February 24, 2025
Several ongoing challenges in federal courts to U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour rules are on hold as President Donald Trump’s administration settles in, leaving the fate of regulations impacting businesses and millions of workers uncertain. Here’s a look at the cases and the rules they are challenging.
February 14, 2025
A challenge to the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule updating the math for Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wages needs to be paused while the department's top brass catches up on the litigation, the DOL and the groups suing told a Texas federal court Friday.
February 07, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor made rootless arguments to save its final rule updating how prevailing wages are calculated under the Davis-Bacon Act, construction groups told a Texas federal court, continuing their push to entirely ax the already partially blocked rule.
December 17, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor's final rule updating how prevailing wages are calculated under the Davis-Bacon Act should sink because it is arbitrary and capricious, a group of construction groups said, urging a Texas court to ax the rule after it partially blocked it.
July 15, 2024
Several legal fights that will dominate the rest of 2024 are variations on the debate around who has the power to make and change laws and who is considered an employee, with the cases challenging the breadth of the U.S. Department of Labor's rulemaking authority in the spotlight. Here, Law360 looks at seven cases to watch in the year's latter half.
June 24, 2024
A Texas federal judge on Monday blocked parts of a U.S. Department of Labor rule changing how prevailing wages are determined for federally funded construction projects from going into effect, saying the department had overstepped its authority under the Davis-Bacon Act.
May 30, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor pressed a Texas federal court not to halt its final rule regulating prevailing wages under the Davis-Bacon Act, saying that one of the provisions several construction groups are challenging is completely lawful.
May 21, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor's final rule regulating prevailing wages under the Davis-Bacon Act creates tangible damage and a Texas federal court should stop it, a group of construction groups suing the department said.
May 02, 2024
A group of construction groups didn't show how a final rule regulating prevailing wages hurts them, and halting the rule wouldn't be in the public's interest, the U.S. Department of Labor told a Texas federal court.
April 18, 2024
Several construction trade groups told a Texas federal judge that they don't need to point to specific members to support their argument that a U.S. Department of Labor final rule regulating prevailing wages will hurt them, urging the court to keep alive their suit challenging the rule.