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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Tenth Circuit Case Challenging President’s Procurement Act Authority

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The Biden-era effort to raise the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors will not, for now, get a final say by the Supreme Court of the United States. Rather, legal challenges will continue to muddy the issue...more

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Fifth Circuit Reverses Injunction on Federal Contractor Minimum Wage

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On February 4, in Texas v. President Trump & Department of Labor, a Fifth Circuit panel reversed a permanent injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The injunction prohibited the...more

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Supreme Court Lets Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Hike Stand

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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding former President Joe Biden’s executive order increasing the minimum wage applicable to employees of certain...more

Epstein Becker & Green

A Primer on Executive Orders and a Preview of the Road Ahead

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On January 20, 2025, a new administration took control of the Executive Branch of the federal government, and it has signaled that it will make aggressive use of executive orders....more

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Supreme Court Won’t Consider Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Mandate

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The Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, declined to take up a decision addressing the president’s authority under the Procurement Act to issue a minimum wage mandate for employees working on federal government contracts....more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – June 2024 #4

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Construction Industry Wage-and-Hour Issues: 6 Tips for Laying a Foundation of Compliance - The construction industry feeds a significant part of the U.S. economy, providing millions of short- and long-term jobs across the...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Implementing OFCCP’s New Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing: “Fasten Your Seatbelts…”

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In thinking through what are the current, 2024, big ticket items for Affirmative Practice, the head reels. Will the Harvard/University of North Carolina cases lead to court action seeking to limit Affirmative Action practice...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Out With the Old Compliance Year … In With the New

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As 2023 ends, despite the visions of sugar plums dancing in your head, it is a good time to take stock of government initiatives affecting your Affirmative Action practice, the better to get ready for 2024. Many things...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – January 2023 #2

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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

Jenner & Block

Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2022 Issue 13

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Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more

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To Mandate Vax or Not, That Is the Question: Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandates Before Several Appellate Courts

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Questions about COVID-19 vaccines are hard, particularly if you contract or want to contract with the federal government. The scenario is familiar: You run a business that has or seeks to contract with the federal...more

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Oral Argument on Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate and Potential Impact of Supreme Court ‎Decisions

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Oral Argument Scheduled for April 8 on Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Injunction - Oral argument on the United States’ appeal of the nationwide injunction against President Biden’s federal contractor vaccine mandate is...more

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Red Light, Green Light: A Status Update on Federal Vaccine Mandates for Private Employers

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OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard - On November 5, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to either...more

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After Scotus Ruling On Vax Mandate, What’s Next For Employers?

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On Jan. 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) granted an emergency request for relief staying the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), requiring all employers with...more

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More Administration Actions on the COVID-19 Vaccination Front

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The Biden Administration continues its march towards implementation and enforcement of permanent vaccination mandates. OSHA withdraws OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) - On January 13, 2022, the Administration’s...more

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COVID-19 Policies and US Employers: Charting a Path Forward

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The legal landscape around COVID-19 policies and vaccine mandates in the workplace continues to shift under the feet of US employers. With the January 13 US Supreme Court ruling on the OSHA and CMS vaccine rules, and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Updates to Task Force Guidance | District Courts Follow Different Reasoning to Hold Executive Order 14042 Invalid: Circuit Courts...

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The fast and furious Jenga game over when and with which federal vaccine mandate a company must comply might finally have reached a turning point. On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court issued dual per curiam opinions in...more

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Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Remains on Hold

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Employers across the country were provided guidance on vaccine mandates by the United States Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) last week. In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS blocked the Department of Occupational Safety and Health...more

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Stay Stay Stay: High Court’s OSHA ETS Opinion Provides Tea Leaves for Federal Contractors

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Sighs of relief due to newfound clarity about whether they were required to quickly implement a vaccinate-or-test policy, coupled with off-pitch renditions of Taylor Swift’s Stay Stay Stay were likely heard from the offices...more

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The Supreme Court Blocks OSHA’s Mandatory Vaccine or Vaccine/Test Rule for Employers with 100+ Employees

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On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court (the “Court”) granted the stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring businesses with 100 or more...more

Jenner & Block

Supreme Court Stays OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Test Rule

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On January 13, 2022, a divided Supreme Court stayed OSHA’s vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard (ETS). Nat’l Federation of Independent Business v. Dep’t of Labor, OSHA , 595 U.S. ___ (2022). The matter came before the...more

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Beltway Buzz - January 2022

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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

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Upcoming Events and Deadlines for OSHA Large Employer ETS ‎

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There are several upcoming events and deadlines that are relevant to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) “large employer” emergency temporary standard (the “ETS”), which require businesses with 100 or...more

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Supreme Court Set to Hear Oral Argument on OSHA Vaccine Rule – What Will This Mean for Government Contractors?

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In the latest round of litigation on the rules being rolled out to implement the Biden Administration’s Path Out of the Pandemic, the Supreme Court signed orders yesterday to hold oral argument on January 7th, 2022 on the...more

Woods Rogers

COVID-19 Legal Round Up and Looming 2022 Deadlines

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President Biden’s vaccine mandates have faced a roller-coaster ride in the federal court system over the last few weeks, leaving covered employers in the difficult position of trying to comply with on-again, off-again federal...more

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