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On February 11, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") announced revisions to its Severe Violator Enforcement Program ("SVEP"). Under SVEP, employers in designated industries can be subject to unlimited return or unannounced inspections for a period of at least three years.

By a vote of 52-46, on November 15, 2017, the United States Senate confirmed David G. Zatezalo to be the new Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health.

Earlier this week, Greenwire noted a Los Angeles Times story reporting that businesses are using the California Environmental Quality Act – California’s version of NEPA – as a tool of economic competition, trying to kill or delay projects for economic reasons. Much like Claude Rains,

Late last week, Greenwire reported that EPA is delaying its proposed construction general permit, or CGP, for stormwater.

Against a backdrop of higher-profile rules, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a new Worker Protection Standard (WPS) on September 28 that imposes additional requirements...

A "regulatory taking" happens when government land use regulations, such as vernal pool regulations and waterfowl habitat buffer restrictions, diminish a landowner’s property value so much that it is the equivalent to a seizure of that land.

The U.S. EPA Lead: Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule (RPP) requires contractors to be newly certified as of April 22, 2010, if they are performing renovation, repair, and painting projects that disturb paint in certain buildings built before 1978, including buildings that serve as retirement communities.

On November 30, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule that puts in effect January 1, 2019 ...

On March 30, 2020, CMS announced its "Hospitals Without Walls" initiative, which, among other things, invokes the HHS EMTALA waiver effective immediately.

On Sept. 9, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that an emergency regulation requiring vaccinations for nursing home workers is being expanded to include hospitals, ...

As the new 116th Congress gets underway, four House and Senate committees are holding hearings to examine health policy issues, including two hearings focusing on prescription drug prices.

On March 10, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") supplemented the guidance that we previously discussed in our March 6, 2020 blog post in order...

Suppose a public employee maliciously and without probable cause files a lawsuit or initiates an administrative proceeding against you. You succeed in obtaining a dismissal, but would like to hold that employee accountable.

On July 14, 2015 the U.S. Department of Labor announced that both it and the FAR Council have extended the notice and comment period for the proposed guidance and regulations implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order.

Yesterday, the FAR Council and the Department of Labor issued final regulations and final guidance implementing Executive Order 13673 – Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces.

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (the FAR Council) have issued for publication in today's Federal Register.

Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of Executive Order 14042 involving the vaccine mandate for federal contractors.