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Once More, with Feeling: Fifth Circuit Re-Affirms Stay of ETS and Then Loses Jurisdiction of the Case

Written By Chris S. Edwards, S. McKinley Gray, III, and Grant B. Osborne

November 16, 2021

Litigation usually proceeds at a maddeningly glacial pace. Not this time. The Past The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's ("OSHA") well-publicized and controversial Emergency Temporary Standard ("ETS") was i…

Can I Hold a Debtor’s Bank Account Hostage?

Written By Lance P. Martin

November 10, 2021

For creditors dealing with debtors in the shadow of bankruptcy, a common scenario repeats itself. The creditor repossesses collateral, attaches an account, or sets off a bank account, and then the debtor files a ban…

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U.S. Court of Appeals Puts Brakes on OSHA COVID-19 "Emergency Temporary Standard"

Written By S. McKinley Gray, III and Grant B. Osborne

November 8, 2021

It's a case of "Get Ready, Get Set … Wait!" On Saturday, November 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in response to a lawsuit filed last Friday by various plaintiffs including the Attorney General …

OSHA Issues Long-Awaited COVID-19 "Emergency Temporary Standard"

Written By S. McKinley Gray, III and Grant B. Osborne

November 5, 2021

Good (and Not So Good) Things Come to Those Who Wait Yesterday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") of the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL"), at long last, issued an "Interim final rule" regarding th…

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Talking Shop: State of the Construction Industry

Written By Evan M. Musselwhite and Luke C. Tompkins

November 5, 2021

This article is part of a series summarizing key topics discussed at Ward and Smith's 2021 Construction Conversations Webinar. Recently, Hank Harris, Ward and Smith Business Consulting Director of Consulting, deliver…

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A Paradigm Shift in Consumer Collections: How the CFPB's Final Rule is Certain to Affect Creditors and Debt Collectors

Written By Thomas C. Wolff

November 3, 2021

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a dense federal statute that governs debt collection. If you have read some of my previous articles on the topic, you will recall that this set of laws, in conjuncti…

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Once More, with Feeling: Fifth Circuit Re-Affirms Stay of ETS and Then Loses Jurisdiction of the Case

Can I Hold a Debtor’s Bank Account Hostage?

U.S. Court of Appeals Puts Brakes on OSHA COVID-19 "Emergency Temporary Standard"

OSHA Issues Long-Awaited COVID-19 "Emergency Temporary Standard"

Talking Shop: State of the Construction Industry

A Paradigm Shift in Consumer Collections: How the CFPB's Final Rule is Certain to Affect Creditors and Debt Collectors

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