Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Prominent Journalist, David Dayen, Describes his Reporting on the Efforts of Trump 2.0 to Curb CFPB
The Regulatory Situation After the Trump Executive Orders Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the then-acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), emailed staff on February 3 directing employees to cease all rulemaking activities, delay the implementation of...more
On March 24, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided an update on the effective date of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) final risk management rule for trichloroethylene (TCE). As reported in our...more
On February 25, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a delay in the effective date for its final rule updating the criteria to use the "healthy" nutrient content claim on food labeling....more
New security rules designed to protect the connected vehicle supply chain will take effect in March unless they are withdrawn. The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published the final rule...more
On February 25, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) delayed the effective date for its final “Healthy” rule from February 25, 2025 to April 28, 20251. The delayed effective date is in line with President Trump’s...more
The regulatory pendulum has been swinging toward deregulation since Donald Trump was inaugurated last month. On his first day in office, January 20, 2025, President Trump issued a presidential memorandum titled “Regulatory...more
After years of rulemaking with impassioned input from food producers, industry stakeholders, and consumer groups, on December 27, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) published a final rule titled “Food...more
On February 11, 2025, acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda announced that the commission is reconsidering the final enhanced and standardized climate-related disclosure rule it adopted in March 2024. Although the final climate rule...more
In the last few days of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a flurry of new, noteworthy rules targeting national security risks in the science and...more
The second term of President Donald J. Trump started with a flurry of executive orders, presidential memoranda, and directives, some of which were signed on January 20, 2025, shortly after he took the oath of office....more
As expected, the Trump administration formally terminated CFPB director Rohit Chopra over the weekend. And also as expected, President Trump used the Federal Vacancies Reform Act to appoint an acting CFPB Director—Treasury...more
With the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party taking control of both houses of Congress, the renewable energy industry is faced with great uncertainty, including the potential for immediate impacts...more
On January 28, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Act (EPA) issued a final rule delaying the effective date of four rules, including the December 17, 2024, final risk management rule for trichloroethylene (TCE) issued...more
On January 20, President Trump issued a memorandum instituting a regulatory freeze pending review. This action, a common practice for new administrations, directs federal agencies to halt any new rulemaking until agency heads...more
WHAT: On January 14, 2025, less than a week before President Biden left office, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a final rule updating its Buy America rules to rescind...more
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential memorandum entitled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review (Freeze Order). This action is unsurprising, as previous Presidents have consistently issued similar memoranda at...more
President Donald Trump’s executive order titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review directs federal agencies to stop all rulemaking activity pending within the agency and to consider all rules already published as paused for 60...more
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more
As expected, the White House issued a directive to the heads of all executive departments and agencies within the first few hours after President Trump’s inauguration on January 20, requesting that they halt all non-emergency...more
President Trump on Monday issued an Executive Order that prohibits most federal agencies from issuing proposed rules until an administration-appointed agency head reviews the regulation....more
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published its final rule for the Reissuance and Modification of Nationwide Permits in the waning days of the Trump Administration. The final rule reissues and modifies 12 existing nationwide...more
On January 7, we wrote about the DOL’s Final Rule on Independent Contractor Status that was slated to take effect on March 8, 2021. Many employer and business groups applauded the Final Rule because its focus on the economic...more
A January 20, 2021 memo issued by the Biden Administration may freeze the implementation of the Stark Law and Anti-kickback Statute (“AKS”) final rules that went into effect on January 19, 2021. According to the U.S....more
California Supreme Court Applies Independent Contractor Standard Retroactively; Does Not Reach Applicability to Franchises - The California Supreme Court has held that its Dynamex decision applies retroactively, answering...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) amended regulations on required steps in the conciliation (settlement) phase of the EEOC administrative process for claims brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act,...more