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A Texas federal judge has voided a Biden Administration CFPB rule that would have prohibited medical debt in credit reports....more
A federal judge in Texas issued a decision on May 15, 2025, striking down portions of the EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on protections against employment discrimination based on gender identity and/or sexual orientation....more
On August 11, 2020, a federal district court in New York ruled that the unintentional or incidental “take” of migratory birds is a crime under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”), vacating a Department of the Interior...more
Yesterday, in Center for Biological Diversity v. Everson?, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia overturned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) decision to list the northern long-eared bat...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, on August 21, 2018, vacated much of U.S. EPA’s final rule regulating the disposal of “coal combustion residuals” (CCR) at coal-fired power plants. The ruling has...more
The Fifth Circuit on March 15 vacated U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regulations that redefined the circumstances in which a person who provides investment advice in connection with a retirement plan or individual retirement...more
In a surprising move, the National Labor Relations Board has overturned its recent decision that had overruled an expansive joint employer standard set forth by the previous Obama-era Board. So, at least for the time being,...more
On March 1, 2018, the Deputy Associate General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) asked the D.C. Circuit to revive its review of the Obama-era Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015) (“BFI”)...more
As we previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) on December 14, 2017 issued a decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors scrapping a broad and controversial “joint employer” standard in favor of a...more
On Monday February 26, 2018, the NLRB unanimously vacated its recent Hy-Brand decision from December 14, 2017, effectively reinstating the Obama-era Browning-Ferris test for determining joint-employer status established in...more
Q. What is the standard for determining whether two companies are joint employers? A. On February 26, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decided unanimously to vacate its decision in Hy-Brand Industrial...more
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has vacated its decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, Ltd., (“Hy-Brand”), thereby reinstating the joint employer standard created by the Obama Board in the...more
As we reported just last December, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), issued Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors Ltd. and Brandt Construction Co., which overturned the 2015 Browning-Ferris Industries case that...more
Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board issued an Order abruptly vacating its decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors. In Hy-Brand, issued in December, the Board overturned the controversial joint employer standards...more