Closely held corporations with religious objections cannot be required to provide health insurance coverage that includes certain types of contraception.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published a final rule that will expand Family and Medical Leave Act protections to military families and airline flight crews.

Earlier this week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed into law a bill that expressly bans pregnancy discrimination in the workplace and requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for workers on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

On August 23, 2013, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a proposed rule regarding workplace exposure to crystalline silica.

On May 30, reporter Carlyn Kolker of ThomsonReuters interviewed one of the publishers of this legal blog, Richard Reibstein, about blogging on the topic of independent contractor compliance and misclassification.

The SEC’s final conflict minerals rule continues to present challenges for a vast number of businesses that are struggling to comply with its complex supply chain accountability requirements, meant to discourage the exploitation of mineral resources in central Africa that are funding ongoing violence and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

DOE’s Federal Energy Management Program continues to promote government agencies’ use of "alternative project financing mechanisms."

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy recently published a Request for Information, seeking information and assistance from the public related to its current methodology for assisting states in assessing energy code compliance.

The Tesla Model S has garnered almost universally rave reviews by the automotive press and wide criticism from some politicians and some investment pundits.

Under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), GSA is required to evaluate green building certification systems for use by federal agencies every five years.

The IRS requested comments on February 12 on Notice 2009-83 that provides guidance on determining eligibility for, and the amount of, the section 45Q carbon dioxide sequestration credit.

In a recent INSIDEEPA.COM article as well as other publications, sources predict that 2013 may see increased EPA enforcement based on greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions.

In a December 2012 Guidance Memo, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new enforcement principles intended to enhance protections for tenants on contaminated or previously contaminated "brownfield" properties.

The President’s Climate Action Plan, issued June 25, 2013, outlines numerous initiatives to address global climate change.

Late last year, in Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected petitions seeking to rehear en banc a three judge panel’s unanimous per curiam decision to uphold the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act greenhouse gas "tailoring" rule.

In a report released December 7, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology provided a number of recommendations in response to the drought experienced across most of the Midwest in the summer of 2012.

The Department of Energy is extending the deadline for industry feedback on its Energy Savings Performance Contracts to May 17, 2013.

In December, Bank Leumi le-Israel BM issued a letter notifying its U.S. account holders about the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative.

Idaho State University was recently the target of an investigation and enforcement action for violations of the privacy and security rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

President Obama has recently signed into law the reauthorized Violence Against Women Act of 2013, which brings a number of important amendments to the Clery Act.