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The 2,000 page Federal Acquisition Regulation (the “FAR”) has guided and dictated federal procurement for more than forty years.  Periodically, the FAR has been updated to make procurement more efficient and simpler. The Trump administration is now undertaking its own effort with the rollout of an executive order entitled “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement.”  It goes without saying that significant changes to the FAR will impact how federal contractors and their subcontractors do business with the federal government.

Effective July 1, 2025, Virginia has amended its non-compete law to prohibit employers from entering into non-competition agreements with non-exempt employees.

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule that exempts all domestic companies and persons from all Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requirements. The only entities remaining in scope are ones that were formed under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction and subsequently registered to do business in a U.S. jurisdiction.

On March 10, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by F.W. Webb (“Webb”), a nationwide wholesale plumbing and HVAC supply company, to review a First Circuit decision upholding a ruling that Webb’s Inside Sales Representatives (“ISRs”) were not exempt “administrative” employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and thus were entitled to overtime compensation. 

In a recently issued split decision in Chabolla v. ClassPass Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that website users were not bound by the terms of a “sign-in wrap” agreement. 

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit of BBB National Programs (CARU) announced a decision involving Buddy AI, a program that touts itself as an “Early learning AI teacher.” According to CARU, which encountered Buddy AI as part of its routine monitoring efforts, the app and website did not comply with the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) or CARU’s children’s privacy guidelines.

The landscape of immigration enforcement is undergoing a dramatic transformation in 2025. With President Trump's recent executive orders signaling a renewed focus on worksite enforcement, employers across industries must prepare for what many experts anticipate will be the most aggressive immigration enforcement environment in recent history.

Read our full coverage published on Hunton’s Business Immigration blog: Immigration Worksite Enforcement in 2025: What Employers Need to Know Now.

On February 4, 2024, California legislators introduced a bill, the Fashion Environmental Accountability Act (AB 405), which would require fashion brands to disclose their environmental impact, carbon emissions, water use, and waste. The proposed regulation would apply to brands with total annual revenue over $1 billion and that do business in California.

The use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the workplace has spread rapidly since President Trump left the White House in early 2021.  In recent years, retail employers have started using AI technology in a variety of ways from automating tasks, to implementing data-driven decision making, to enhancing customer experience.  Though the Biden administration started to grapple with the use of AI in the workplace, the second Trump administration could mark a dramatic shift in the federal government’s response to these issues.

In a recent decision, the National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs recommended that Revolve Group, Inc., a clothing company with an extensive influencer network, modify influencer posts to more clearly disclose the material connections between Revolve and influencers in its product gifting program.