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Legal Implications of the Supreme Court's Ruling on Universal Injunctions
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The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 65 -The Power of Interpretation: Constitutional Meaning in the Modern World
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Upping Your Game: Crowd - Sourcing Risk Management Intelligence with AI
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False Claims Act Insights - Will Recent Leadership Changes Lead to FCA Enforcement Policy Changes?
Compliance into the Weeds: Changes in FCPA Enforcement
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File under “thanks, but no thanks.” In an open letter to contractors, Catherine Eschbach, Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, offers contractors the opportunity to explain how they have wound...more
Employees of the law firm Susman Godfrey LLP (Susman) will have any active security clearances suspended. Also, all government contractors are required, to the extent permitted by law, to disclose any business they do with...more
Under the new administration, several shifts in E&S have impacted public companies across a number of different practice areas. In light of these developments, companies are taking a wide array of approaches to disclosure,...more
On February 26, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO), “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Cost Efficiency Initiative,” aiming to transform Federal spending related to covered...more
As part of its campaign promise to target diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and practices, the new administration issued a January 21, 2025, Executive Order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring...more
The Biden Administration withdrew a proposed climate change-inspired amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) one week before former President Donald Trump’s return to the White House. According to a notice...more
On March 27, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law a Congressional Review Act (“CRA”) resolution repealing the so-called “blacklisting” rule, which would have imposed strict labor reporting and other requirements upon...more
President Trump has signed a Joint Resolution (H.J. Res. 37) disapproving federal agency rules implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (EO 13673) (also known as the “Blacklisting” EO) signed by former...more
President Trump signed legislation ending Obama-era federal rules requiring contractors to disclose federal labor law violations as part of the federal contracting process. The rules would have appointed a contracting officer...more
As part of a broader effort to reduce government regulations, President Donald Trump has signed a congressional joint resolution that permanently blocks the "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" rule, a regulation resulting from an...more
On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed a bill repealing the U.S. Department of Labor’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces regulation. The President’s action ends any uncertainty surrounding the status of the rule, dubbed the...more
President Obama and his EO’s - Remember the Blacklisting Order that required federal contractors to provide a rap sheet with a proposal? No? Well, President Obama issued 275 Executive Orders during his two terms on...more
On March 27, 2017, President Trump took the much-anticipated action of rescinding President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order 13673 and its underlying regulations (the “Blacklisting Rules,” as it became...more
Earlier this week, President Trump put the final nail in the coffin for the former administration’s “blacklisting” rule, officially known as the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule. The move means federal contractors will...more
This week (March 27, 2017), President Trump signed into law a Congressional Joint Resolution of Disapproval (the Resolution”), revoking the rules implementing the controversial Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order,...more
On March 27, President Trump signed a bill formally rolling back the Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces Executive Order signed by President Obama in July 2014 that was to apply to certain government contractors and subcontractors....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order revoking President Obama’s “Blacklisting” Executive Orders pertaining to the government contracting community. The President also signed the joint...more
As we previously reported, Congress has taken its final steps in repealing Obama’s Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces rule, one of the most controversial rules enacted by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council under...more
Obama Administration’s Fair Pay And Safe Workplaces Rule Falls Victim To Congressional Disapproval Resolution Today, President Trump signed his approval to a joint resolution passed by Congress disapproving of Executive...more
On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed a joint resolution of disapproval (H.J. Res. 37) to block the rule implementing Executive Order 13,673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, otherwise known as the "blacklisting" rule. The...more
Earlier this week, on March 6, 2017, the Senate passed a joint resolution disapproving the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule (the “Rule”), which mandated contractor reporting of labor law violations, and had earned the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: By a vote of 49-48 last evening by the U.S. Senate, both Houses of Congress have now moved to rescind the regulations issued pursuant to President Obama’s Executive Order 13678, entitled Fair Pay and Safe...more
As we previously reported, following the start of the Trump Administration, Congress has moved aggressively to overturn regulations passed in the final days of the Obama Administration through the rarely-used powers in the...more
As we reported, the House and Senate have passed a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act disapproving the SEC Resource Extraction Rule and that President Trump was expected to sign the legislation that...more
On January 20, 2017, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus issued a memorandum addressed to the heads of executive departments and agencies, including the Department of Labor (DOL), instructing them to freeze new or...more