The North Carolina House of Representatives recently voted 98-14 to "ban the box" for state agency hiring.

In Long v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation, the named plaintiffs applied for positions as bus operators with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ("SEPTA").

These bills are aimed at preventing wage discrimination among workers that perform similar or identical job functions.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued new proposed regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains an online portal for consumers to submit complaints across a wide variety of regulated industries, including credit reporting, background screening, and debt collection.

On January 22, 2018, the United States Supreme Court denied the second petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Spokeo, Inc. in its landmark, Article III standing case against Plaintiff Thomas Robins.

On September 18, an Amended Complaint was filed under Richard Lee Brown et al. v. Alex Azar et al. in the Northern District of Georgia seeking to invalidate the Order of the CDC that put a halt on evictions across the country.

Beginning on March 1, 2017, California employers and businesses will need to re-label any single-stall restroom facilities as available to users of either gender.

On December 6, 2018, the United States Senate confirmed Bernard L. McNamee as a FERC Commissioner

On April 19th, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced the "Protecting Solar Jobs Act" (H.R. 5571) in the House Committee on Ways and Means.

On March 24, 2017, the United States Department of State issued a presidential permit to TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. authorizing TransCanada to import crude oil from Canada to the United States.

Donald Trump formally announced Friday that he will nominate Skip Elliott as PHMSA Administrator. Once confirmed by the Senate, Elliott will serve as PHMSA's chief executive charged...

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) announced the remedy recommendations in its global safeguard investigation regarding imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells ...

On October 19, the Northern District of West Virginia handed a victory to Murray Energy by requiring EPA to conduct continuous economic evaluations of its regulatory implementation of the Clean Air Act.

On January 12, 2017, EPA published a final rule adjusting for inflation the civil monetary penalty amounts for the statutes it administers.

On April 18th, EPA filed motions in separate cases asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to delay pending litigation over two Clean Air Act (CAA) rules.

On February 2, 2017, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) issued Guidance in order to clarify last week's Executive Order (EO) regarding the issuance of administrative rules.

New Jersey recently passed legislation imposing an excise tax on sales of liquid nicotine. The new law will be effective as of October 1, 2018.

During the campaign, President Trump promised to remove two regulations for every new one enacted.

David Pisciotta and Alissa Piccione, attorneys in Troutman Pepper's Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Group, were published in the New York Law Journal for their article.