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“Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Rules Head to White House for Final Review

Client Alert | 1 min read | 05.09.16

On May 4, 2016, the FAR Council’s draft final rules and the Department of Labor’s draft final guidance implementing the “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” executive order arrived at the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review, setting in motion the final steps prior to the issuance of burdensome new compliance and reporting obligations for federal contractors and subcontractors (discussed here). OIRA has 90 days to conduct its review of the rules before sending them to the FAR Secretariat for publication, a period during which OFPP and other OMB offices, contractors, and industry trade groups may meet with OIRA to share their concerns, in advance of the publication of new FAR rules likely to trigger vigorous legal challenges from industry.

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Client Alert | 10 min read | 07.08.26

Proactive Compliance in Health Care: “Getting Ahead” of Enforcement in 2026 and Beyond

As federal and state regulators alike continue to tout holding health care organizations accountable for alleged fraud, waste, and abuse as a top priority, ensuring compliance and minimizing enforcement risk has never been more imperative — or more challenging. Health care organizations operate at the intersection of rapid technological changes and within an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, where the rules governing scrutinized areas such as privacy, AI, billing integrity, and strategic transactions are being written, rewritten, and enforced in real time. Treating compliance as a periodic documentation exercise is simply not an option. Today, an effective risk mitigation strategy must be grounded in two complementary elements: a thorough understanding of evolving regulatory obligations and a candid internal assessment of potential points of exposure....