Since 2016, the federal government has implemented numerous procurement regulations and associated contract clauses to address cybersecurity by requiring contractors to adopt various controls and standards to protect...more
10/9/2024
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Data Protection ,
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DFARS ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Information Technology ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Management
Did the 2023 update to the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts, which apply to contractors and subcontractors performing on certain federally funded or assisted contracts, appropriately modernize or unduly expand the Davis Bacon...more
7/31/2024
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Construction Workers ,
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
Labor Reform ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Subcontractors ,
Wage and Hour
In 2024, the landscape of state attorneys general (AGs) is poised for significant change, with numerous elections and regulatory actions reshaping priorities and enforcement strategies. This dynamic environment reflects the...more
7/23/2024
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Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Healthcare ,
Machine Learning ,
Marketing ,
Personal Data ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Proposed Rules ,
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Regulatory Authority ,
Social Media ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws
In a recent ruling, the California Court of Appeal largely affirmed a lower court’s decision from March 2022, finding that Ashford University (now known as University of Arizona Global Campus), an online, for-profit college,...more
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) most recent regulatory agenda, it plans to finalize a proposed rule that would make significant changes to requirements applicable to educational institutions that enroll...more
On April 14, a relatively unprecedented bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general from across the country joined forces to protect the rights of military veterans, which if successful would secure full educational...more
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In Rudisill v. McDonough, 55 F.4th 879 (Fed. Cir. 2022), the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit broke the core promise of “GI Bills” for post-9/11 era veterans by, for the first time in...more
This election cycle has been one of multiple historic firsts, including several states seeing their first African American and female attorneys general (AG). As of publication of this round-up, 11 jurisdictions have also...more
This week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) resolved Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) claims against two affiliated Virginia landlords for allegedly obtaining unlawful court judgments against military tenants. To settle...more
Federal law and analogous state laws provide a broad array of generous, and often misunderstood, consumer and other protections to military servicemembers enforceable by federal and/or state authorities. Two recent...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”) (together the “Agencies”) have continued working on a proposed rule to revise the definition of “waters of the United States”...more
As routinely covered at Regulatory Oversight, state attorneys general have assumed an ever-more prominent role in driving national regulatory policy through advocacy and enforcement activities. Underlying many of these...more
Attorneys general have been quick to compare their ongoing opioid litigation to their efforts in the late 1990s, where they led the charge to address the public health concerns resulting from tobacco use. On the heels of a...more
The Department of Justice has loosened restrictions on the use of agency guidance documents to establish violations of underlying legal requirements in enforcement actions and other litigation. According to a memorandum by...more