Under the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL), the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (OAG) Consumer Protection Section regularly conducts investigations of companies doing business in…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection
The power of the government to regulate the conduct of the business community is largely exercised by powerful federal and state administrative agencies. These agencies include the Environmental Protection Agency and the…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
On September 12, 2024, the federal Office of Research Integrity (ORI) announced the release of the Department of Health & Human Services’ Final Rule on Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct. This marks the first…
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/ Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
On August 22, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint-in-intervention in a previously filed whistleblower suit under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA) against the Georgia Institute of…
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/ Government Contracting, Science, Computers, & Technology
We are thrilled to bring back our Annual Labor & Employment Law Seminar in Philadelphia, featuring interactive discussions led by our skilled attorneys on critical topics impacting your business. This year, our Labor &…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
From collective experience, it is known that securing the personal guarantee section of credit applications often proves to be more of the exception than the rule. When a personal guarantee is signed, the last thing any party…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
There has been a rash of class action lawsuits against utility companies, utility contractors, and traffic control contractors. These lawsuits have alleged that on public works projects in New York City, workers performing…
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/ Construction Law, Labor & Employment Law
We are over halfway through 2024 and are rapidly approaching the January 1, 2025 deadline for companies to submit their Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports mandated by the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
On July 23, 2024, a federal judge in Pennsylvania declined to grant a temporary injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) forthcoming ban on employment noncompete agreements. District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Under the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) mentor-protégé program, smaller businesses are afforded the tools to compete for government contracts by partnering with larger businesses that serve as mentors to the small…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting
Last August, the New Jersey Department of Labor (NJ DOL) released the New Jersey Wage Hub. According to the NJ DOL, the Hub is designed to be an easy-to-use online tool to help public works employers report certified payrolls…
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/ Construction Law, Labor & Employment Law
In April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent shockwaves across the nation when it issued an administrative rule that will essentially ban all noncompete agreements when it goes into effect on September 4, 2024…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
In 2021, the DOJ announced its Civil-Cyber-Fraud Initiative, which focused on contractors who fail to follow required cybersecurity standards. The initiative is aimed at accountability for knowingly providing deficient…
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/ Government Contracting, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 24, a U.S. District Judge blocked portions of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new rule updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations (DBRA). The DBRA covers all federally funded public works projects valued at…
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/ Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
If you have been arrested while you’re in college — even if it wasn’t on campus — you run the risk of being punished twice for the same crime…
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/ Criminal Law, Education Law
