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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 31, 2025, issued the final rule to update Medicare payment policies and rates for fiscal year 2026 under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the...more
Consistent with their broader policy differences, the Trump and Biden administrations can be characterized by their notably divergent approaches to regulating artificial intelligence (AI). Indeed, a recent White House...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Aug. 1, 2025, published a proposal to repeal all greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and engines from model year 2012...more
Entities receiving federal funds, including educational institutions, state and local governments, and public and private employers, must ensure that their programs and activities comply with federal law and do not...more
On May 9, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order No. 14294, “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations” (EO) with the asserted aim of easing the regulatory burden on "everyday" citizens. ...more
On July 29, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to rescind its 2009 Endangerment Finding....more
The U.S. Department of Justice recently issued a memorandum providing additional clarity and guidance on DEI-related programs and policies. The memo emphasizes that federally funded entities may not make decisions—such as...more
Here are the top ten items you should tackle in August, based on the latest workplace law developments and upcoming critical compliance dates...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a major shift in regulatory policy—to rescind the agency’s 2009 “Endangerment Finding” and to repeal all resulting emission standards for new motor vehicles and...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposes rescission of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which underpins greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act....more
Key Takeaways: The America’s AI Action Plan (the Plan) outlines a broad deregulatory approach aimed at accelerating AI innovation, including efforts to repeal or revise regulations viewed as burdensome to AI development....more
- What is new: The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan reflects a striking shift in approach, with the federal government driving development, expansion and regulation, focusing on deregulation, permitting, procurement and...more
The Trump administration released its “AI Action Plan” on July 23, which calls on America to win the “race to achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI).” Winning this race, the plan states, will usher in “an...more
The Trump Administration released America’s AI Action Plan (the “Plan”) on July 23, 2025, a comprehensive strategy to attempt to “win” the race to achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence (“AI”). The Plan...more
The White House released on July 23, 2025, Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan (“AI Action Plan”) pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial...more
On July 23, 2025, the White House published its much-anticipated “America’s AI Action Plan” (the Plan), a comprehensive strategy designed to advance U.S. global leadership in artificial intelligence (AI). Developed under the...more
A new executive order seeks to streamline funding for and construction of data center projects by reducing regulatory red tape. On July 23, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order titled “Accelerating...more
In the early days of the second Trump Administration, several federal funding agencies announced caps to indirect cost (“IDC”) rates for federally funded research awards. In many cases, these caps would substantially reduce...more
On July 23, 2025, the White House announced its long-awaited comprehensive AI Action Plan titled “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (the Plan). The Plan is aimed at positioning the U.S. as the global leader in AI...more
On July 23, 2025, the White House released America’s AI Action Plan, a comprehensive strategy designed to secure U.S. global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI). The plan, developed under the direction of President...more
The global race for artificial intelligence leadership has entered a new phase. When President Trump took office in January 2025, he moved swiftly to reshape America’s approach to AI, signing an executive order titled...more
The Trump administration revealed its long awaited AI Action Plan (the plan) on July 23, ordering the federal government to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States and “remove red tape...more
As AI applications rapidly expand within our society, a debate has intensified over how to best regulate AI development and use. Recently, regulations relating to AI have been mainly introduced at the state and local level,...more
On July 16, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to revoke the standards of identity for 52 food products the agency characterizes as obsolete. To do this, FDA has issued three proposed rules and...more
In its released budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, the Trump administration plans to zero out funding for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (commonly abbreviated as CSB)....more