In a 63-page order, Judge Adam B. Abelson, a U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland, issued a nation-wide preliminary injunction that struck down as unconstitutional significant portions of Executive Order 114173…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Commercial Law & Contracts, Constitutional Law, Government Contracting
On February 5, 2025, her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued two memos explaining steps being taken by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to implement President Trump’s Executive Order 14173 of January 21, 2025…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This EO revokes longstanding Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Government Contracting
The recent Florida appellate case of Bandklayder Development, LLC v. Sabga provides an important lesson regarding damages for construction defects – that damages for construction defects must be proven based on costs of repair…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Construction Law
President-elect Donald Trump recently stated on November 25, 2024, his intention to impose tariffs of 25% on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada on his first day in office unless those countries do more to stop the flow of…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, International Law & Trade
This past Friday, employers scored a victory when a Texas federal judge struck down the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule which increased the salary levels for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) executive, administrative,…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Shutts & Bowen would like to inform you that earlier this week the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced a temporary postponement of the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting deadlines for…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau recently announced its first Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act (“TIFIA”) loan for transit-oriented development projects. Such loans support…
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/ Finance & Banking, Zoning, Planning & Land Use, Transportation, Real Estate - Commercial
On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in Texas issued a final order in the pending case, Ryan v. FTC, holding that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) exceeded its authority in issuing a ban on noncompete clauses…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a Rule banning most non-compete provisions in the employment setting, with an effective date of September 4, 2024. Thus far, there have been three major federal decisions…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed H.B. 623 into law on April 15, 2024, creating a new section 553.837, Florida Statutes, which will require builders to provide a one-year warranty for all newly constructed homes. …
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/ Construction Law, Consumer Protection, Real Estate - Residential
Orange County (the “County”) proposed a Temporary Suspension Ordinance (the “Ordinance”) which would defer decisions on development applications within the County’s unincorporated areas…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission, by a vote of 3-2, issued a Final Rule concerning unfair methods of competition and non-compete agreements. The Rule will become effective 120 days after its publication in the…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“Department”) announced its final rule, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees, which revises…
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In 2023, the State of Florida adopted the Live Local Act (the “Act”), which seeks to incentivize the development of affordable housing by the private sector primarily by preempting local zoning laws and providing tax incentives…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
