Mark M. Trapp

Dec 5, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Kara M. Maciel |Mark M. Trapp

With his recent re-election, former President Donald Trump will once again become President Trump. Given his significant shaping of the federal courts during his first term, it is worth considering what additional impact he could have on the Article III judiciary during a second term. The answer may be, in the short term, probably slightly less than his first term, but in the long run, potentially very significant indeed.

Jun 10, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Eric Conn |Darius Rohani-Shukla |Mark M. Trapp

To advance the Biden Administration’s promise to be “the most labor friendly administration in history,” on April 1, 2024, OSHA published in the Federal Register its Final Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process Rule (the “Worker Walkaround Rule”).

Apr 9, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Mark M. Trapp

Like a bad April Fool’s joke, to advance the Biden Administration’s promise to be “the most labor friendly administration in history,” on April 1, 2024, OSHA published in the Federal Register its Final Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process Rule (the “Worker Walkaround Rule”).

Apr 1, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Eric Conn |Darius Rohani-Shukla |Mark M. Trapp

After an unusually short time at OMB, earlier today, OSHA revealed a pre-publication version of its Final Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process Rule. The Official Final Rule will issue when it is published in the Federal Register, April 1, 2024, and it will go into effect on May 31, 2024. As expected, OSHA pushed this rule out ahead of the Congressional Review Act window – 90 legislative days before a possible transition to a new Administration and new Congress.

Mar 29, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Mark M. Trapp

Last Friday, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a district court’s decision upholding an arbitration award requiring an employer to pay more than $2.3 million in withdrawal liability payments to a multiemployer pension fund. The Seventh Circuit remanded the case to the district court with instructions to order the pension fund to repay the withdrawal liability it collected from Bulk Transport (“Bulk”), a client of Conn Maciel Carey LLP.