Archive for January 2025

Acting DOL Secretary Halts Enforcement of Johnson-Era Executive Order Written By: Kenneth A. Rosenberg Kelly McNaughton Fox Rothschild   President Donald Trump’s recission of a 1965 Executive Order (EO) raised questions about how the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) would handle open investigations, pending cases, audits and complaints, as well as whether active conciliation agreements would be…

Executive Order Ends Affirmative Action Requirements for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors Written By: Kenneth A. Rosenberg Partner Fox Rothschild   President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) on Jan. 22, 2025 revoking several previous executive orders, including one that prohibited federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender…

Game-Changing Updates to H-1B and EAD Rules Set to Reshape Immigration Policies Written By: David H. Nachman, Esq. Ludka Zimovcak, Esq. Snehal Batra, Esq. Samantha Oberstein, Esq. Nachman, Phulwani, Zimovcak (NPZ) Law Group, P.C. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently issued two critical final rules that promise to transform key aspects of the…

2025 Outlook for Middle Market M&A: America’s Exceptional Economy Written By: Mike Simon Principal The DAK Group msimon@dakgroup.com M&A in the middle market has been strong and active in 2024, following a relatively subdued 2023.  Since the middle market is primarily made up of privately held companies, the ebb and flow of M&A has always…

Corporate Transparency Act Preliminary Injunction is Reinstated Written By: Gianfranco A. Pietrafesa Partner Archer & Greiner PC On December 3, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction temporarily preventing the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)…