by Girish Anand | Oct 4, 2018 | ADA, DOJ
After 103 House members of both parties beseeched the Department of Justice (DOJ) to clarify website accessibility rules under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the nation’s top law enforcement agency essentially took a pass. The letter from House...
by Girish Anand | Aug 6, 2018 | DOJ, DOL
The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Labor (DOL) have expanded their collaboration to better protect U.S. workers from discrimination by employers who prefer to hire temporary visa workers over qualified U.S. workers. This...
by Girish Anand | Jul 3, 2018 | DOJ
Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced that, consistent with his November 2017 memorandum prohibiting the Department of Justice (DOJ) from making rules without following the procedures required by Congress, he is rescinding 24 guidance documents that were...
by Girish Anand | Jun 14, 2018 | DOJ, DOL, SEC
The scant remaining life support for the Fiduciary Rule crafted by the Obama Department of Labor (DOL) ran out yesterday as the Trump administration declined to ask the Supreme Court to review an injunction blocking the rule’s implementation. In March, the 5th...
by Girish Anand | Jun 8, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOJ, Obamacare, U.S. Supreme Court
Faced with a challenge by 20 attorneys general in a federal court in Texas, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is going to trial with no defense from the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ). The case rests on the constitutionality — or...
by Girish Anand | May 25, 2018 | DOJ, DOL
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which in March ruled the Department of Labor (DOL) had overstepped its authority in issuing its Fiduciary Rule, has now rebuffed a second appeal of that decision filed by the attorneys general of California, New York and Oregon....
