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Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 05.03.13

Tune in this Sunday to Government Contracting Weekly (7 am, WUSA Channel 9) to hear Crowell & Moring's own Angela Styles and Amy O'Sullivan discuss several key topics of interest, including sequestration (and its impacts on bid protests and the M&A market) and reactions to the new small business legislation, that will be given greater attention at our 29th Annual Ounce of Prevention Seminar, May 15th and 16th at the Renaissance Hotel in D.C. 


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Client Alert | 4 min read | 03.05.26

DOL’s Proposed Independent Contractor Rule Reverts to Prioritize Two Core Factors – Likely Limiting Misclassification Claims by Contractors

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....