On June 6, 2025, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at significantly reshaping the future of drone policy in the United States. One focuses on protecting national airspace from malicious drone threats, while the other seeks to supercharge the U.S. drone industry at home and abroad.

Together, these orders paint a clear picture

This post was co-authored by Labor + Employment Group lawyer Jessica C. Pinto.

Manufacturers that are covered federal contractors may be wondering when they are required to certify compliance with the affirmative action plan regulations. At this point, the answer is not clear and recent proposals from the Trump administration may explain why.

The

This post was co-authored by Labor + Employment Group lawyer Bryce Simmons.

Every year, private sector employers with 100 or more employees, and federal contractors with 50 or more employees who met certain criteria, are required to submit workforce demographic data to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Such employers may also be

This post was co-authored by Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications group partners Jonathan Schaefer and Emilee Mooney Scott and is being shared on our Environmental Law + blog. If you’re interested in getting updates on developments affecting environmental regulation, we invite you to subscribe to the blog.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Administrator Lee

This post was co-authored by Labor + Employment Group lawyer Christopher Costain.

Trees are beginning to bloom, and bees are buzzing in flower fields as spring is officially underway. As summertime approaches and temperatures continue to rise, employers should be prepared for “Spring Things,” such as navigating employee summer vacation schedules, hosting summer outings

This week’s post is a re-publishing of an article authored by Business Litigation group chair  Edward J. Heath, which ran in the Hartford Business Journal’s “Expert’s Corner” on March 24, 2025.

Commercial contracts tend to be full of “boilerplate provisions” that, to paraphrase Mark Twain’s assessment of classic novels, everyone knows are

This post was co-authored by Labor + Employment Group lawyer Christopher Costain.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been a regular topic of the flurry of executive orders issued by President Trump since his inauguration. Even before his return to the Oval Office, there was speculation about how the EEOC’s enforcement activities and

This post was authored by Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications group partner Jonathan Schaefer and is being shared on our Environmental Law + blog. If you’re interested in getting updates on developments affecting environmental regulation, we invite you to subscribe to the blog.

It has been 50 days since the Trump administration took office, and there

This post was co-authored by Labor + Employment Group lawyer Madison C. Picard.

On January 21, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Order), revoking Executive Order 11246, the long-standing order that required federal contractors to engage in affirmative action, including by annually developing Affirmative Action

This post was co-authored by Antitrust + Trade Regulation lawyer Jennifer Driscoll and Managed Care + ERISA Litigation lawyer Stephanie J. Oppenheim

On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (collectively, the Agencies) released the updated Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers (the Revised Guidelines).