On September 11, 2025, Senate Republicans changed the rules to break a Democratic blockade of President Trump’s nominees. The change lowered the existing 60-vote threshold for considering a group of presidential nominees...
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The disarray at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), now with only one member and an acting general counsel (GC), has prompted states to start acting on their own to provide methods of resolving labor disputes that...
Employers across the United States may at some point have employees who serve in the National Guard and are called away for declared emergencies. Such deployments may raise questions about how employers can manage...
In an anticipated reversal, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) dropped its appeal in a case that enjoined a commission rule issued during the Biden administration banning noncompete clauses for most employees. The FTC...
K Street is holding its tongue—along with the rest of America. And that’s a shame. We are enduring the most coordinated attack on our First Amendment rights by the federal government since the Alien and Sedition Act of...
On July 23, 2025, the White House unveiled its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, titled “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan.” The plan outlines the administration’s policy goals and directs federal agencies...
The Senate confirmed Acting Chair Andrea Lucas for a second term on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on July 31, and the Senate HELP Committee voted Brittany Panuccio out of committee on July 24. With...
In March 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14251, titled “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” which effectively ended collective bargaining rights for 30 federal agencies...
The Trump administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) has adopted a markedly different posture on child labor enforcement compared to its predecessor—favoring employer engagement, state flexibility, and targeted...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Division is sending civil investigative demands (CIDs) to federal contractors seeking information on their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices under its authority...
As President Trump’s nominees for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and General Counsel (GC) remain unconfirmed, the prospect of a one-person Board looms, and the NLRB continues to lose relevance. The hopes for...
“Who ya gonna believe? Me or your own eyes?” Chico Marx, Duck Soup (1933) You couldn’t make this up. President Trump doesn’t like the employment data generated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), so he fires the BLS...
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Trump v. CASA that banned federal district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions was met with mixed feelings among employer groups. Some of the most well-known injunctions...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed only 16 lawsuits so far in 2025, far below the 36 filed at this time last year. Of the 16 lawsuits, six are sexual harassment, three are religious...
The first half of 2025 has ushered in a transformative period for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), marked by sweeping deregulatory initiatives, judicial reversals, and structural realignments. Under the Trump...