--- title: "May 2017" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters/may-2017" date: "2026-06-09T22:29:18+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # May 2017 ## [WHAT NOW AFTER DEFEAT OF OBAMACARE CHANGES?](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=440:what-now-after-defeat-of-obamacare-changes&catid=147) May 04, 2017 | [May 2017](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=147) House Republican leaders were forced to withdraw the proposed American Health Care Act after failing to gather a single Democratic vote and lacking support from the conservative GOP Freedom Caucus. Although talk persists, there appears to be little likelihood of any immediate efforts to reintroduce the ObamaCare alternative. ObamaCare thus curre… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=440:what-now-after-defeat-of-obamacare-changes&catid=147) ## [COURTS STRIKE DOWN BROAD FEDERAL AGENCY SUBPOENAS FOR EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439:courts-strike-down-broad-federal-agency-subpoenas-for-employment-information&catid=147) May 04, 2017 | [May 2017](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=147) A couple of recent federal rulings have given encouragement to employers facing overbroad and often unreasonable federal agency subpoena demands for a broad array of employment information. In a recent federal appeals court ruling, the court affirmed a district court judge’s ruling that the EEOC was not entitled to enforce its subpoena requestin… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439:courts-strike-down-broad-federal-agency-subpoenas-for-employment-information&catid=147) ## [FEDERAL CONTRACTOR "BLACKLISTING" EXECUTIVE ORDER OVERTURNED BY CONGRESS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=438:federal-contractor-blacklisting-executive-order-overturned-by-congress&catid=147) May 04, 2017 | [May 2017](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=147) On March 6, 2017, Congress gave final approval to legislation invalidating President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, and various implementing rules. This order has been commonly called the "blacklisting" order, as it would require federal contractors to report recent violations of labor and employment laws when bidding on n… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=438:federal-contractor-blacklisting-executive-order-overturned-by-congress&catid=147) ## [EMPLOYERS SUED FOR NEGLIGENCE WHERE EMPLOYEE COMMITS VIOLENT ACT ELSEWHERE](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=437:employers-sued-for-negligence-where-employee-commits-violent-act-elsewhere&catid=147) May 04, 2017 | [May 2017](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=147) Employers are well familiar with the concept that they may be sued for negligence for maintaining the employment of a sexual or other type harasser, particularly where another employee is adversely affected. One case involves a recent Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the Home Depot case, in which a supervisor murdered an employee while… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=437:employers-sued-for-negligence-where-employee-commits-violent-act-elsewhere&catid=147) ## [LGBT ISSUES ARE IN TRANSITION](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=436:lgbt-issues-are-in-transition&catid=147) May 04, 2017 | [May 2017](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=147) Mixed signals are developing from several regulatory and judicial pronouncements on transgender and other LGBT issues. On January 31, 2017, President Trump indicated that he intended to maintain an Obama-era Executive Order signed to protect gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender federal workers and contractors from workplace discrimination. 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