Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Will the State Attorneys General and Other State Agencies Fill the Void Left by the CFPB?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Alan Kaplinsky’s “Fireside Chat” with Matthew J. Platkin, New Jersey Attorney General
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
DE Under 3: OMB Announced Finalized Overhaul to Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collection Standards
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: FAR Council Submitted for OMB Approval Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”
DE Under 3: Surprises Lurk Throughout OMB's 2023 Spring Regulatory Agenda
DE Under 3: OFCCP’s Controversial “Pre-Enforcement Notice & Conciliation Procedures” Final Rule Coming Soon
DE Under 3: President Biden Issued "Modernizing Regulatory Review" Executive Order
DE Under 3: OMB’s Initial Proposal to Overhaul Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collections
DE Under 3: OMB Publishes Its Fall 2022 Regulatory Agenda
DE Under 3: Big Changes Coming to OFCCP's Supply & Service Contractor ICRs
DE Under 3: Employment Poster Requirements & the U.S. DOJ’s First-Ever Criminal Anti-Trust Prosecution
DE Under 3: Data Gathering & Data Delivery
DE Under 3: New Data Collection Burdens, NLRB’s Ruling Regarding Union Election Dismissals, and OMB’s Tech Modernization Fund
Biden’s Modernizing Regulatory Review – A New Paradigm?
DoD Cyber: A Conversation with Melissa Vice, COO for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Is it the End of the EB-5 World as We Know it? How to Prepare for Potential Changes
I-14: Update on EEO-1 and I-9 Forms, Employer Obligations After a Hurricane or Other Natural Disaster, and Attorney Jason Barsanti on Meal and Rest Breaks
“President Trump has given Elon Musk unprecedented power and room to run to remake the executive branch. But to the extent that Musk deviates from remaking it in Trump’s image, the former runs the risk of becoming more of a...more
We previously reported that Treasury Secretary Bessent was named as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and he subsequently ordered the CFPB staff to halt several activities. However, the...more
A range of White House Executive Orders (EOs) are likely to impact tax and trade policy. In this alert, DLA Piper’s Tax and Trade policy team provides updates and insights on relevant policy developments from the week of...more
Each week of the first 100 days of the new Trump Administration, we will publish updates on key federal financial services regulatory and related developments. This week, we review the following developments as of Wednesday: ...more
In a familiar move, President Donald Trump has designated the current head of another executive agency, this time newly sworn in Secretary of the Department of the Treasury Scott Bessent to simultaneously lead the Consumer...more
This alert was originally published on January 21, 2025, and updated on January 22, 2025, to reflect President Trump’s comments that additional 10% tariffs may be imposed on China on February 1. On January 20, 2025,...more
Among the myriad executive orders issued by President Trump in the hours after his inauguration, two focus on the number and location of federal employees. The first is a return-to-work order, requiring all employees of...more
October 18, 2024- U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen convened a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council in executive session at the U.S. Department of the Treasury....more
FCC Invites Supplemental Comment Regarding the Use of Geofencing Technology to Allow for Higher Power Limits for Certain Devices: In this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks...more
Please join us for the latest installment in Wiley’s Federal Infrastructure Webinar Series, a series of webinars that brings together attorneys from across the firm to discuss current developments relating to the federal...more
On August 24, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas once again struck down parts of the regulations governing the arbitration process created by the No Surprises Act (NSA) to settle payment disputes...more
FCC Seeks Comment on Revising Spectrum Sharing Rules for Non-Geostationary Orbit, Fixed-Satellite Service Systems: In this proposed rule, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) requests comment on revisions...more
Contractors face potential payment uncertainty as a result of the current congressional inability to agree to increase the federal government’s debt ceiling. The government reached the official debt limit months ago, on...more
SBA Releases Preview of New HUBZone Maps Effective July 1, 2023 - HUBZone contractors have been anxiously awaiting updates to the HUBZone maps. In 2021, the Small Business Administration (SBA) extended the “freeze” on the...more
The President issued an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets on March 9, 2022. The value of the cryptocurrency and digital assets sector exceeds $3 trillion and has the potential to grow much...more
In 2022, automotive suppliers face many of the same issues that have bedeviled the industry throughout 2021, as well as a host of all-new challenges. Unfortunately, as with many aspects of pre-pandemic life, the relative...more
On September 30, 2021, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor and Treasury (collectively, the Departments) along with the Office of Management and Budget released “Requirements Related to Surprise...more
The U.S. federal government once again confronts twin fiscal crises. Absent intervening legislation, the government’s appropriations will largely lapse on October 1, 2021, prompting a shutdown. Separately, the secretary of...more
On May 20, President Biden issued his Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk (“Order”) which requires federal agencies to assess the potential impacts of climate change on public and private financial institutions...more
This is a brief review of the recently released “Climate 21 Project” policy memo. It is the work of many former members of the Obama Administration who are deeply concerned about climate change and what steps the new...more
In recent years, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has taken a much stronger interest in the national security ramifications of sensitive data falling into the hands of foreign adversaries,...more
The OZ industry is experiencing some degree of frustration due to the delay in the updated proposed regulations being issued by the Treasury Department. ...more
INTRODUCTION - On July 11, 2018, Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final inversion regulations (TD 9834) which are largely consistent with the temporary (T.D. 9761) and proposed regulations...more
The Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) establishing a new process for the review of tax regulations. The MOA brings an end (at least for now) to the...more
Implementation of the GOP tax law has kept officials and staff at the Treasury Department working overtime writing rules and guidances. As if there’s not enough work and stress already, the Treasury is reportedly engaged in a...more