Federal contractors need to take note of two Executive Orders impacting their employee Diversity Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”) programs. Unlike the recent EEO and DOJ guidance regarding employer DEI initiatives applying to all…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
What We’re Watching: Peebles, et al. v. JRK Property Holdings, Inc. Massachusetts SJC hears arguments on what is “Reasonable Wear and Tear” under the Security Deposit Statute - On April 7, 2025, the Supreme Judicial Court heard…
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/ Consumer Protection, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential
The legality and regulation of Short Term Rentals, which in some municipalities are defined as “guest house” or “transient guest facility” uses (“STRs”), has, with the explosion in popularity and use of hosting platform websites…
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/ Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) has announced the release of the 2025 Guidelines and Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Brownfields Remediation and Economic Development Fund Grants…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an interim final rule exempting all U.S. entities and their beneficial owners from beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, International Law & Trade
In a decision on Friday, March 14, 2025, a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay pending appeal in a legal challenge to a pair of President Trump’s executive orders which promulgated new policy directives…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
On February 21, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in the case of National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education et al. v. Trump et al.,…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
In a February 27, 2025 press release, FinCEN announced that despite the updated March 21, 2025 beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) report filing deadline, the agency will not issue any fines or penalties or take any other…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
On February 18, 2025, a Texas federal district court judge stayed the nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), reinstating beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
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…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Contracting
The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) filed suit against McDonald’s in federal court over the corporation’s scholarship program for high school students of Hispanic and Latino descent, the Hispanic American Commitment to…
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/ Civil Rights, Commercial Law & Contracts, Education Law
As employers plunge forward into the New Year, they are reminded that if they have any employees working in Massachusetts – in person or remotely – then they need to ensure their Massachusetts employees have been provided the…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
By Lawrence Sheh, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reinstated a nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). The…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
On December 23, 2024, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of the nationwide preliminary injunction granted earlier this month blocking the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). As a result,…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
In October of 2024, the United States appealed the federal district court’s judgment in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC. In that case, the court held that the statute authorizing whistleblowers…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Contracting
