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HUD and OMB Effectively Disband the PAVE Task Force

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On July 10, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) jointly announced the effective disbandment of the interagency Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity...more

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DOJ Civil Division Issues Enforcement Priorities Memorandum

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On June 11, 2025, the recently confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Brett Shumate, issued a memorandum directing Civil Division lawyers to prioritize investigations and enforcement actions advancing...more

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Section 1557: Deadlines Approach, But Long-Term Prognosis Unclear Under Executive Orders

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Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act mandates nondiscrimination in health care programs managed or funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with upcoming deadlines for compliance set for May and July...more

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OP-ED: Executive Orders Cannot Eliminate USDOT’s DBE Program

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Within hours of taking office, President Trump executed two executive orders aimed at rescinding former President Biden’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)-focused orders. Trump’s orders reached beyond actions by the...more

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Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners, General Counsel, Depriving Agency of Quorum

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Following on the heels of the January 27, 2025 dismissal of National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox and NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, President Trump fired two of the three Democratic Commissioners on the...more

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Federal District Court Vacates 2024 Title IX Regs

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On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX regulations. The vacatur applies nationwide, meaning the 2020 Title IX final rule and Title IX...more

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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 1, May 2024

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Welcome to our inaugural issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter! As such, we wanted to pull together our insights and pass them along to you. Our goal is to create a publication that is...more

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OFCCP publishes AI guidance for contractors

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Traditional rules apply to AI, too! In response to President Biden’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs...more

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U.S. Department of Education Guidance and Resources about Addressing Discrimination and Harassment on the Basis of National Origin

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The Biden Administration has made concentrated efforts to address the rise in reports of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and other hate-based or bias-based incidents in schools and on college campuses since the beginning of the...more

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Louisiana v. EPA: A Turning Point for Title VI and Environmental Justice?

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At the end of January, a federal judge issued a ruling in a high-profile environmental justice case, Louisiana v. EPA, brought by Louisiana against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice...more

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Recap: 2023 ANA Annual Advertising and Marketing Law Conference

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If artificial intelligence is so great, why can’t it reliably predict the weather? The weekend has just closed on another very rainy Floridian ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference (Last year we had a hurricane, so...more

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Biden Administration Issues Sweeping Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

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The Biden Administration issued a sweeping Executive Order directing a broad set of government actions addressing consumer harms, discrimination, privacy protections and other issues stemming from the widespread use of...more

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Financial Services and the Biden Artificial Intelligence Executive Order

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On October 30, 2023, the White House announced that President Biden had issued an Executive Order regarding artificial intelligence (“AI”). The Executive Order was accompanied by a Fact Sheet summarizing the eight policy...more

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White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence: Implications for the Health Care and Life Sciences Industries

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On October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden signed the first ever Executive Order (EO) that specifically directs federal agencies on the use and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI). A Fact Sheet for this EO is also...more

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Biden Issues First Executive Order Directing Federal Agencies to Establish New Standards to Promote Safe and Secure Use of AI

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On October 30, President Biden issued a sweeping Executive Order calling on Congress to enact privacy laws and directing federal agencies to review existing rules and potentially explore new rulemakings governing the use of...more

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White House Issues First Artificial Intelligence Executive Order: AI Guidance for Federal Contractors Forthcoming

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On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” (the “EO”), the first executive order directly addressing artificial...more

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Florida Governor Signs into Law Sweeping Bill that Prohibits Businesses from Discriminating Based on Vaccination Status or from...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 11, 2023, the same day on which the federal government ended the national health emergency related to COVID-19, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a sweeping bill (SB 252) that prohibits...more

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The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 2, January 2023

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EEOC Increases Scrutiny on Discrimination and Harassment in the Construction Industry as Federal Infrastructure Dollars Start Flowing - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) plans to prioritize its efforts to...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 1, January 2023

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Big Boosts to Cybersecurity and Tech Funding in $1.7T Omnibus Bill Signed by Biden - “The bipartisan fiscal 2023 omnibus spending agreement includes $2.9 billion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a...more

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Respect for Marriage Act Reaffirms Protections for Same-Sex and Interracial Marriages

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A recently enacted federal law serves as a reminder to employers to ensure their workplace policies and procedures, including those relating to employee benefits, should not discriminate on account of an employee’s marital...more

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Proposed Rule Leverages Section 1557 for Healthcare Equity

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On July 25, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a proposed new rule that significantly expands the scope of protection available to vulnerable populations under Section 1557 of the Affordable...more

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2023 Payment Rule’s Nondiscrimination Provisions and Anticipation of New Section 1557 Rules

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On January 5, 2022, we discussed the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023 proposed rule released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). On April 28, 2022, CMS issued the NBPP 2023 Final Rule. CMS...more

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EEOC Releases Analysis of Older Workers in the Federal Workforce

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a report on workers age 40 and over in the federal workforce with details regarding pay disparities, the proportion of older workers on staff,...more

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Pandemic and Political Shifts in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act

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As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Section 1557 is a multilayered approach to prohibit discrimination based on color, national origin, sex, age, and disability in health programs or “activities that receive federal...more

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EEOC Chair Praises Congress’ Move To Overturn New Conciliation Rule

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The House of Representatives has joined the Senate in using the Congressional Review Act to overturn an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation rule that became effective February 16, 2021. The votes in...more

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