11.16.23
After several years – and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that received more than 13,000 comments – the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its final rule on the Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently provided clarification on the Equal Pay Act’s (EPA) “factor other than sex” exemption in a new decision.
A California appellate panel recently reversed the dismissal of a nurse’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) suit involving meal and rest break claims.
A complaint alleging that employees were misclassified as managers and regularly worked more than 40 hours per week had sufficient allegations to keep the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action for overtime alive, the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined.
11.14.23
Prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) evaluated changes to the Medicare Telehealth Services List (the List) through an annual rulemaking process.
On October 27, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor and the Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management (the Departments) released a proposed rule to revamp certain aspects of the No Surprises Act’s (NSA) independent dispute resolution (IDR) process for out-of-network ...
On October 26, a Texas District Court issued an expanded injunction preventing the CFPB from implementing and enforcing its small-business data collection rule issued under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, so that it now benefits all companies subject to the rule.
11.08.23
On October 19, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its highly anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking to implement Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
11.07.23
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its largest fine to date, totaling $299,997,000, in an action against an auto warranty scam robocall operation run by an international network.
A text message does not qualify as an “artificial or prerecorded voice” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.