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Appeals Court blocks judge’s order temporarily prohibiting large-scale changes at CFPB

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The Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued an administrative stay for to a judge’s order blocking wholesale changes at the CFPB....more

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Unusual Combinations of Justices Denying Veterans’ Claim but Requiring Executive to Make Foreign Aid Payments to Contractors -...

The U.S. Supreme Court resolved more textual battles yesterday, one in a fully argued case, the other on procedural motions. The combinations of Justices continue to defy stereotypes, and at least one of those combinations,...more

Clark Hill PLC

Administrative Law Report - November 2024, Vol. 2

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Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things administrative law, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

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Trump’s FDIC Has Work Cut Out For it in Repairing Culture

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Troutman Pepper partner, Alexandra Steinberg Barrage, was quoted in the November 19, 2024 American Banker article, “Trump’s FDIC has work cut out for it in repairing culture.”...more

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The Practical NLRB Advisor: Fall 2024

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2024 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. As this edition of the Advisor goes to press, we were just learning the...more

The Volkov Law Group

Forecasting the 2nd Trump Administration: Translating Initiatives to Enforcement and Compliance Priorities (Part I of III)

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As the dust settles on the U.S. Election, companies are quickly analyzing the impact for businesses, federal civil and criminal enforcement priorities and the implications for ethics and compliance. When a new Administration...more

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New Jersey and California AGs Add to Their Antitrust Ranks

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Continued focus on antitrust enforcement has led the New Jersey and California attorneys general (AG) offices to go on a hiring spree. New Jersey AG Matthew Platkin recently announced the establishment of a permanent,...more

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An Overview of FCC Media Initiatives with a Five-Member Commission

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Gomez, Carr, and Starks Confirmations - After functioning for nearly two years without a full Commission, the FCC welcomed its fifth Commissioner in September 2023 when Anna Gomez was confirmed by the Senate. Gigi Sohn...more

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The Validity of More Than a Decade’s Worth of Federal Regulations Are at Stake as the U.S. Supreme Court Decides the...

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On October 3, 2023, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd., et al. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et al., in which the Court was asked to...more

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Happy Twelfth Anniversary CFPB

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Last Friday, July 21, 2023, marked the CFPB’s twelfth anniversary.  To publicize the occasion, the CFPB published a blog post on July 20 in which it touted its achievements and ongoing initiatives....more

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Andrea Gacki, Former Director of OFAC, Appointed Director of FinCEN

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Yesterday, the Department of the Treasury announced that Andrea Gacki, who had been serving as the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), has been appointed as the Director of the Financial Crimes...more

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SEC Signals No End in Sight for Crypto Enforcement Ramp-Up

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On March 29, Gensler testified before the U.S. House Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee during a hearing on the SEC’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Justification Annual Performance...more

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West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources to be Split – Trisected, Trifurcated, and now, Trilateral

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The Department of Health and Human Resources (“DHHR”) was West Virginia’s largest executive agency until the Legislature passed House Bill 2006 earlier this month. For several years now, West Virginia lawmakers have been...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Biden Administration Directs Submittal of Agency Action Plans by April 5, 2023 to Improve Infrastructure Permitting Transparency

Overview - On March 6, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC) Executive Director released a Memorandum...more

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FDA Proposes Restructuring of Its Regulatory Oversight of Human Food

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf on Jan. 31, 2023, announced a proposed restructuring of the agency's Human Foods Program in an effort to improve coordination among the FDA offices. These...more

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On April 1, 2024, California's New Office of Health Care Affordability Will Begin Pre-Closing Regulatory Reviews of Certain Health...

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On June 30, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-184 into law, which, among other things, created a new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) within the CA Department of Health Care Access and Information. ...more

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Senate Banking Committee Considers the Nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin for Vice Chair of Supervision at the Federal Reserve: How...

On February 3, 2022, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (the “Committee”) considered President Biden’s nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin for Vice Chair for Supervision and a Member of the Board of...more

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SEC Commissioner Roisman Resigns

Yesterday, Commissioner Elad Roisman submitted his resignation from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), indicating an intent to step down by end of January 2022. ...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Happy Thanksgiving and the Many Things for Which We Are Thankful – 2021 Edition

Many of us are understandably anxious to put another tumultuous year of the pandemic behind us. But before we sit down at the table to fill our plates and bellies to overflowing to celebrate the holiday, we can all find some...more

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Jonathan Kanter Undergoes Senate Confirmation Hearing to Lead Antitrust Division at the Justice Department

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On October 6, 2021, Jonathan Kanter, President Biden’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division (the “Division”) testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation...more

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NLRB General Counsel Office Moves to Decidedly Pro-Labor Perspective

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Last Wednesday, President Joe Biden needed a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris to confirm his nomination of Jennifer Abruzzo for General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board....more

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Exequible unificación de requisitos de autorizaciones ambientales en Colombia

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De conformidad con el comunicado No. 18 del 20 de mayo de 2021, la Corte Constitucional de Colombia, mediante Sentencia C-145 de 2021, resolvió declarar la constitucionalidad del artículo 125 del Decreto Ley 2106 de 2019 en...more

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Gensler Confirmed as SEC Chair - A Look into the “Crypto Ball”

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On April 14, 2021, the U.S. Senate confirmed Gary Gensler as the new Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Over the last few years the SEC has taken an assertive position in considering many digital assets to...more

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President Biden to Nominate Douglas L. Parker, Chief of Cal/OSHA, to Lead Federal OSHA

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On April 9, 2021, President Biden announced that he intends to nominate Douglas L. Parker to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.  Mr. Parker is currently the chief of California’s Division of Occupational...more

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New NLRB General Counsel Peter Song Ohr Makes First Significant Move

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Following up on our earlier post about all the moves President Biden was making at the NLRB General Counsel’s office, we now know that our temporary NLRB GC is Peter Song Ohr.  Ohr is known as a straight shooting, publicity...more

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