On Friday, January 07, 2022, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a rule promulgated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") requiring healthcare workers...

On November 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), issued an Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect Workers from Coronavirus (ETS).

In the weeks that followed a ransomware attack on a domestic pipeline company, the federal government's efforts to shore up the cybersecurity posture of America's critical infrastructure...

On June 12, 2020, we blogged about the so-called ag gag law enacted by the Arkansas legislature. Animal rights organizations such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)...

If a dispute arises on a federal contract, the Contract Disputes Act requires a contractor to submit a written demand seeking as a matter of right a "sum certain" to the contracting officer as ...

On December 10, 2020, the California Attorney General's office published a fourth set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations.

If passed, the bill would, among other changes, broaden Nevada's existing right to opt out of sales of covered information.

Utah is on the cusp of becoming the fourth state to pass consumer privacy legislation while Florida's bill is now through one chamber.

Transitions between administrations are always about change, in policies as well as personnel. Historically, the decisions of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) shift with changes...

On February 21, 2022, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. issued an Executive Order (the "Ukraine Order") in response to action taken earlier in the day by Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin...

Many companies and organizations will be updating their COVID-19 plans as a result of new CDC guidance this week.

Earlier this month, the US Government updated its ongoing response to what the Department of Commerce ("Commerce") described as "Beijing's campaign of repression...

FERC is in the process of gathering information and building a public record on technical and market issues that are prompted by the growing interest...

On January 14, 2022, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to determine whether a school district was within its rights in telling a coach not to continue to kneel and pray at the 50-yard line after his team's games.

New York's Division of Financial Services (DFS) now requires Property and Casualty Insurers writing cyber insurance to comply with the Division's Cyber Insurance Risk Framework to manage their risk.

"When you meet with your doctor or healthcare provider in person, you know that your sensitive information is protected. It should be no different when you use healthcare apps over the internet,"...

Keypoint: Although the CPRA will not become fully operative until January 1, 2023, the provisions creating the California Privacy Protection Agency and extending the business-to-business...

On March 23, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice in the federal register announcing a limited re-opening of the comment period regarding OSHA's final...

Senior Counsel Coty Hopinks-Baul has published an article in Coal Age titled "CWA's Permit Shield Spans SMRCA".

Seemingly overnight, the topic of environmental justice is popping up in board rooms and zoom meetings around the country.