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Employment Law Landscape Could Change After Election

When presidential administrations change, it’s common to see significant shifts in policy via new regulations, executive orders, different interpretations of federal laws, and changes to enforcement priorities, budgeting, and...more

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Beltway Buzz - August 2024 #2

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

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Cozen Currents: When Getting Rusty is a Good Thing

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The Cozen Lens - •As much as the whole country can’t help but tune in to former President Trump’s guilty verdict, the fact is that the political ramifications only matter insofar as they may swing three states. •The Biden...more

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Cozen Currents: The Politics of Soul-searching

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The Cozen Lens- • President Biden’s and former President Trump’s reactions to the United Auto Workers strike against the Big Three automakers underscores that neither political party can take the support of blue-collar...more

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Cozen Currents: Trump is Biden's Best (and Worst) Case for Re-election

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The Cozen Lens- •Presidential re-election campaigns are generally a referendum on the incumbent, but for President Biden, the negative case for a second term (i.e., he’s not former President Trump) is stronger than the...more

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DOL Withdrawal of Trump-Era Independent Contractor Rule Held Unlawful

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when it withdrew a Trump-era Independent Contractor Final Rule (ICFR), a Texas federal court has held. Coalition for Workforce Innovation et...more

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Hasty Action Dooms Biden’s Withdrawal of the Independent Contractor Rule

The Biden Administration’s rush to withdraw a Trump-era rule standardizing the test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor overlooked key administrative requirements for the process, causing a federal...more

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DOL Withdrawal of Trump-Era Independent Contractor Final Rule Unlawful, Court Rules

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) unlawfully delayed and then withdrew the Independent Contractor (IC) Final Rule, published in the waning days of the Trump Administration, a federal court in Texas has held. Coalition for...more

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Trump’s Independent Contractor Regs Are In Place . . . For Now.

This week, a federal judge in Texas issued an order that effectively reinstated independent contractor regulations that were issued at the end of the Trump Administration but never took effect. As a result of the court’s...more

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Federal Court Reinstates Trump Era Independent Contractor Test Rule

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On March 14, 2022, Judge Marcia Crone of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ordered that the Trump administration’s rulemaking regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) Independent Contractor Test...more

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Biden's NLRB Targeting Employee Misclassification as Independent ULP

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The National Labor Relations Act (Act) protects employees’ right to unionize (and not unionize), and to engage in other “protected concerted activity.” These are basic rights guaranteed to employees under Section 7 of the...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - November 2020 #3

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LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION - Errors to Avoid when Moving State Litigation to Federal Court, November - Depending on the claims, parties, and preferences, there are multiple forums where litigants can choose to file...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, November 2020 # 4

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In Washington: An internal review obtained by NPR reveals that Centers for Disease Control (CDC) officials knew that early COVID-19 tests were faulty but released them anyway. This made it difficult for cases to be...more

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The Race for the White House 2020: State AG Responses to a Trump or Biden Victory

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President Trump and former Vice President Biden have laid out sharply contrasting visions for the future of the country in their 2020 race for the White House. The winner’s vision and agenda will impact virtually every facet...more

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