Headaches for lawyers averted with budget deal
WASHINGTON – Just hours before the U.S. government was set to shut down due to a lack of funding, Washington lawmakers agreed to a short-term budget plan Friday night, ensuring that courtrooms and...
View ArticleFederal agencies launch radon reduction program
WASHINGTON – Citing radon as a leading cause of non-smoking-related lung cancer, which leads to about 21,000 deaths each year, more than a half dozen federal agencies have joined in an effort to reduce...
View ArticleProposed White House budget outlines legal priorities
WASHINGTON – The proposed fiscal 2013 budget released by the White House in February outlines a number of the administration’s priorities related to lawyers, from an increase in enforcement of federal...
View ArticleFederal employers cut time for processing complaints
Federal employers have reduced the time they take to process job discrimination complaints, according to a new study by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Between 2010 and 2011, federal...
View ArticleJustices to decide agency deference standard
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a court should give Chevron deference to an agency’s interpretation of its own jurisdiction. The case involves a provision of the Telecommunications...
View ArticleBill to unify agency privilege standard awaits signing
WASHINGTON – Legislation that would impose a single standard on how privileged information submitted to any federal agency is treated has passed both houses in Congress and is expected to be signed by...
View ArticleCourt takes up ‘Chevron’ jurisdictional issue
WASHINGTON – While courts have long given deference to federal agencies’ reasonable interpretations of statutes under Chevron USA v. NRDC, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled with the open...
View ArticleNLRB advice on confidential investigations has lawyers reading tea leaves
WASHINGTON – The employment bar was roiled last year when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that a company policy requiring employees to keep interviews related to internal investigations...
View ArticleHHS proposes tougher child care safety measures
WASHINGTON – New proposed regulations would impose stricter safety requirements on child care providers who receive federal funding. Under the proposed Department of Health and Human Services rules,...
View ArticleAgencies release final ACA contraception coverage rule
WASHINGTON — As lawsuits over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate continue to work their way through courts across the country, federal regulators have...
View ArticleHeadaches for lawyers averted with budget deal
WASHINGTON – Just hours before the U.S. government was set to shut down due to a lack of funding, Washington lawmakers agreed to a short-term budget plan Friday night, ensuring that courtrooms and...
View ArticleFederal agencies launch radon reduction program
WASHINGTON – Citing radon as a leading cause of non-smoking-related lung cancer, which leads to about 21,000 deaths each year, more than a half dozen federal agencies have joined in an effort to reduce...
View ArticleProposed White House budget outlines legal priorities
WASHINGTON – The proposed fiscal 2013 budget released by the White House in February outlines a number of the administration’s priorities related to lawyers, from an increase in enforcement of federal...
View ArticleFederal employers cut time for processing complaints
Federal employers have reduced the time they take to process job discrimination complaints, according to a new study by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Between 2010 and 2011, federal...
View ArticleJustices to decide agency deference standard
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a court should give Chevron deference to an agency’s interpretation of its own jurisdiction. The case involves a provision of the Telecommunications...
View ArticleBill to unify agency privilege standard awaits signing
WASHINGTON – Legislation that would impose a single standard on how privileged information submitted to any federal agency is treated has passed both houses in Congress and is expected to be signed by...
View ArticleCourt takes up ‘Chevron’ jurisdictional issue
WASHINGTON – While courts have long given deference to federal agencies’ reasonable interpretations of statutes under Chevron USA v. NRDC, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled with the open...
View ArticleNLRB advice on confidential investigations has lawyers reading tea leaves
WASHINGTON – The employment bar was roiled last year when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that a company policy requiring employees to keep interviews related to internal investigations...
View ArticleHHS proposes tougher child care safety measures
WASHINGTON – New proposed regulations would impose stricter safety requirements on child care providers who receive federal funding. Under the proposed Department of Health and Human Services rules,...
View ArticleAgencies release final ACA contraception coverage rule
WASHINGTON — As lawsuits over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate continue to work their way through courts across the country, federal regulators have...
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