News & Analysis as of

Proposed Regulation Proposed Rules Comment Period

Genova Burns LLC

Independent Contractor Relationships Under Renewed Scrutiny by NJDOL

Genova Burns LLC on

On May 5, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development opened a 60-day comment period on a proposed regulation that would make it harder for independent contractors to contract their services as...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Garden State May Soon Become Even Less Hospitable to Independent Contractors ‎Than the Golden State

Troutman Pepper Locke on

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry (the Department) announced on April 28, 2025, that it was filing a notice of a proposed regulation addressing the test for independent contractor (IC) status under New Jersey...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

IRS Announces Proposed 162(m) Regulations Defining the Scope of Expanded Covered Employees

On January 16, 2025, the IRS and the Department of the Treasury published proposed regulations relating to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The proposed regulations provide guidance on, and implement, the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Colorado Advances Privacy Act Regulations

McDermott Will & Emery on

On December 5, 2024, the Colorado Department of Law (Department) adopted an amended draft of its latest proposed Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) regulations. This set of amended regulations follows a public comment period that...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

SBA’s Proposed Rule: Affiliation and Negative Control

Comments are due by October 7, 2024. On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would significantly change the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program and other small...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

SBA’s Proposed Rule: Impact on HUBZone and 8(a) Programs

On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would make significant changes to the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program, as well as modifications to other small business...more

Perkins Coie

FCC Proposes To Reinstate Net Neutrality

Perkins Coie on

The Federal Communications Commission recently adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to reestablish its authority over broadband internet access service (BIAS) by reinstating its net neutrality rules. The NPRM...more

Fisher Phillips

EEOC Proposes Regulations for New Pregnant Worker Accommodation Law: 7 Key Takeaways for Employers

Fisher Phillips on

Employers may soon have more clarity on providing pregnancy-related reasonable accommodations now that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released proposed regulations this week – but questions may still...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

EPA Proposes New Limitations on Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Electric Generating Units

On May 11, 2023, USEPA announced proposed rules to further limit the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) from power plants and other electric generating units (EGUs). Industry trade associations assert that these regulations are...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

5 Things to Know About EPA’s Proposed Power Plant CO2 Emissions Rule

Latham & Watkins LLP on

EPA’s long-awaited proposal would set aggressive emission reduction targets with many different approaches and timelines to achieve them. On May 11, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Telehealth Update: DEA Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule on Prescribing Controlled Substances via Telehealth

With just over two months before the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expected expiration on May 11, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has finally announced its proposed rule on prescribing controlled substances...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Another Piece to the Puzzle: OMB Issues Proposed Guidance on “Build America, Buy America” Requirements

Coinciding nicely with the discussion of “Buy America” priorities at the February 7, 2023 State of the Union address, on February 9, 2023 the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issued a proposed rule to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

New Year, New Versions of the Colorado Privacy Act Draft Regulations

This holiday season and the new year brought us a revised draft of the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) rules, gifted by the Colorado Attorney General’s (AG) Office on December 21, 2022, along with a second round of revisions...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The DOL Has Issued New Proposed Independent Contractor Classification Rules: What Now?

McDermott Will & Emery on

On October 11, 2022, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to undo the Trump administration’s 2021 independent contractor regulations and revert to the six-factor...more

McDermott Will & Emery

CMS Seeks to Establish Regulations Limiting Critical Access Hospital Location Requirement

Tucked into the recent proposed rule establishing Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) is a proposal to change the CoPs for critical access hospitals (CAHs). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

With New Title IX Regulations Looming, Now Is the Time to Prepare Your Institution

The release by the Department of Education of preliminary proposed new rules regulating the implementation of Title IX requirements on campuses across the country has received extensive attention. The proposed new rules are...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Biden-Harris Administration Announce New Proposed Rules for National Electric Vehicle Charging Network

On June 9, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to set minimum standards and requirements for projects funded through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program...more

Downey Brand LLP

California Air and Climate Vol 20: California to Require All-Electric Small Engines; Bay Area to Mandates All-Electric Furnaces...

Downey Brand LLP on

BAAQMD to Mandate All-Electric Furnaces and Water Heaters - On October 7, 2021 the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (“BAAQMD”) held a workshop to discuss proposed amendments to two of its rules (Rule 9-4 and Rule...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

HIPAA Privacy Rule Modification – Removing Barriers and Promoting Coordinated Care at What Cost?

On May 6, 2021, the comment period for the proposed modification to regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule and Health Information Technology for...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Treasury Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Regulations

McDermott Will & Emery on

The US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published an official notice on November 10, 2020, seeking comments from interested parties on proposed new rules promulgated under the latest version of the Terrorism Risk...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Proposes Rule to Pave the Way for Value-Based Drug Purchasing

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken another step to further the adoption of value-based purchasing within the health care industry. (Readers may recall the Department of Health & Human Services’ two...more

Jones Day

SEC Proposes Exemption From Broker Registration for Certain Municipal Advisors - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeks...

Jones Day on

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is seeking comments on a proposed exemptive order granting a conditional exemption from broker registration requirements for certain activities of municipal advisors....more

Fisher Phillips

USDOL Issues Proposed Changes to the Tip Credit Regulations

Fisher Phillips on

Employers that utilize the “tip credit” in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), or whose employees receive tips, should carefully consider regulatory changes that were proposed by USDOL today. While many of the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Military Health Care Fraud and Abuse Prevention Program: The Department of Defense Issues Proposed Regulations regarding...

The U.S. Department of Defense (“DOD”) claims that fraud and abuse is inhibiting the ability of the Defense Health Agency (“DHA”), the agency responsible for administering TRICARE, to support and deliver “integrated,...more

Fisher Phillips

Labor Department’s Proposed Four-Factor Rule Would Limit Joint Employment

Fisher Phillips on

The U.S. Department of Labor just became the latest federal agency to propose a rule to limit the scope of joint employment liability, this time for wage and hour matters. If the rule released earlier yesterday is adopted in...more

30 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide