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FERC Withdraws Draft GHG Policy Statement and Terminates Associated Proceeding

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On January 24, 2025, FERC withdrew its 2022 draft Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) Policy Statement and terminated the associated proceeding. FERC determined that, after reviewing the entire record, issues concerning GHG emissions are...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Acting CFPB Director Bessent tells CFPB staff to stop virtually all work

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Contending that he wants to ensure that the CFPB is in line with Trump Administration policies, acting bureau Director Scott Bessent has reportedly ordered the agency to stop virtually all work. ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FERC Accepts NYISO’s Proposal Regarding their 2025-2029 Demand Curve Reset

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On January 28, 2025, FERC accepted the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (“NYISO”) proposed revisions to its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff (“Services Tariff”). The revisions define the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday®: How Will Trump’s Federal Changes Impact Employers? - Employment Law This Week®

This week, we examine how the loss of a quorum at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), along with the rollback of affirmative action requirements for federal...more

Wiley Rein LLP

[Webinar] Understanding the New Administrative False Claims Act - February 19th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Join us for a webinar on the newly enacted Administrative False Claims Act (AFCA), a significant update to the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986. This session will explore administrative agencies’ expanded powers...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

European Commission’s Competitiveness Compass – is it the roadmap for simplification of EU sustainability regulations?

On 29 January 2025, the European Commission published a communication on its Competitiveness Compass for the EU (COM(2025) 30). The Competitiveness Compass outlines the European Commission’s proposed initiatives for the next...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Analyzing President Biden's Ambitious Cybersecurity Executive Order

In his final days in office, President Biden signed an ambitious executive order to improve the federal government's approach to cybersecurity. Executive Order 14114 ("Executive Order"), issued January 16, 2025, titled...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Corporate Transparency Act Update As of January 23, 2025

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Despite a Supreme Court ruling on January 23, there have been no material changes regarding Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) filing obligations. As of January 23, current FinCEN guidance is that no entity is required to...more

King & Spalding

President Trump Shakes Up the NLRB

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On January 27, 2025, President Trump terminated National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo and Board Member Gwynne Wilcox. While Abruzzo’s termination was widely anticipated, Wilcox’s...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Allentown, Pennsylvania Coil Coating Facility Enter into...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC (“Vorteq”) entered into a January 22nd Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery...more

Snell & Wilmer

Mexico's Response to U.S. Tariffs

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On February 1, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico, citing concerns over illegal immigration and drug trafficking. These tariffs were scheduled to take...more

Walkers

Navigating trusts in a data driven world developments in Guernseys regulatory landscape

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We explore what trustees need to be aware of when dealing with data and complying with their obligations under the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017 and related legislation (the "DP Law")....more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Working, Travelling While Adjusting Status in the United States

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Adjustment of Status (AOS) has a very specific definition in the United States. It is defined as the process whereby someone goes from a temporary nonimmigrant status to a Lawful Permanent Resident without obtaining a visa...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

Loopholes and Delays Undermine Airline Safety Whistleblower Law

On September 11, 1991, Continental Express Flight 2574 lost stability as it approached its destination in Houston, Texas. The aircraft pitched downward suddenly, and its wing folded and broke. All 14 people on board were...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

NLRB has New Trump Appointed General Counsel

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Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump appointed William B. Cowen as Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. Mr. Cowen began his career at the Board in 1979 after graduating law school. He served in...more

Polsinelli

Federal Grant Funding: A Thaw in the Freeze?

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Last week was a roller coaster ride for health care providers and other recipients of federal grant funding. Here’s a quick recap of everything that’s happened since our last e-alert...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Federal Funding Pause: Understanding the White House’s Memo and Subsequent Court Rulings

On Monday January 27th, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum instituting a pause on federal grant and loan programs.  This memo quickly became the subject of litigation, further guidance...more

Mayer Brown

Prix de transfert : la détermination du taux d'intérêt de référence concernant les avances intragroupe

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Dans une décision qui sera mentionnée aux tables du Recueil Lebon, le Conseil d'Etat apporte des précisions relatives au régime de la charge de la preuve en matière de prix de transfert en présence d'avances consenties sans...more

TNG Consulting

A Practitioner-Focused Framework for Civil Rights Compliance 

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On January 14, 2025, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a resolution agreement with the University of Washington following a Title VI complaint of alleged discrimination and harassment based...more

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National Labor Relations Board Continues Routine Operations with Lack of Quorum

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On January 27, 2025, the president removed National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne A. Wilcox, leaving the Board with only two members: Chair Marvin E. Kaplan, a Republican, and Member David M. Prouty, a Democrat. That...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

EU AI Act: First Set of Requirements Go into Effect February 2, 2025

The first binding obligations of the European Union’s landmark AI legislation, the EU AI Act (the Act), came into effect on February 2, 2025. Essentially, from this date, AI practices which present an unacceptable level of...more

World Law Group

2024 WLG Whistleblower Guide: Vietnam

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Is there a law to protect whistleblowers? If so, which law? Yes. Whistleblowers are protected under two key laws in Vietnam, comprising of Law on Denunciations 2018 and Law on Criminal Procedure 2015. Law on Denunciations...more

Perkins Coie

Trump Reverses Biden's AI Policy and Charts New Course on AI

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Among the over 70 executive orders rescinded by President Trump on his first day in office was President Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence (EO 14110). Three days later, President Trump issued his own AI...more

A&O Shearman

Federal Circuit Holds That PTAB Has Jurisdiction To Review Expired Patents

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On, January 27, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part a decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) on certain claims of Gesture Technology...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

The Future of Telemedicine Prescribing Comes Into Focus: New Final and Proposed Rules

On January 17, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly published two final rules addressing the prescription of controlled substances via telemedicine in...more

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