Earlier this month, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a new interpretive letter (Interpretive Letter 1183) confirming the types of cryptocurrency activities national banks and federal savings associations may engage in. The new interpretive guidance is part of a change in the approach of the federal […]
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Utah’s Age Verification Law – Potential to be First for the Nation
Earlier this month, Utah’s legislature passed SB 142, the App Store Accountability Act (the “Act”), which requires app stores to impose age verification measures on app downloads. The Act, which as of publication of this article is currently awaiting Gov. Spencer Cox’s signature, pits social media companies against app store providers, such […]
Cybersecurity Threats: Identity Attacks and Non-malicious Software
Cybersecurity threats have become even harder to detect and prevent in 2024 according to the latest report from Crowdstrike.[1] Among the latest findings: Threat actors can move laterally across a system in under one (1) minute after gaining access to the network; Voice solicitation, or “vishing”, attacks are up over […]
Catch-Up Contribution Changes: Are you Caught Up?
The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 made significant changes to retirement plans, some of which became effective immediately and others that have gradually become effective in recent years. Two of the changes that recently became effective were the increased catch-up contribution limits for participants ages 60 to 63, and the […]
Congress Eases Employers’ ACA Reporting Burdens; IRS Supplements New Laws with Necessary Guidance
Since 2016, employers subject to the Employer Shared Responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) (i.e., “applicable large employers”) have been required to annually report certain information regarding their offers of group health coverage to the IRS and to applicable employees. Each year since, applicable large employers have […]

