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EPA Keeps MCL for PFOA and PFOS, Extends Compliance Deadline, and Intends to Rescind MCL for PFHxS, PFNA, GenX, and PFBS

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EPA announced on May 14, 2025 that it will maintain the Maximum Contaminant Level (“MCL”), also known as the national primary drinking water standard, for two PFAS, perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctanesulfonic...more

DLA Piper

FTC “Click-to-Cancel” Rule to Take Effect May 14

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In October 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized significant updates to the Negative Option Rule, which are slated to take effect on May 14, 2025. A negative option is a contract term under which a buyer agrees...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

CFPB Announces It Will Not Prioritize Enforcement And Supervision Of Its Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule Under The...

On May 1, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it will not prioritize enforcement or supervision of its small business lending data collection rule (the “Rule”) implementing the requirements of...more

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MSHA Announces Temporary Stay of Silica Rule Compliance Deadline for Coal Mining

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In a significant turn of events for the coal mining sector, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced a temporary enforcement pause on its stringent respirable crystalline silica regulation. This...more

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Trump Administration Terminates Humanitarian Parole for Citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced the termination of humanitarian parole for citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, also known as the CHNV program, in the Federal Register on...more

Goldberg Segalla

EPA Requests Fifth Circuit to Uphold Asbestos-Ban Rule

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed a brief Feb. 7 with the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold its prior rule banning chrysotile asbestos. The rule was issued by the EPA pursuant to relevant provisions...more

BakerHostetler

CTA Back in Effect; New Reporting Deadline of March 21

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On Feb. 17, the Texas federal district court in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury granted the government’s motion for an immediate stay pending appeal of the nationwide order staying the effective date of the final...more

McGlinchey Stafford

FinCEN Commits to Extend CTA Reporting for 30 Days If Court Grants Stay of Injunction

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On February 5, 2025, the United States filed a motion in the case of Samantha Smith, et al., v. United States Department of Treasury, et al., to stay the order of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,...more

Venable LLP

The Fifth Circuit Slams the Brakes and Vacates FTC CARS Rule

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This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Combatting Auto Retail Scams (CARS) rule....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Eighth Circuit Refuses to Stay Click-to-Cancel Rule

On January 17, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied a petition to administratively stay the effective date of the Federal Trade Commission’s controversial “Click-to-Cancel” Rule. A divided...more

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The Fate of the New U.S. Climate Change Rules Under the New Republican Administration; Certain States are Expected to Ramp Up...

It is no secret that the incoming Republican Administration has been skeptical of the federal government’s climate change measures, which brings further uncertainty to the SEC’s new climate change rules (the “Rules”).  To be...more

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Incidental Take of Migratory Birds Prohibited Once Again as New MBTA Rule Becomes Effective

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A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) final rule that presumptively reinstates liability for incidental take under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”) becomes effective on December 3. The new rule revokes a Trump-era...more

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Biden Administration Issues Regulatory Freeze On New Agency Rules

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In this Issue. In one of its first acts after being installed on January 20, the Biden Administration issued a regulatory freeze on new agency rules that have been adopted but are not yet effective; in one of its final acts...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: Madden Fix/Valid When Made Rule Faces New Challengers

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In the News. On the heels of a lawsuit challenging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) recently issued Madden fix/valid when made rule, eight state attorneys general filed suit challenging a similar rule...more

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