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HHS’s Restructuring: What Happens Next?

McDermott+ on 4/3/2025

Last week, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will undergo a major restructuring and plans to eliminate 10,000 employees on top of 10,000 HHS employees who have already departed (20,000...more

FDA Reduction-In-Force expected to impact drug & biologic review and regulation, other operations

Hogan Lovells on 4/3/2025

Last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced an impending reduction in force (RIF) of approximately 10,000 positions, including about 3,500 Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...more

Mass Layoffs Begin At the FDA

ArentFox Schiff on 4/3/2025

As a further update to our alert from March 27, the Trump Administration began mass layoffs at US health agencies on April 1....more

HHS Announces Employee Reduction Amid Downsizing and Restructuring Plans

King & Spalding on 4/2/2025

On March 27, 2025, HHS announced a downsizing and restructuring plan that combines personnel cuts, centralization of functions, and consolidation of HHS divisions. Among other things, the plan aims to cut the HHS workforce by...more

HHS plans for workforce reduction may impact FDA operations

Hogan Lovells on 3/28/2025

After months of back and forth and uncertainty related to efforts under the new Trump Administration to reduce the size of the federal government, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...more

Food and Beverage News and Trends - March 2025

DLA Piper on 3/10/2025

This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape. FDA begins to rehire some employees, including some in the foods program. On...more

President Trump Issues Executive Order to Advance “Large-Scale” Reductions in Federal Workforce

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/17/2025

It remains unclear the extent to which the order will impact agencies like FDA. On February 11, 2025, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce the size of the federal workforce, President Trump issued an executive order titled...more

[Event] Health Care & Life Sciences 2025 - December 5th, Philadelphia, PA

Cozen O'Connor on 11/1/2024

Cozen O'Connor will host Health Care & Life Sciences 2025, our annual in-person seminar exploring critical issues impacting health care and life sciences businesses. Join attorneys and professionals from our Health Care &...more

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 1. With Greater Than Half Its Positions Vacant, OHRP Employing More Technology,...

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 12/28/2022

The HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) is currently operating with a 62% vacancy rate among staff, as it has not filled open positions, agency officials say. OHRP has a staff of 20, but there are an additional...more

EEOC Updates Screening, Testing, and Mandatory Vaccination Polices

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 7/27/2022

After several months, the EEOC has once again updated its guidance and answers regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic’s interaction with anti-discrimination laws, with a particular focus on the workplace screening, testing,...more

Beltway Buzz - January 2022 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/17/2022

SCOTUS Halts OSHA’s Vax-or-Test ETS (but Greenlights CMS Rule). On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States stayed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing...more

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Employer Vaccine Requirements

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/31/2021

Now that the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its formal approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, many employers are beginning to implement vaccine requirements for employees. This article...more

Federal Court Affirms Employer Right To Require That Its Employees Be Vaccinated

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP on 6/24/2021

A federal judge in Houston, Texas ruled on June 12, 2021 that Houston Methodist Hospital (the “hospital”) did not violate the law by requiring, as a matter of policy, that all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 by June...more

Federal Judge Dismisses Texas Suit Challenging Employer’s COVID-19 Vaccination

ArentFox Schiff on 6/16/2021

In April, Houston Methodist Hospital announced its decision to mandate the COVID-19 vaccination for all employees. One hundred seventeen employees sued to block the mandate. But, on June 12th, one day after hearing oral...more

50 State Update On Pending Legislation Pertaining To Employer-Mandated Vaccinations

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/5/2021

Per recent federal employment law guidance, private employers can generally require employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as long as they comply with federal employment laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of...more

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – August 2020 # 19

Hogan Lovells on 8/28/2020

In Washington - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sent clear signals to the Trump administration that Democrats are not going to engage in anything less but serious negotiations on a coronavirus relief package....more

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – July 2020 #10

Hogan Lovells on 7/16/2020

In Washington: The White House denies that it is trying to undermine the nation’s top disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Today the President’s trade advisor, Peter Navarro blasted Dr. Fauci’s handling of the coronavirus in...more

Financial Daily Dose 10.1.2019 | Top Story: Credit Suisse COO Resigns in Wake of Corporate Spying Scandal

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/1/2019

Top Tidjane Thiam ally Pierre-Olivier Bouee, Credit Suisse’s COO, has resigned in the wake of an internal probe finding that he “ordered the surveillance of the bank’s former wealth-management chief, Iqbal Khan, without...more

Food and Beverage Law Update: July 2019

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/11/2019

Wage and Hour - 80/20 Rule Still Followed in Some Parts - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance doing away with the so-called "80/20 rule" in November 2018. District courts have greeted the new guidance...more

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | May 2018 #4

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 5/29/2018

Advocacy Groups Urge Senate to Support NOSB - A group of advocacy organizations has sent a letter asking the leaders of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry to “fully support organic agriculture in the...more

Food and Beverage Law Update: February 2018

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/20/2018

Deceptive Trade Practices - Meat Exporter Had No Duty Under FCA to Pay for Beef Inspection - In United States ex rel. Barrick v. Parker-Migliorini Int'l, LLC, 878 F. 3d 1224 (10th Cir. 2017), the court affirmed...more

Food and Beverage Law Update: March 2017

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/15/2017

Legalized Drug Use Impacts the Food and Beverage Industry - In the November 2016 general election, voters in Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota amended their state constitutions to authorize the use of marijuana for...more

InterConnect - Counsel for the Road Ahead®

Benesch on 12/3/2014

In this Issue: - Get Organized! With NLRB’s “Ambush Election Rules” Looming, Employers Must Be Proactive in Their Union-Free Message - What’s Cooking?: The FDA’s Proposed Regulations on Sanitary Food Transport ...more

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