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For years, employers have heard predictions of sweeping labor law reform. Indeed, past legislation has been a compelling talking point in presidential elections. Who doesn’t remember the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) which...more
Key Takeaways: The House Appropriations Committee approved a rider June 9 that would block FY 2027 funding for CMS’s WISeR model. Unless the rider becomes law, however, the AI-driven prior authorization program will remain...more
In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world. FCA publishes sanctions and controls findings: On 1 June 2026, the FCA published a report on how financial services firms can manage...more
Key Takeaways: On June 4, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) approved a new National Enforcement Plan (NEP) for fiscal years 2025–2029, replacing the Biden-era 2024–2028 Strategic...more
On June 9, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408), a bipartisan bill aimed at accelerating negotiations for initial collective bargaining agreements under the National Labor...more
On June 5, 2026, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), jointly with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), and the...more
On Monday, June 8, 2026, a federal judge in Massachusetts invalidated the $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas,1 determining that President Trump lacked the authority to impose a tax on this visa program for highly skilled...more
Overview On May 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rescinded prior guidance applying the Fair Housing Act (FHA) to emotional support animals (ESAs). At the same time, HUD announced a new...more
Wilco’s 1995 song “Box Full of Letters” came to mind when we reviewed a recent Untitled Letter from the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) regarding emails to HCPs. We have written...more
The Public Access Counselor of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office (“PAC”) recently issued several binding opinions regarding the Illinois Open Meetings Act (“OMA”). While more in-depth summaries are included below,...more
In a significant development for employers in the Third Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that the FLSA does not permit recovery of “overtime gap time” wages. While the decision limits the...more
On June 10, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or the “Commission”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “NPRM”) proposing amendments to CFTC Regulation 40.11 and the addition of Appendix F to...more
Key Takeaways: The Third Circuit held that the FLSA does not provide a cause of action for overtime gap time claims....more
On May 14, 2026, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed into law SB26-189 (the Colorado ADMT Act), repealing and replacing the landmark 2024 Colorado AI Act, which, when passed, was billed as the first “comprehensive AI law” in the...more
The United States Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2026, holding that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may obtain disgorgement in...more
Portugal has introduced significant amendments to its Nationality Law, applicable to all applications submitted on or after May 19, 2026. ...more
While we are still in the midst of a Medicaid regulatory feast, it’s getting hotter outside, which means only one thing in the health policy regulatory world: it’s almost time for Medicare payment reg season!...more
In The Usual Suspects, Verbal Kint explains the final reveal of the film, and I stress the world “film”: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”...more
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has published its updated list of “Chinese Military Companies Operating in the United States” under Section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for...more
On May 27, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the US Department of Justice’s Civil Division announced new guidelines to accelerate the investigation and prosecution of qui tams that allege fraud on...more
On June 4, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Andrea R. Lucas signed the National Enforcement Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-2029 (the NEP), formally replacing the Biden-era Strategic Enforcement Plan for Fiscal...more
On June 2, 2026—one day after producers were required to register or seek an exemption—three major environmental organizations sued CalRecycle in San Francisco Superior Court, challenging final regulations implementing SB 54,...more
On June 10, 2026, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking public comment on amendments to CFTC Regulation 40.11 and the addition of a new Appendix F to...more
There were two substantial developments in the tariffs landscape last week. IEEPA Tariff Refund Litigation Update - Since the Supreme Court ruled in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that tariffs imposed under the...more
On May 28, 2026, the European Commission sent a formal notice to 20 Member States, initiating an infringement procedure for failure to transpose Directive (EU) 2024/825 of February 2, 2024 in time. The Directive, which...more