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Regulating Competition through the Packers and Stockyards Act: History and Recent Changes

by Jordan Berry, NALC Research Fellow, and Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney In 1921, Congress enacted the Packers and Stockyards Act…

2025 AEWR Ruled Unlawful

On August 26, 2026, a federal court in California ruled that the current methodology used to calculate adverse effect wage rates…

WOTUS Update: EPA Seeks Comment on Supplemental Proposal

On September 9, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a proposed rule to supplement and seek additional public comment on…

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