The U.S. labor and employment sector may seem poised for dramatic change under the new Trump administration. Uncertainty still remains on many levels, however, for companies, lawmakers, workers and regulators. Two veteran attorneys and erstwhile rivals in the courtroom waded into this contentious area with The National Law Journal.

P. David Lopez recently joined Outten & Golden, in Washington, just shy of finishing his second term as general counsel to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He led some of the Obama administration’s strongest efforts to take on systemic change in workplace disputes.