Related Practices & Jurisdictions The EPA recently indicated that it will ramp up its activity with respect to environmental justice enforcement initiatives using pre-pandemic tools such as on-site facility inspections. The EPA’s focus on environmental justice reverse some Trump-era policies that limited the focus of EPA action on environmental justice, […]
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U.S. Justice Department will review Uvalde response as furor mounts over law enforcement actions
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Department of Justice will review the law enforcement’s response to the Uvalde school massacre as local police face intense scrutiny for not acting quickly enough to confront the […]
President Biden Announces New Actions to Ease the Burden of Housing Costs
New Biden-Harris Administration Housing Supply Action Plan To Help Close the Housing Supply Gap in Five Years As President Biden said last week, tackling inflation is his top economic priority. Today, President Biden is releasing a Housing Supply Action Plan to ease the burden of housing costs over time, by […]
SEC and DOJ Crypto Enforcement Actions in March 2022
In the wake of President Biden’s March 9, 2022, executive order outlining his Administration’s desire to establish a comprehensive federal approach to crypto policy and regulation,[1] federal agencies are continuing to focus on enforcement of crypto under existing regulations. Although NFTs and cryptocurrencies are novel technologies, they still fall squarely within […]
In-house legal departments expecting labor and employment disputes to drive surge in class actions
Indianapolis-based Sun King Brewery, which has about 70 employees and is moving ahead with plans to open a satellite brewery in Sarasota, Florida, credits its culture of tolerance and communication with allowing the company to avoid employee class actions. (Photo by Alexander Rogers, Sun King Brewery) Maybe it ties into […]
US Department of Justice Antitrust Division Actions
INTRODUCTION The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division) has continued to actively investigate and pursue alleged criminal violations of antitrust laws and collusive activity in government procurement. US Attorney General Merrick Garland noted in a March 2022 speech at the ABA Institute on White Collar Crime that the […]
Fact Sheet: President Biden’s Historic Actions to Make Our Communities Safer by Reducing Gun Crime
In his 2022 State of the Union Address, President Biden will highlight how his Administration is executing on his comprehensive strategy to make our communities safer and reduce gun crime. The President’s comprehensive strategy advances two foundational policies – investing in crime prevention and helping cities and towns hire additional […]
State official requests look into federal WIPP actions | Local News
A state regulator is asking a government watchdog to look into his concerns about how federal agencies are managing nuclear waste in New Mexico, with the hope it will spur greater congressional oversight. State Environment Secretary James Kenney wrote a letter to the Government Accountability Office, asking it to examine […]