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The First 100 Days: President Trump’s Federal Policy Revamp and New Compliance Concerns for Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/5/2025

On April 29, 2025, President Donald Trump completed his first one hundred days of his second term in office. During this time, the president issued numerous executive orders (EOs) and implemented actions that significantly...more

Beltway Buzz - November 2024 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/25/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

The Impact of the US Election on Labor and Employment Law

Morgan Lewis on 11/20/2024

What might the labor and employment landscape look like in 2025 and beyond? Consistent with proposed policies and past actions of the first Trump administration, forthcoming changes by the Trump-Vance administration could...more

Beltway Buzz - July 2024

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/15/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Beltway Buzz - May 2024

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/13/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Beltway Buzz - March 2024

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/4/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business. ...more

SCOTUS Predictions: Blockbuster Decision Will Dismantle Workplace Regulations

Fisher Phillips on 2/2/2024

The Supreme Court is set to shake up the workplace world by taking away a great deal of power from federal agencies – including the regulators who oversee many of the nation’s labor and employment laws. That’s according to...more

Top 10 Workplace Law Predictions for 2024

Fisher Phillips on 12/29/2023

It’s never easy to make accurate predictions about what we’ll see in the workplace in the coming year, especially given the recent volatility we’ve experienced and expect for the foreseeable future. Despite the ever-present...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Beltway Buzz - November 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/6/2023

POTUS Issues Executive Order on AI Framework. On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued the “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” (EO). According to its...more

Beltway Buzz - October 2023 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/16/2023

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business. Hot Mess in the House. It has been...more

Government Shutdown to Halt Activities of Federal Labor and Employment Agencies

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/29/2023

Another federal government shutdown appears imminent as lawmakers reportedly remain deadlocked along partisan lines on an agreement to extend funding ahead of a 12:00 a.m. October 1, 2023 deadline. A government shutdown—which...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2023 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/20/2023

Wilson Leaving FTC. Christine Wilson, the only Republican commissioner serving on the Federal Trade Commission, announced this week that she would be resigning her position. In an opinion piece printed by an internationally...more

Policy Matters Newsletter - January 2023 # 2

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/31/2023

Labor Agencies Beware: Congressional Oversight To Kick Up In 2023. Shortly after Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) ascension to the speakership, the House of Representatives reinstalled Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) as chair of the Committee...more

Beltway Buzz - January 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/9/2023

The 118th Congress Is Here. Sort of. As required by the U.S. Constitution, the 118th Congress gaveled in on January 3, 2023. If there was any hope that a new year would bring new competence and cooperation within the U.S....more

Beltway Buzz - June 2022 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/27/2022

Biden Administration Releases Regulatory Plans - Maybe someone in the White House just read the Buzz’s Summer Forecast, because on June 21, 2022, the Biden administration released its Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of...more

Beltway Buzz - May 2022 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/31/2022

Contractor Watchdog Releases Audit List. Late last week, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released its new Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for federal contractors. According to OFCCP,...more

The Top 17 Workplace Law Stories from April 2022

Fisher Phillips on 5/4/2022

Beltway Buzz - January 2022

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/10/2022

With 2022 underway, set forth below are the major labor and employment policy issues that the Buzz is keeping an eye on as we begin a new (midterm election) year. COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements. Today the Supreme Court of...more

Beltway Buzz - December 2021 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/20/2021

Build Back Better...in 2022? Over the last several weeks, the Buzz has been monitoring congressional Democrats’ efforts to pass the Build Back Better Act, a $1.7 trillion social-spending package containing, among other...more

Beltway Buzz - November 2021 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/12/2021

Infrastructure Bill Passes - Now What? Both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives are out this week. But before they left for home, on November 5, 2021, the House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure...more

President Biden’s Proposed Budget: Boon to Enforcement, Oversight, and Worker Protection

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/4/2021

President Biden’s $6 trillion 2022 budget proposal focuses on worker protections—including the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan. Both of these plans contain labor and numerous employment initiatives. The...more

Beltway Buzz - June 2021 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/21/2021

Juneteenth Is Now a Federal Holiday. This week, President Joe Biden signed into law the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, making June 19 - the holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in...more

The Biden Administration: What May Be Ahead and Already Is Happening

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/12/2021

Biden-Harris Administration changes in labor and employment laws, regulations and executive orders of course cannot be predicted with certainty. But significant actions already have occurred and there are indications...more

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