In Short -
The Situation: Over the course of 2023, the Financial Stability Oversight Council ("FSOC") took steps that increase the risk of nonbank financial companies and financial activities being designated as...more
In 2018, the FCC deregulated broadband internet access service, repealed its 2015 net neutrality rules, and specified that these actions were intended to preempt state net neutrality laws. On appeal, the D.C. Circuit upheld...more
2/7/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Broadband ,
FCC ,
Infrastructure ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Preemption ,
Public Utility ,
Telecommunications
Overview As previously discussed here, pursuant to Executive Order 14026 signed by President Biden on April 27, 2021, the Department of Labor ("DOL" or "Department") recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking titled...more
The Road Toward Better Infrastructure -
On August 1, 2021, the Senate proposed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill including $550 billion in new spending to improve the country's...more
8/3/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Bridges ,
Broadband ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Federal Funding ,
Infrastructure ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Transportation ,
Roads ,
Water
Executive Order directs whole-of-government approach and broad regulatory effort.
On May 20, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order ("Order") directing agencies to analyze and mitigate "climate-related financial...more
The Situation: President Biden signed an executive order ("Minimum Wage EO" or "EO") seeking to raise the federal minimum wage for government contractor employees, beyond the statutory minimum wage provided by Congress, to...more
The Situation: The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") under President Biden is likely to revive Obama-era net neutrality rules repealed by President Trump's FCC.
The Issue: Net neutrality raises First Amendment...more
Executive Order directs agencies to repeal rules and policies implementing regulatory reforms.
Included among the seventeen executive orders signed by President Biden on his first day in office was an order revoking six...more