The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business. SCOTUS: FTC R...

For nearly a century, independent federal agencies have operated with a degree of insulation from presidential control. That changed dramatically on June 29, 2026. In Trump v. Slaughter, the U.S. ...

During the dedicated parliamentary inquiry into KPMG Australia’s ethics and professional accountability on 19 June, former national managing partner of audit assurance Julian McPherson admitted th...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking comment on a proposed amendment to its whistleblower rules that would enhance incentives for whistleblowers to report fraud and market man...

A National Labor Relations Board official has approved a petition for pharmacists at a Washington state hospital to vote on unionizing, although he agreed with the hospital that the bargaining unit...

A.Y. Strauss LLC announced a new chair of labor and employment law on Thursday with the addition of an employment litigator who was head of employment at Lindabury McCormick Estabrook &... To v...

Takeaways The U.S. Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship to nearly all children born in the United States, regardless of their parents’ immigration st...

Seyfarth Shaw has bolstered its labor and employment group with a veteran litigator from Fox Rothschild, bringing on an attorney who plans to utilize his platform at Seyfarth to continue defending....

Cocom v. ABM Aviation On June 23, 2026, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a significant win for employers in Cocom v. ABM Aviation, reversing a district court’s refusal to compel arbitra...

Littler Mendelson PC, which primarily deals with the management side of employment and labor law, announced on Wednesday the hiring of a duo from Troutman Pepper Locke LLP specializing in independe...