The largest union representing nursing home workers in New York is pushing back against proposed regulations for the state’s new staffing law, and whether they follow the intention set by lawmakers.
Ropes & Gray’s partner Peter Alpert predicts how the Sackett v. EPA US Supreme Court case might take shape following oral arguments. It’s unlikely the court would strip the EPA of any authority to regulate wetlands until Congress weighs in, Alpert says.
New FinCEN regulations signal the end to anonymous company ownership in the US, but larger corporations are exempt from the act’s reporting rules, so the burden of compliance will fall most heavily on small businesses, since it’s unlikely that a reporting exemption applies to them.
Legal challenges are likely to a rule released Tuesday that will make it easier for families whose members have employer-sponsored health plans to get Obamacare subsidies.
California defeated an attempt by companies that help with political campaigns to stop the state from using its “ABC” test to determine if their workers are employees or independent contractors.
California, the nation’s largest cannabis market, is turning to year-round enforcement of illegal growing operations that are cutting into legal operators’ profits and state tax revenues, the state said Tuesday.
The FDA should consider the bigger picture of youth nicotine use as it sorts out ongoing enforcement efforts against e-cigarettes and other tobacco products, industry groups and a public health analyst say.
President Joe Biden’s move to pardon individuals charged with federal offenses for simple marijuana possession could give renewed hope to thousands of people with such convictions who may have been denied employment opportunities.
Kathy Drew King has been named the deputy associate general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board’s division of operations-management.
Scientists have developed firefighting foams that are PFAS free, but Bloomberg Law reporters Pat Rizzuto and Andrew Wallender say this may not be as big of a breakthrough in the fight against PFAS contamination as it may seem. They say the PFAS alternatives will at least initially be hard to come by…
A Napa Valley, Calif., premium wine maker is accusing county planners of overreaching, erroneously interpreting planning codes and penalizing him for removing wildfire-scorched trees and an experimental vine planting.
Teen clothing chain Rue21 Inc. is working with Alvarez & Marsal, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and Ducera Partners to assess its debt restructuring options, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
The VA and its Acting Secretary are entitled to summary judgment on the Rehabilitation Act claims of an “administrative officer on duty” for a VA hospital diagnosed with “circadian rhythm sleep disorder,” a federal district court in Virginia ruled. Gearhart v. VA, 2022 BL 350304, W.D. Va., 7:19-cv-0…
Cash piles for US corporate junk-bond issuers are showing signs of dwindling as liquidity metrics fall from pandemic highs, pressuring the weakest borrowers heading into a downturn.
When President Joe Biden needed it most, a key report landed that boosts his economic message just a month before November’s crucial midterm elections.
MoloLamken partner Caleb Hayes-Deats explains how a recent False Claims Act settlement between the DOJ and Prosperity Bank involving loans under the Paycheck Protection Program should serve as notice that PPP lenders can face liability for borrower fraud.
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has mandated the reinstatement of two Exxon Mobil Corp. employees after they were allegedly fired illegally for being suspected of leaking information to the Wall Street Journal, the DOL said Friday.
After the Office of Foreign Assets Control recently added cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash to its Specially Designated Nationals sanctions list, questions remain on the effect this policy decision has on smart contracts and other protocols generally, say Liz Boison and Aleksandar Dukic, Hogan Lovel…
If Elizabeth Holmes stands to get a new fraud trial after a government witness showed up at her home uninvited and sounding remorseful, her convicted ex-boyfriend deserves the same chance.
Xinyuan Real Estate said it hasn’t made certain interest payments on its outstanding 14% 2024 senior notes and its outstanding 14.5% 2023 senior notes.