On President Trump’s first full day back in the Oval Office, January 21, 2025, he issued an executive order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
Employers that use tracking technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor workers and make employment decisions may now have one more thing to worry about—the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Finance & Banking, Consumer Protection, Privacy
The Supreme Court recently clarified that an employer seeking to prove an exemption from overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) must meet the “preponderance of the evidence” standard, and not the…
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/ Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted an injunction that had blocked enforcement of the CTA and its regulations, as originally issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on December 3, 2024…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
As a Pennsylvania hospitality business owner, staying compliant with evolving laws is critical to your success in 2025. From wage and hour laws for tipped employees to the Corporate Transparency Act and bankruptcy…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
CMS issued its Final Rule for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in November.
Originally published in the Allegheny County Medical Society (ACMS) Bulletin - December 2024…
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/ Health, Insurance
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s bidding thresholds will increase by 2.4% in 2025, compared to the 12-month period ending September 30, 2024…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting
Navigating Pennsylvania’s strict PLCB liquor licensing rules can be challenging, especially when it comes to interlocking business prohibitions. Whether you’re applying for a restaurant liquor license or negotiating a lease…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts
As of December 26, 2024, the nationwide injunction that had been lifted only days ago has been put back in effect. This means that reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act may not be enforced for the time…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Constitutional Law
In an order issued December 23, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit set aside a nationwide injunction that had suspended the requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and regulations…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
On December 3, 2024, an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction halting enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and regulations enacted under the…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Constitutional Law
This is a last in a series of client alerts and blog posts we’ve issued over the last year designed to inform you of the new Federal and Pennsylvania corporate reporting obligations…
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/ Business Organizations
In a recent edition of this Newsletter, I wrote about the end of Chevron Deference and its potential impact on employment law broadly. Less than five months since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in the case…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Shades of the wage-and-hour uncertainty that accompanied the end of President Obama’s administration in 2016 reappeared last week following a federal court’s decision to invalidate President Biden’s proposed overtime rule…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Medical marijuana is currently legal in 37 states—including Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania legalized the use of medical marijuana in 2016 when it adopted the Medical Marijuana Act (“the Act”), which legalized the…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
