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One Fell Swoop: SEC Erases Ambitious Gensler-Era Rulemaking Agenda

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On June 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release announcing that it was withdrawing 14 notices of proposed rulemaking issued between March 2022 and November 2023 and stating that it “does not intend...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: What Does the CFPB "Freeze" Mean for Regulations and Pending Litigation? - Update

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

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The Withdrawal of PFAS Effluent Limits: Implications for Federal Environmental Regulation and Biosolids Management

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The regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remains a critical issue in US environmental policy, with significant implications for water quality, biosolids management and state-level regulatory authority. On...more

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Hic Sunt Dracones: Biden’s BIS Issues Last Minute Export Controls, Most of Which Appear to Escape Trump’s Regulatory Freeze

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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

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FHWA Rescinds Longstanding Buy America Waiver for “Manufactured Products”

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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

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The Tides Are Changing (Again) for US “Fair Access” and “Anti-Debanking” Laws

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“Fair access” banking laws, at the epicenter of the debates between ESG and “anti-woke” regulation and federal/state preemption, may see a resurgence under the incoming administration. In recent years, the landscape of...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Update: Business Immigration and the Biden Administration

In February, we outlined some immediate and anticipated changes in the business immigration environment after the Biden Administration took office. Now that several months have passed and the Administration has had time to...more

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The Biden Administration’s Health Insurance Priorities

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The Biden Administration wasted no time in implementing some of the new President’s campaign promises relating to health insurance and the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). First, on February 10 the Department of Justice filed a...more

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Policy Review Heats Up Under New EPA Administrator Regan

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The swearing-in of Michael Regan as EPA Administrator means that open questions on policy, agenda-setting, and prioritization for the Agency will soon be answered. Issues that have risen to the top of the new EPA...more

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Corps’ Nationwide Permits Rule Hits Blue Wall

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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

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Biden Administration Promises Regulatory Changes for Pesticide Industry

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In his first day in office, President Biden sent a strong signal that changes could be in store for the pesticide industry by issuing a sweeping Executive Order directing a review of a lengthy list of Trump-era regulations,...more

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Putting the Brakes on the Gig Economy? Biden DOL Delays Effective Date of Final Rule on Independent Contractor Status

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

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New Proposed EEOC Regulations Pose Potential Hurdles On Common Wellness Incentives - UPDATED March 2021

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Update: The Alert below discuses wellness rules proposed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Those proposed...more

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Beltway Buzz - February 2021 #3

American Rescue Plan Moves Forward. Democrats in Congress are moving ahead with President Joe Biden’s “American Rescue Plan.” As of now - and this is still subject to change, of course - it appears that the U.S. House of...more

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Littler Lightbulb: Wage and Hour Developments During the First Month of the Biden Administration

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It has been just one month since the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th president of the United States, and he has been moving quickly to change the wage and hour landscape. This Lightbulb illuminates some of the more...more

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New Proposed EEOC Regulations Pose Potential Hurdles On Common Wellness Incentives - UPDATED February 2021

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On January 7, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued proposed wellness program rules. If the proposed rules become effective, they will significantly restrict the ability of employers to provide incentives...more

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Potential Delay in Long-Awaited Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Rules

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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

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Department of Labor Proposes Delay on Tip Regulations and Independent Contractor Rule

On February 5, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) published two notices of proposed ruling to delay the effective date of two rules finalized by the DOL under the Trump Administration regarding tips and independent...more

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The Franchise Memorandum - Issue # 262

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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

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Business Immigration and the Biden Administration

The first two weeks of the Biden Administration have seen a flurry of activity indicating it will move away from the more restrictive immigration environment of the Trump era, including for employment-based immigration...more

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The Beginning Of The Biden Administration – What Federal Contractors Need To Know

A new administration has moved into the White House, and, as anticipated, President Biden wasted no time in issuing, in the first few days of his presidency, a raft of Executive Orders (EOs) that appear calculated to set the...more

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Department of Labor Delays Effective Date of Regulations on Independent Contractors and Tips

On February 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published notices in the Federal Register of its proposed delay of the effective dates of the Trump administration’s regulations addressing independent contractor...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup January 25 – January 29, 2021

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 25, 2021 – January 29, 2021... On January 20, President Biden’s chief of staff, Ronald...more

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Hotly Debated EEOC Conciliation Regulations Scheduled To Become Effective

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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

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Applicability of the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Freeze to Independent Agencies

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On January 20, 2021, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain issued a memorandum ordering a temporary freeze of new or pending rules in order “to ensure that the President’s appointees or designees have the opportunity” to...more

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