Here we go again! The Trump Administration's Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a new Independent Contractor Rule.

The Act reinstates the HCPOA and complements Oklahoma's other existing healthcare decision-making laws.

In 2024, the Part 2 rules related to healthcare records for substance use disorder ("SUD") services were published with a compliance deadline of February 16, 2026.

As we anticipated and previewed in a previous advisory, on June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme...

The Oklahoma Attorney General ("OAG") recently opined that Oklahoma law does not require out-of-state medical practitioners to possess an Oklahoma...

It is no question that politics have become more divisive than ever. People have extremely strong opinions on their political candidates and the political issues surrounding elections.

For decades, the issue of the "tip credit" has been the subject of discussion and guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL"). In 1988, the DOL published what is known as the "80/20" guidance in its Field Operations Handbook.

In case you missed it, the ongoing federal government shutdown has closed down many federal offices.

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority ("OHCA") is the state agency that is responsible for administering Oklahoma's Medicaid program, also known as SoonerCare.

On March 9, President Biden signed a first-of-a-kind Executive Order (and accompanying Fact Sheet) that immediately impacted cryptocurrency markets and gave American businesses...

Welcome back to the final chapter of our three-part series exploring the EEOC's final PWFA rules.

You receive a package of iPhones and they appear to have been ordered by an employee in the purchasing department (let's call her Jane Doe), however, you weren't expecting any iPhones.

Yes, friends, the Department of Labor's (DOL) new Final Rule raising the minimum salary requirements for exempt employees are about to go into effect as of July 1, 2024. If you feel like we've been

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—which protects consumers from anti-competitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices—proposed a rule to prohibit employers ...

In what may be one of the most significant United States Supreme Court decisions handed down in decades, the Court, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, overturned the Chevron doctrine, and removed...

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision in Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida, issued June 20, 2025, reminded us about some of the fundamentals of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and what it takes to qualify for its protections.

On Tuesday, July 1, the Oklahoma Supreme Court issued a pivotal decision in Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission, 2025 OK 48. Most importantly, the Court held that McGirt v. Oklahoma...

In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to the Chevron doctrine, ushering in a new era of regulatory practice.

Welcome back to our three-part series exploring the EEOC's final PWFA rules. In Part One, we examined the regulatory landscape as it existed before enacting the PWFA amendments...

A federal district court has dismissed a six-year legal challenge to Oklahoma's 2020 tribal gaming compacts, ruling that the plaintiff tribes lacked standing to contest agreements between the state and the Comanche Nation and Otoe-Missouria Tribe. The decision provides greater operational certainty for tribal gaming enterprises while leaving unresolved broader questions about compact validity under federal law.