Toward that end, President Biden has officially nominated a new Commissioner to head up the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The name of Danny Werfel, the head of Boston Consulting Group’s global public sector practice, was sent to the US Senate for confirmation as the new IRS Commissioner. If confirmed by the Senate, Werfel will take…
Read More »In the wake of the US Senate defeating his nomination of David Weil for another term as the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) at the Department of Labor, President Biden has finally put forth a new nomination for the position. Jessica Looman, who previously served as the Executive Director of the Minnesota…
Read More »On Wednesday of this week by a vote of 51-50 with the Vice President breaking the tie, the U.S. Senate formally confirmed Alvaro Bedoya as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Bedoya, who is the Founding Director of Georgetown University’s Center of Privacy and Technology as well as a Visiting Professor at the…
Read More »On Wednesday of this week, the Senate effectively ended the nomination of Dr. David Weil for another stretch as the administrator of the US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division. On a procedural motion to advance consideration of the Weil nomination, the Senate voted 53-47 against consideration, with three democrats – Senators Manchin (WV),…
Read More »On the flip side of the nomination coin, also on Wednesday of this week, Senate Democrats voted 51-50 to advance the nomination of Alvaro Bedoya to serve as a Member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Bedoya nomination was tied up in a deadlocked (14-14) Senate Commerce Committee and needed to be advanced by…
Read More »Although his nomination is not yet a fait accompli, Federal Trade Commission nominee Alvaro Bedoya is wasting no time getting up to speed on the FTC Franchise Rule and all its implications. Aside from “studying up” on the rule as he described his efforts, he also this week met with the Coalition of Franchisee Associations…
Read More »In the highly charged and partisan US Congress, another nominee of President Biden has been deadlocked in committee, necessitating additional votes in the Senate to move the nomination forward. The Founding Director of the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown University School of Law as well as a Visiting Professor there, Alvaro Bedoya was…
Read More »Notwithstanding strenuous opposition as we advised last week from Republican Senators, President Biden forged ahead and resubmitted the name of David Weil in nomination for the post of administrator at the DOL Wage and Hour Division. Weil, who served in the same capacity during the Obama administration, is one of a half-dozen Biden nominees for…
Read More »A handful of Republican Senators answered our prayers last week in urging the White House to withdraw the nomination of David Weil for the position of Administrator of the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division. A staunch opponent of the franchise business model and all things franchising, Wei, an academician and anti-business author, was…
Read More »It has long been debated what effect mandatory minimum wages have on the labor force at large, the creation of new jobs and the benefits afforded minimum wage employees. Well, the ongoing labor shortage notwithstanding, there were a couple of new reports released recently that shed additional light on those questions. First, the Federal Reserve…
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