Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Will the State Attorneys General and Other State Agencies Fill the Void Left by the CFPB?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Alan Kaplinsky’s “Fireside Chat” with Matthew J. Platkin, New Jersey Attorney General
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
DE Under 3: OMB Announced Finalized Overhaul to Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collection Standards
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: FAR Council Submitted for OMB Approval Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”
DE Under 3: Surprises Lurk Throughout OMB's 2023 Spring Regulatory Agenda
DE Under 3: OFCCP’s Controversial “Pre-Enforcement Notice & Conciliation Procedures” Final Rule Coming Soon
DE Under 3: President Biden Issued "Modernizing Regulatory Review" Executive Order
DE Under 3: OMB’s Initial Proposal to Overhaul Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collections
DE Under 3: OMB Publishes Its Fall 2022 Regulatory Agenda
DE Under 3: Big Changes Coming to OFCCP's Supply & Service Contractor ICRs
DE Under 3: Employment Poster Requirements & the U.S. DOJ’s First-Ever Criminal Anti-Trust Prosecution
DE Under 3: Data Gathering & Data Delivery
DE Under 3: New Data Collection Burdens, NLRB’s Ruling Regarding Union Election Dismissals, and OMB’s Tech Modernization Fund
Biden’s Modernizing Regulatory Review – A New Paradigm?
DoD Cyber: A Conversation with Melissa Vice, COO for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Is it the End of the EB-5 World as We Know it? How to Prepare for Potential Changes
I-14: Update on EEO-1 and I-9 Forms, Employer Obligations After a Hurricane or Other Natural Disaster, and Attorney Jason Barsanti on Meal and Rest Breaks
On November 28, the CFPB issued a notice and request for comment in the Federal Register, seeking to extend the OMB’s approval for its “Consumer Response Intake Form” information collection. The intake form enables consumers...more
On April 3, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released two memoranda, M-25-21 and M-25-22, regarding federal agencies’ use and acquisition, respectively, of artificial intelligence (AI) systems....more
Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Litigation Summary is your resource for legal updates on key rulings and ongoing cases shaping the higher education sector. This installment covers updates related to Gainful Employment, the...more
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Nov. 21, 2025, issued a memorandum establishing comprehensive requirements for the procurement and use of secure unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by federal agencies and recipients...more
In advance of the 90-day deadline stipulated under President Trump’s Executive Order No. 14351 (the "Executive Order"), the Department of Homeland Security, through United States Citizenship and Immigration Services...more
On October 31, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule for calendar year (CY) 2026 (Final Rule). ...more
On November 18, the U.S. Senate received the nomination of Stuart Levenbach to be the director of the CFPB for a term of five years. Earlier this year, the White House noted Levenbach’s prior experience in an announcement...more
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), a division of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Executive Office of the President, issued a memorandum titled “Streamlining the Review of Deregulatory...more
President Trump has nominated Stuart Levenbach to serve as permanent director of the CFPB. Levenbach is an Office of Management and Budget official and aide to OMB Director, and current CFPB Acting Director, Russ Vought. If...more
President Trump has nominated Stuart Levenbach, an Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget, as CFPB director. At OMB, Levenbach handles natural resources, energy, science and water issues. During...more
President Trump signed the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, on November 12, 2025. In addition to providing a legal basis to end...more
A new rule posted on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) registry suggests that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is planning an additional extension of COVID-19-era flexibilities for telemedicine prescribing...more
This month’s bid protest spotlight features one decision from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and two decisions from the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA). In CS 321 East 2nd...more
As we discussed in our June 2024 alert, Project Labor Agreements – What Was Optional Is Now Mandatory, former President Biden’s Executive Order 14063 requires contractors to sign Project Labor Agreements (“PLAs”) for federal...more
In 2025, the government has canceled or discontinued billions of dollars in federal grants. Entities seeking to challenge these terminations have faced uncertainty as to which forum is appropriate for such claims. A federal...more
The October 21, 2025, memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) sets out an aggressive framework to accelerate deregulatory actions across the federal...more
The Memorandum is directed to “Regulatory Policy Officers at Departments and Agencies and Managing and Executive Directors of Commissions and Boards” from Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Sr., Acting Administrator of Office of...more
On October 23, more than 100 Republican members of Congress penned a bicameral letter to the Treasury secretary and the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), reaffirming support for the Community Development...more
Welcome to the Eyes on Washington: Shutdown Briefing. During the federal government shutdown, we will be sharing concise, client-focused updates to help you stay informed on key developments, legislative dynamics and...more
McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. October 30, 2025 – For those of you who haven’t heard the news, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was able to...more
On October 21, 2025, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget issued Memorandum M-25-36, Streamlining the Review of Deregulatory Actions. ...more
On October 9, the U.S. Senate adopted amendment 3841, adding Section 881, Prohibition on Contracting with Certain Biotechnology Providers, a version of the BIOSECURE Act, to its version of the FY 2026 National Defense...more
ver the past decade, the reduction of the federal government’s real estate footprint has been an on-again, off-again affair in Washington. The rationale for the reduction—chiefly driven by changes in utilization rates and the...more
On September 4, 2025, the White House published its Semiannual Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions in which it discussed EPA’s plans regarding the issuance or revocation of regulations under certain environmental...more
Yesterday evening, the Senate voted for the eleventh time on the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) H.R. 5371. The bill failed by a vote of 50-43. No members deviated from their previous votes....more