The New Jersey Appellate Division recently issued an important decision clarifying how claims brought under the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) interact with agency proceedings in employment matters. Specifically, it made two…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Several states are considering “trigger” laws that would allow their own labor authorities to effectively enforce labor laws if the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) fails or is unable to do so.
This legislative…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The IRS and ICE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that allows the IRS to share taxpayer information such as names, addresses, and tax data, with ICE for immigration-related criminal enforcement of individuals…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Privacy, Taxation
The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management is set to conduct its second lottery for Minnesota Cannabis Retail Licenses. On June 5, 2025, the OCM held its first round of lotteries, conducting social equity applicant lotteries…
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/ Business Organizations
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong recently announced his office’s first enforcement action for violations of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act. “This law has now been in effect for two years,” Tong said in a statement,…
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/ Privacy
In a sweeping shift, the Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed to rescind nearly all affirmative action requirements that apply to federal contractors under EO 11246 and Section 503.
The changes, outlined in recent Notices…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) of 1984 establishes a procedure that effectively pauses performance of a federal contract award during a bid protest.
If a disappointed bidder files a protest with the Government…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting
Selling an auto dealership in New Jersey just got more expensive — and more complicated.
As of July 10, 2025, changes to New Jersey’s so-called “Mansion Tax” have shifted the burden of this transfer tax onto the seller. A new…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
Congress has officially passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sprawling piece of tax legislation with major implications for nonprofit organizations and their supporters. While some of the most controversial proposals were…
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/ Education Law, Nonprofit Law, Taxation
The National Taxpayer Advocate has released her Fiscal Year 2026 Objectives Report to Congress, a statutorily-required annual report outlining the objectives of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate for the upcoming fiscal year…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
The Constitution takes center stage in this latest episode with legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UC Berkeley Law, who is renowned for his studies of constitutional law and federal civil procedure.
He and host Matt…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Elections & Politics
New York City has recently updated its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) Rules and Frequently Asked Questions to address the requirements of the New York State Prenatal Leave law. As discussed in our prior alerts in April…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
The Civil Rights Department has just released the new required notice for California’s Victim-of-Violence Leave (AB 2499) that took effect on January 1, 2025. It layers fresh obligations onto employers, especially those with 25…
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/ Civil Rights, Family Law, Labor & Employment Law
New Jersey has increased its so-called "mansion tax" and shifted the party who must pay the fee from the buyer to the seller. The tax has a substantial impact on owners of New Jersey real estate, but despite its expansive reach,…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
Too often, litigants (and sometimes attorneys) treat prenuptial agreements as documents that either don’t have to be followed and/or should be attacked as a matter of course to try to get the party who entitlements are limited…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Family Law, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
