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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings.  less -
Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Amid Seeming Error, HHS Finalizes Klote’s Termination As Director of Crippled OHRP; She Issues a Warning

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In the end, the final termination letter arrived in the mail on July 18. For nearly three months—about half of the length of time she was director of the HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)—Molly Klote, M.D.,...more

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Supreme Court allows Education Department to fire employees; Is CFPB Staff Next?

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In another case that may not augur well for the CFPB staff, the Supreme Court is allowing the Trump Administration to continue dismantling the Education Department, lifting a court order that had required the rehiring of as...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Out again: Supreme Court pauses reinstatement of ex-NLRB Member Wilcox, one other former official

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The U.S. Supreme Court on May 22 stayed the reinstatement of Gwynne Wilcox, a former member of the National Labor Relations Board, and Cathy Harris, a former member of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Both women were...more

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Supreme Court Keeps Wilcox on the Sidelines – NLRB remains Without a Quorum

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On May 22, 2025, the Supreme Court granted President Trump’s emergency application to stay the D.C. Circuit Court order that reinstated National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Wilcox. In the 6-3 decision, the Supreme...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supreme Court Decides Against Reinstating Wilcox to NLRB as They Rule on Her Termination – NLRB Remains Without a Quorum

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On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) Member Gwynne Wilcox cannot return to work while she challenges President Donald Trump’s decision to terminate her without cause. The...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

NLRB Stalemate Continues: Supreme Court Keeps Wilcox Sidelined For Now

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On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision granting President Trump’s emergency application to stay D.C. Circuit Court orders that reinstated National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) member Gwynne...more

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DOJ lawyers, National Treasury Employees Union attorney square off in appeals court over CFPB firings

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Despite massive attempted layoffs and cancellation of third-party vendor contracts, the Trump Administration did not and does not intend to shut down the CFPB, a Justice Department attorney told a federal appeals court on...more

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Appeals court reinstates injunction against CFPB’s workforce reduction, requiring assessment of employee necessity

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On April 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order reinstating a preliminary injunction against the CFPB’s proposed reduction in force (RIF). The U.S. District Court for the District...more

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D.C. Circuit Reinstates Injunction Blocking CFPB’s Mass Layoffs 

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On April 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reinstated a district court order blocking the CFPB from conducting a large-scale reduction in force. The decision reversed an earlier partial stay that had...more

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Trump Administration appeals ruling that blocked CFPB firings

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The Trump Administration has appealed an order by a federal District Court Judge blocking the CFPB from firing 1483 employees effective in June 2025 and cutting off their access to CFPB work systems on April 18, 2025....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Judge Halts CFPB Layoffs Again

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At an emergency hearing this morning in National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought, Judge Amy Berman Jackson once again halted the layoffs of over 1,000 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The judge...more

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CFPB issues reduction in force, district court holds hearing and delays firings

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On April 17, the CFPB issued a reduction in force (RIF) to notify employees of their release due to the elimination of their positions. In the RIF, the Bureau stated reductions were necessary to restructure the Bureau’s...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Judge bars CFPB mass firings

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The judge who barred the Trump Administration from dismantling the CFPB says the agency cannot implement plans to fire the majority of the bureau’s employees at this stage....more

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Judge Jackson schedules hearing for 11:00 AM today regarding mass layoffs at the CFPB

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It was reported last night that the CFPB had laid off about 90% of its staff. This came on the heels of the CFPB providing each of its employees with its 2025 Supervisory and Enforcement Priorities which calls for a much...more

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D.C. Circuit Court Partially Stays Injunction in NTEU v. CFPB

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On April 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order partially staying the district court’s preliminary injunction in the ongoing legal dispute between the National Treasury Employees...more

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D.C. Circuit Limits Prohibition on CFPB Staff Terminations Pending Appeal

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In a per curiam order, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on April 11, 2025, partially stayed a preliminary injunction halting any attempt to dismantle the CFPB. Judges...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative (Trump EO Tracker)

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The Director of the OMB Director shall submit a plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government, requiring that agencies may hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart. Agency heads must adhere to...more

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U.S. Supreme Court stops district court’s order to reinstate workers

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On April 8, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on reinstating federal workers. The case arose from a lawsuit in which the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Another Win for the Administration, at Least for Now - SCOTUS Today

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The motions docket of the U.S. Supreme Court remains busy. Following the April 4 decision in Department of Education v. California—in which the Court, treating a temporary restraining order (TRO) as if it were a preliminary...more

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D.C. Federal Court Judge Blocks Efforts to Dismantle the CFPB

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Recently, Judge Amy Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction sought by the National Treasury Employees Union, over efforts by Acting Director Russell Vought to...more

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Federal government clarifies status of rehired probationary employees

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On March 18, the federal government filed a response to U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup’s request for information regarding the status of rehired federal probationary employees. In the request for information, Judge...more

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District courts both order reinstatement of terminated federal employees

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On March 13, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) after President Trump’s Executive Order 14210 led to widespread terminations of federal probationary employees. The...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

[Event] Workplace Horizons 2025 - April 30th - May 2nd, New York, NY

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The leading educational and networking conference — from the premier firm for employment + labor law - Join us at Workplace Horizons 2025, where attorneys, in-house counsel and HR leaders come together to share and solve...more

Fisher Phillips

SCOTUS 2023/24 Lookback and Preview: 8 Key Rulings that Impact the Workplace and 4 New Cases for Employers to Track Next Term

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The Supreme Court issued several momentous decisions last term that will have a lasting impact on employer practices. The Justices continued to shape the workplace law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – May 2021 #2

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Protecting Your Company Against Revenue Clawbacks: Preference Actions (Part 3 of 3) - This is the final part of our three-part series on revenue clawbacks. The scenario: a customer or teaming partner goes bankrupt and then...more

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