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Preparing for Day-One Compliance with Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 09.22.16

On August 25, the Administration published the FAR final rule and Department of Labor final guidance implementing the "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" executive order, which imposes significant new compliance and reporting obligations on federal contractors. In a "feature comment" published in the Government Contractor, C&M attorneys provide an overview of the key provisions and discuss what contractors should be doing now to start preparing for day-one compliance with the new requirements that go into effect on October 25.

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Client Alert | 6 min read | 07.09.26

EU Steel Overcapacity Regulation: New Permanent Measure in Force from 1 July 2026

The EU’s steel safeguard under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 expired on 30 June 2026 and has been replaced by a new permanent instrument — the EU Steel Overcapacity Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2026/1384) (the Regulation”). It imposes tariff-rate quotas and an out-of-quota duty, similarly to the steel safeguard measures that expired. The out-of-quota duty has been raised from 25% to 50% to minimize the risk of trade diversion. The Regulation reduces duty-free imports of 26 categories of steel products into the EU by an average of 47% compared with the quotas under the until recently applicable safeguard measures....