Publications

In this episode of Baird Holm Banter, Morgan Kreiser is back to discuss the employee benefits-related provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act, including the 100% COBRA premium subsidies and increased dependent care flexible spending account benefits. Listen here.

Blackbaud is a Software as a Service (“SaaS”) provider for more than 45,000 nonprofit organizations, foundations, universities, and health care providers worldwide.  Last year Blackbaud suffered a data breach and a subset of its databases were stolen. [1]  The data subset contained client information used for fundraisings, marketing, financial management, […]

Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) rescinded a Trump-era statement of policy that sought to define an “abusive” act or practice for purposes of the Dodd-Frank Act’s UDAAP prohibition. The now rescinded policy statement defined an “abusive” act or practice as one in which the harm to […]

Now that a little more than a year has passed since the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) took effect on January 1, 2020, and almost nine months after the California Attorney General’s enforcement authority took effect, we are seeing activity on the enforcement front as well as individuals attempting to […]

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), signed into law by President Biden on March 11, is intended to accelerate the country’s recovery from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ARPA provides financial support to individuals impacted by the pandemic, including a third round of stimulus checks […]