A week after widespread cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, many workers are left wondering: Was that legal?

The federal health department sidestepped normal procedures as it laid off 10,000 employees, according to sources. One union ...

As spring arrived in the mid-Atlantic region, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. followed through with ...

LEGAL QUESTIONS LINGER — President Donald Trump ... As the Trump administration tries to find a new home for IDEA at HHS, special education advocates insist the president can’t do it without ...

Bristol-Myers Squibb has become the latest drugmaker in the US to file a legal challenge to a block on a drug rebate model opposed by a Health and Human Services (HHS) department. Specifically ...

Whether the new HHS policy holds up against potential legal challenges may rest on a different standard known as the “good cause” exception to the Administrative Procedures Act, which the ...

HHS has shared plans to revoke a policy March ... and impede the department’s flexibility to adapt quickly to legal and policy mandates,” Mr. Kennedy said. The policy statement is scheduled ...

are asking a federal judge to issue an injunction and block HHS from ceasing funding for legal representation for unaccompanied children. "As a consequence of Defendants ordering Plaintiffs to ...

Some agencies within HHS are believed to have lost nearly one-fifth of their workforce, which could impede their basic ...

Potential issues include the closure of entire offices, including some mandated by law; discrepancies in how the HHS determined which employees would be let go; incorrect information on ...

Lawyers and others who have watched the RIFs unfold say it’s not clear if government officials followed the specific rules and processes required by law. A few key issues raise their eyebrows ...