When multiple forces act on an object, its direction of motion is determined by the net force, which is the vector sum of all individual forces. When this happens within our federal government, we call it “interesting times.”…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
The most anticipated event at the U.S. Supreme Court today was the oral argument in the birthright citizenship case…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Generational shifts in the workplace bring unique challenges and opportunities for employers striving to build productive and engaged teams.
In this one-on-one conversation, Epstein Becker Green attorney Jeff Landes joins…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
President Trump’s Executive Order No. 14267, “Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers” (“EO 14267”), requires agency heads to provide by June 18, 2025, a list of anticompetitive regulations to the Federal Trade Commission…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health
As we explained in a previous blog post, last fall, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the New York Retail Worker Safety Act (NYRWSA) into law, obligating employers to provide certain safety measures for retail workers by early March…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On May 2, 2025, the National Science Foundation (“NSF”) issued a “Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate” (NSF 25-034) (hereinafter “Policy Notice”) adopting a uniform 15% Indirect Cost Rate (“IDC”) for…
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (Division) issued Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) No. 2025-1 (“FAB 2025-1”), announcing that it is currently working to reformulate the test as to how…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division released a new guidance memo on white-collar enforcement priorities in the Trump Administration entitled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, Government Contracting, Health
This week, we're covering the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL’s) decision to halt enforcement of the Biden-era independent contractor rule, the upcoming EEO-1 reporting season (starting on May 20), and New York State’s new labor…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
On May 9, 2025, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (collectively, “the Departments”) asked the D.C. federal court to suspend litigation while they consider whether to rescind or modify the 2024…
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/ Health, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed Colorado’s historic artificial intelligence (AI) consumer protection bill, SB 24-205, colloquially known as “Colorado’s AI Act” (“CAIA”), into law…
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/ Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed Colorado’s historic artificial intelligence (AI) consumer protection bill, SB 24-205, colloquially known as “Colorado’s AI Act” (“CAIA”), into law…
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/ Consumer Protection, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, President Trump signed EO 14281, titled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy (EO), stating a new Trump Administration policy “to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
The U.S. Supreme Court did not publish any opinions last week, but I note with sadness the death of retired Justice David Souter on May 8.
I got to know Justice Souter first during his vetting in 1990…
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/ Civil Procedure, Law Practice Products & Services
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has concluded that a successful False Claims Act (FCA) claim should “allege not just a scheme, but a scheme that actually led to false claims being submitted to the…
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/ Civil Procedure, Government Contracting, Health
