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Alston & Bird

Look Ahead to the Week of December 2: The Mad Dash Before the Holidays

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Both the House and Senate will be in session for the next three weeks, setting off a mad dash to complete a long to-do list before the adjournment of the 118th Congress....more

BakerHostetler

The Weekly Hill Update - December 2024

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Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session. ...more

Cozen O'Connor

New York Note Special Edition: Post-Election Debrief

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On Friday, November 15, the Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies New York team held an election debrief. Key insights from our team are below. Presidential Race Donald Trump will enter the White House in January and has promised...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Hiring From the Federal Government: A Top 12 List

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With the change of Presidential Administrations and with a new Congress, many current federal government officials and employees – whether elected, appointed, or hired – are exploring employment opportunities in the private...more

Integral Consulting Inc.

A New Administration Brings Rewards and Concerns for the Mining Industry.

With the November election behind us and a Republican administration to come, there are many questions regarding possible changes to environmental regulations and funding of U.S. energy projects. Given the Trump...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2024 Post-Election Considerations for Inaugurations, Transitions, Special Elections and Personnel Entering or Leaving Government

Now that the 2024 election has passed, individuals and organizations must be mindful of special legal issues that arise from contributions made to, and expenses incurred for, federal, state or local inaugural or transition...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — December 2024

Coming up on a month since the presidential election, some things are starting to become clearer, though many questions remain. We will release a Viewpoints article in the next week that will be a more in-depth assessment of...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act – Proposition 2

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On election day this year, Suffolk County residents overwhelmingly approved a ballot proposition that will increase the countywide sales tax to fund a project aimed at making water cleaner and upgrading Suffolk County’s sewer...more

Epstein Becker & Green

The Future of Federal Non-Compete Bans in a Trump Administration

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Highlights - The fate of FTC and NLRB efforts to ban non-compete agreements hinges on President-elect Trump’s still unannounced picks to lead those agencies....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

PCAOB Delays NOCLAR Rulemaking to 2025 Amid Controversy and Election-Year Dynamics

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) delayed the adoption of a final rule with respect to its June 2023 proposal (Proposal) to increase auditors’ responsibility to evaluate and disclose a public company’s...more

BakerHostetler

[Podcast] AD Nauseam: 2025 Predictions and Transition

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On today’s episode of AD Nauseam Amy and Daniel talk about what to expect with the transition back to a Trump FTC in January 2025....more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: Can He Do That?

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“Entering office with four years of on-the-job training this time around, President-elect Trump and his advisors have a much better sense of how to manipulate the levers of government power – and they intend to push the...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

Trump Nominates Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary

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Last week, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be the next Secretary of Labor. Rep. Chavez-DeRemer most recently represented Oregon’s 5th District in the US House of...more

Benesch

Ohio General Assembly Tackles Lame Duck Session and Selects New Leaders for the Next

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With election day behind us, Ohio legislators have gone full throttle into a lame duck session, focusing their efforts on wrapping up the 135th Ohio General Assembly before the end of 2024. With less than five voting sessions...more

Maynard Nexsen

Who is Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President-elect Trump’s Pick for Secretary of Labor?

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On November 22, 2024, Trump announced his intention to nominate Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon to lead the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in the next administration. Who is she?...more

Blank Rome LLP

Administration and Congressional Leadership Tracker

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President-elect Donald Trump has quickly begun to announce who he plans to nominate to serve in his Cabinet and other key senior staff positions for his upcoming term. Many of our sources and contacts indicate that loyalty to...more

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Preview of What’s to Come for Trump 2.0

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The re-election of former president Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States will have major implications for the key policy issues described below. Empowered by a Republican majority in both chambers, though...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday®: Biden’s Final Labor Moves - Employment Law This Week®

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This week, we're highlighting several last-minute changes from federal agencies before the Trump administration takes office. These include the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) recent ban on captive audience...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Changes Are Coming

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Elections, as they say, have consequences. That bit of political wisdom certainly will be true again this time around—our president-elect has been announcing appointees for cabinet positions that are bound to bring about...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Post-Election Insights: Impacts on the Banking and Consumer Financial Services Industry

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Today’s podcast episode is a re-purposing of a webinar we recorded on November 12, 2024. Our special guests for that webinar were Colin Carr, Vice-President of Congressional affairs at the Consumer Bankers Association and Ian...more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

In-Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's November 2024 Round-Up

In the November 2024 In-Compliance Round-Up, we cover the following: William J. McGinley, Partner at Holtzman Vogel, to Serve as Next White House Counsel - Jessica Furst Johnson: Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey wants to...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Healing a Divided Nation: An 11-Step Path to Unity Through Human and AI Partnership

Political polarization in the United States has reached unprecedented levels, threatening the nation’s social fabric and democratic processes. To tackle this growing crisis, this article proposes a streamlined, three-phase,...more

Crunched Credit

2024 Golden Turkeys:  Jackstay Style

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Hello, All.  The Golden Turkeys are back again – in my first post-Dechert effort.  That means I have fewer folks to help me come up with brilliant ideas and even fewer folks to edit my really bad ideas.  So, bear with me...more

Troutman Pepper

Colorado Springs Narrowly Legalizes Recreational Cannabis Sales, but Questions Still Remain

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This year’s election saw no shortage of surprises at the federal, state, and local levels, and Colorado Springs, CO was no exception. Although the results have yet to be officially certified, it appears that voters have...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Biden Administration Finalizes Waste Emission Charge Rule

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On November 12, 2024, less than one week after the most recent presidential election which will likely result in substantial changes to energy policy in the United States, the United States Environmental Protection Agency...more

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