On November 5, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) that implemented a “vaccinate-or-test” mandate for large, private employers. The ETS spurred a...more
1/4/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Oral Argument ,
OSHA ,
SCOTUS ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
On February 27, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”), the United States Department of Health and Human Services (the “HHS”), and the United States of America (collectively the “Government”)...more
3/17/2021
/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Commerce Clause ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Eviction ,
Financial Distress ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Interstate Commerce ,
Landlords ,
Moratorium ,
Police Power ,
Relief Measures ,
Rent ,
Rental Property ,
Tenants
While declining to rule that the Consumer Financial Production Bureau (CFPB) itself is unconstitutional — a position taken by many of the agency’s opponents since it began operating in July 2011 — the U.S. Supreme Court...more
For those who have been wondering—as I did in a previous post—what the new presidential administration would mean for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency that has been in Republicans’ crosshairs...more
3/23/2017
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Banking Sector ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
PHH Corp. v CFPB ,
Removal For-Cause ,
RESPA ,
Single Director ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Trump Administration