After several Supreme Court decisions and Executive Orders upended many of the norms governing the relationship between governmental agencies and the constitutional branches, a recent decision by the Federal Deposit Insurance...more
Last week, a federal court in Maryland issued a memorandum opinion and a nationwide preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of certain provisions of President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders related to diversity,...more
2/28/2025
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Civil Rights Act ,
Compliance ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Preliminary Injunctions
In the latest developments in the DEI policy chronicles, on the same day she was sworn into office, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum entitled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences.”...more
2/20/2025
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discrimination ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
State Attorneys General ,
Title IX
As outlined in a recently published Legal Alert, shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump enacted two Executive Orders designed to detect and eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs related to...more
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has enacted two Executive Orders aimed at eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs from all aspects of...more
2/4/2025
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Compliance ,
DBE Program ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Discrimination ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
OMB ,
Popular ,
Trump Administration
Just days before the inauguration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the CFPB) issued guidance to states in a report titled, “Strengthening State-Level Consumer Protections: Promoting Consumer Protection Federalism.”...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rang in the new year this week by announcing that three crude oil producers had agreed to pay a $5.6 million fine to settle claims that they engaged in unlawful “gun-jumping” by prematurely...more
1/10/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gun-Jumping ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Oil & Gas ,
Sherman Act
2024 was a year defined by change in the world of administrative law. With the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, the nation’s...more
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a series of regulations passed by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). The...more
At the end of its most recent term, the U.S. Supreme Court took aim at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s internal enforcement mechanism, heavily curtailing the ability of the SEC to self-enforce violations of our...more
Over three years ago, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave Clean Water Act 404 permitting powers to the State of Florida. A few days ago, a judge at the U.S. District Court for the District of...more
3/5/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Center for Biological Diversity ,
Clean Water Act ,
Department of Environmental Protection ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Florida ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Permits ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
Revocation ,
SCOTUS ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Last week, House and Senate leaders convened to discuss President Biden’s current liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) export permit freeze, which opponents contend will have a significant impact on domestic energy security, jobs,...more
A groundbreaking decision released by the Fifth Circuit on May 18 signals a changing landscape for federal administrative law and the separation of powers. In Jarkesy v. Securities and Exchange Commission, 34 F.4th 446 (5th...more
On Friday, December 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals lifted the stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine mandate (the “OSHA Rule”). The OSHA Rule requires businesses with 100 or...more
On November 4, 2021, the White House extended the deadline for covered federal contractors to comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate established by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force. Now, instead of being in compliance...more
11/12/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employer Mandates ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
OSHA ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety