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Калифорния, Ню Йорк, Юта, Флорида и други вече изискват оповестяване на разходите за търговски заеми, MCA и факторинг — какво задейства оповестяването и как да спазвате изискванията.
От 1 януари 2026 г. CCPA изисква оценки на риска за HR данни, а нови държавни закони за поверителност в IN, KY, RI влизат в сила — какво трябва да картографира, разкрие и минимизира HR.
Every used vehicle needs its FTC Buyers Guide on the window with one warranty box checked — and each VIN's ACV plus recon, floorplan curtailment, and F&I reserve must tie to the guide the deal delivered.
ESHB 1155 на Вашингтон забранява всички клаузи за неконкуренция от 30 юни 2027 г. — включително съществуващите споразумения — с уведомление до 1 октомври 2027 г. и глоба от 5000 щатски долара. Какво остава приложимо.
Contractor misclassification can cost over $100,000 per worker. Learn how the 2026 DOL rules tighten classification requirements and why industries from delivery services to healthcare tech are facing major reclassification lawsuits.
Kentucky's HB 185, in effect statewide since July 15, 2026, lets applicants with a conviction history request a binding predetermination from a licensing board before paying for training, and bars boards from treating any felony as automatically disqualifying — a change that directly affects the labor pool for small businesses hiring cosmetologists, HVAC techs, real estate agents, and other licensed trades.
A federal court upheld a $236,000 jury verdict against a black car company for misclassifying drivers as contractors, reaffirming that the economic realities test — not the label on a 1099 agreement — determines worker status.
FTC staff guidance issued in 2024 bars franchisors from using operations manual updates to impose fees not disclosed in the FDD, and by 2026 is reshaping how renewals and transfers get documented — here's how franchisees should audit fees against Item 6.
Mobile IV and wellness injection bars must structure ownership as a physician-owned PC plus an MSO to satisfy corporate-practice-of-medicine rules, pay medical directors a flat monthly fee rather than a percentage of revenue, and classify nurses as W-2 employees in ABC-test states — each decision maps directly to a different chart-of-accounts structure.
New York's General Business Law § 396-ii took effect March 21, 2026, requiring statewide retailers and restaurants to accept cash and barring cash surcharges, with civil penalties up to $1,000 for a first violation and $1,500 for each one after.
Indiana, Kentucky, and Rhode Island's consumer privacy laws took effect January 1, 2026, and two have no revenue threshold — here's how small businesses determine if they're covered and how to track the revenue percentages these laws require.
Effective April 1, 2026, California's SB 22 raises the mandatory gift card cash-out threshold from $10 to $15 — the highest in the U.S. — and extends it to electronic and app-based cards. With nearly 200 lawsuits filed under the statute since 2008, here's the compliance checklist and the gift card liability bookkeeping retailers need before plaintiffs' investigators come testing.
