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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...

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Federal 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...

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Proposed 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...

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Federal 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...

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Justices 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...

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Bill 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...

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Court 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...

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NLRB 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...

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HHS 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,...

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Agencies 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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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...

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Federal 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 Article

Proposed 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 Article


Federal 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 Article

Justices 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 Article


Bill 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 Article

Court 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 Article


NLRB 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 Article

HHS 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,...

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Agencies 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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