On September 14, the United States Environmental Protection Agency released a pre-publication version of the Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule (the “2023 Rule”).

Last month, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a long-awaited decision in Stericycle Incorporated adopting a new legal standard to determine whether a company policy or workplace rule is facially unlawful under Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which protects employees’ rights under Section 7 of the NLRA to engage in concerted, protected activity on matters relating to the terms and conditions of their employment.

This revised rule (the “Post-Sackett Rule”)—the latest in a long series of continuingly evolving definitions of WOTUS—updates the Biden administration’s January rule (fatefully billed as a “durable” WOTUS Rule) to be consistent with the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v.

On July 25, 2023, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury (Departments) issued sweeping new guidance on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), including the 2023 MHPAEA Comparative Analysis Report to Congress (2023 Report to Congress), Proposed Rules, and a Technical Release.