Rewrite

Practice: Land Use: Zoning, Permitting & Litigation

Following seven months of review, comment, feedback and revisions, the City of Norwalk Planning & Zoning Commission will hold public hearings in December 2023 on the final drafts of the proposed zoning map and regulations. Hybrid public hearings have been scheduled for December 5 and 6, 2023 with the in-person
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IRS Announces Increases to Retirement Plan Limits for 2024

Practice: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Labor & Employment

On November 1, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the new contribution and benefit limits to qualified retirement plans. The increased limits will allow employees to save more money for retirement. Starting in 2024, the following limits apply:   Employees can contribute up to $23,000 into their 401(k), 403(b) and
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Employers Take Note – EEOC Releases Its Strategic Enforcement Plan

Practice: Labor & Employment

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate, harass and retaliate against job applicants or employees based on a protected class, such as race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation),
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That’s a Wrap! Recent Legislative Session Yielded Some New Employment Laws

Practice: Labor & Employment

This 2023 legislative session was quieter than in past years with many high-profile bills failing to pass. Still, employers should be aware of several significant bills that did pass and some that did not pass but are likely to be resurrected. Significant Employment-Related Bills That Were Passed: Expansion of Paid
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CT DECD Announces Brownfield Funding Opportunities

Practice: Environmental

The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) has announced funding availability under Round 18 of the Municipal Grant and Targeted Brownfield Loan Programs, which has a $25 million pool of available funds.The OBRD also announced Round 1 of available funding on
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USCIS To Publish Revised Form I-9

Practice: Immigration

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will publish a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on August 1, 2023. Notably, the new version will allow employers enrolled in E-Verify to remotely examine employees’ section 2 documentation, as an alternative to the requirement to physically examine such documents in-person. To
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Stamford Mayor Proposes 1,000 Units of Affordable Housing

Practice: Affordable Housing, Real Estate & Land Use

The housing shortage continues to dominate the discussion at all levels of government in 2023, and in Stamford, Mayor Simmons is pushing for action. The Mayor recently issued an Affordable Housing Executive Order calling for the equivalent of 1,000 new or substantially renovated affordable housing units by 2025, and the development
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