Commercial Space Flight -- Navigating the Gravitational Pull of Budget Cuts
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 06.10.13
On May 2, NASA announced that Congressional funding cuts in the Commercial Crew Program have delayed its plans to transport U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station using commercial launch services offered by U.S. companies. In Commercial Space Flight: Recent Turbulence and Promising Future?, Crowell & Moring attorneys discuss NASA's plans to replace the space shuttle with commercially operated space lift capabilities, recent setbacks in those plans, and the potential future trajectory of the commercial space flight industry.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed another revision to independent contractor regulations, one that would provide for more leeway in classifying workers as contractors. DOL’s proposed rule, published on February 26, 2026, would rescind the Biden DOL’s March 2024 independent contractor regulation and reinstate a framework substantially tracking the prior Trump rule of January 2021. The proposed rule would also apply the narrower analysis to worker classifications under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). The comment period closes in late April 2026; until then, the 2024 rule remains in effect for purposes of private litigation.
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