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Everything Compliance: Episode 158, The No to Corruption in Ukraine Edition
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 66 - Tariff Uncertainty and Compliance Risks for Businesses
Legal Implications of the Supreme Court's Ruling on Universal Injunctions
Daily Compliance News: July 9, 2025, The TACO Don Caves Again Edition
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 65 -The Power of Interpretation: Constitutional Meaning in the Modern World
Driving Digital Security: The FTC's Safeguards Rule Explained — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The Labor Law Insider: NLRB Does a U-Turn on Make-Whole Settlement Remedies, Part II
Daily Compliance News: June 26, 2025, The? Matt Galvin Honored Edition
Upping Your Game: Crowd - Sourcing Risk Management Intelligence with AI
Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — The Consumer Finance Podcast
SBR-Author’s Podcast: Upping Your (Compliance) Game
False Claims Act Insights - Will Recent Leadership Changes Lead to FCA Enforcement Policy Changes?
Compliance into the Weeds: Changes in FCPA Enforcement
Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: The False Claims Act
Legislation is moving through Congress that, if enacted, would establish a new joint employer standard and end some of the uncertainty businesses have faced the past several years whenever a new party won the White House. ...more
The U.S. Department of Justice recently issued a memorandum providing additional clarity and guidance on DEI-related programs and policies. The memo emphasizes that federally funded entities may not make decisions—such as...more
PA NIOSH Employees Uncertain About Their Future- The United States Supreme Court handed the Trump Administration a victory, allowing the President to conduct mass firings at federal agencies. Now, Pittsburgh-area employees...more
Last week, both Congress and President Trump took steps that could reshape how labor and employment laws apply to student athletes in higher education. While neither action will have immediate legal effect, together they...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been in a stalemate, as it requires a three-person quorum to issue decisions but currently has only two board members. The situation remains in flux due to President Donald...more
On July 17, 2025, the Trump administration formally submitted a proposal to overhaul the H-1B cap selection process, marking a significant shift in U.S. immigration policy. Currently, the USCIS conducts a random lottery to...more
Last week, President Donald Trump appointed two new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) members. These nominees are: Scott Mayer, who currently serves as the Chief Labor Counsel for Boeing....more
On July 17, 2025, President Trump announced his selection of two choices for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The President tapped Scott Mayer and James Murphy to fill those seats. If confirmed, Mayer and Murphy...more
On June 16, 2025 President Trump announced two key nominations to the National Labor Relations Board: Scott Mayer and James Murphy. If confirmed, Mayer and Murphy will join Chairman Marvin Kaplan (Republican; term ends...more
Although the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has operated for most of this year without a quorum and thus unable to issue decisions, that could soon change. President Trump nominated Scott Mayer (chief labor counsel at...more
On July 17, 2025, President Trump announced that he was nominating Scott Mayer and James R. Murphy, both Republicans, to serve as Members of the National Labor Relations Board....more
On June 27, 2025, Director of the US Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Catherine Eschbach issued a letter to federal contractors asking them to volunteer information on their efforts...more
Last week, OFCCP Director Eschbach issued a letter to federal contractors inviting them to voluntarily submit information regarding their efforts to comply with Executive Order 14173, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and...more
Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Labor Nominees; Announces Committee Votes - On June 18, 2025, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on four nominees for a number of...more
On Thursday, June 5, 2025, OSHA Nominee David Keeling testified that he plans to adopt a more cooperative, proactive approach and pursue a new workplace violence regulation....more
U.S. Department of Labor Expands Opinion Letter Program - In an effort to increase official guidance and provide compliance assistance to the regulated community, the U.S. Department of Labor expanded its opinion letter...more
As the academic year is now wrapping up, we hope that the final weeks of school have been relatively stress free, and that our clients are now looking forward to some slower summer days. Here at Franczek, we have continued to...more
In recent months, the Department of Labor (DOL) has seen an overhaul of its agency leadership. First, President Trump appointed Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling, and more recently,...more
On May 16, National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William Cowen issued Memorandum GC-25-06, calling for an efficient, practical approach to NLRB settlement agreements. Coming on the heels of Cowen’s prior...more
On May 16, 2025, Acting General Counsel (GC) William B. Cowen issued a memorandum addressing settlement agreements under the NLRA in a manner expected to remove material hurdles to negotiated resolutions. Acting GC Cowen’s...more
After meeting with former University of Alabama football coach and seven-time national champion Nick Saban, President Trump is considering forming a college sports commission and issuing an executive order to establish...more
The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) – an association of several hundred employers and employer associations – sent letters to US Attorney General Pam Bondi to direct the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to...more
During the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final regulation (the “2024 Rule”) seeking to increase the salary threshold for overtime eligibility for the “white-collar” exemption (also referred...more
Executive Summary - It has been a turbulent start to 2025 as U.S. employers scramble to adapt to new executive orders, sweeping changes at federal agencies and a growing patchwork of workplace regulations at the state and...more
On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Field Assistance Bulletin confirming that it will no longer enforce a 2024 Biden-era independent contractor rule. The 2024 rule defined “independent contractor”...more