Last week, an adult-use cannabis processor and retailer filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of a new Oregon law that now requires entry into a labor peace agreement for licensure. A labor peace agreement does not…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
On February 14, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), William Cowen, issued a memo (GC 25-05) that rescinds a long list of memos by the previous General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo. Although the…
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
The preliminary injunction in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury that was still pausing any required filings by reporting companies under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was lifted on February 17, 2025 by U.S…
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/ Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
On January 28, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14187, directed at limiting gender-affirming care provided to children and teenagers under the age of nineteen, alerting that the federal government “will not fund,…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health
Amid a surge of presidential executive orders since the change in administrations, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has published a series of documents that have spawned much confusion and litigation. Via these…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Contracting
The most recent wave of ERISA litigation is focused on the use of plan forfeitures in 401(k) plans, with the newest case, Armenta v. WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. being filed just last week. Although, for years, many…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
On January 29, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order entitled “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling.” Contending that students are being indoctrinated with “anti-American, subversive, harmful, and false…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Social media has made it much easier to disseminate hurtful criticisms about teachers, principals, superintendents and even board of education members, and the good people of Nutmeg are no exception…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Education Law
The Trump Administration’s flurry of executive orders directing the implementation of immigration policy objectives to carry out the “largest domestic deportation operation in American history” has many hospitals and other…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Late Breaking News - Jan. 22, 2025: Shortly after we sent this alert out, it was announced that acting U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman has issued a directive that rescinds the Biden…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
On January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky ruled that the 2024 Title IX Regulations “are invalid and must be set aside.” Despite some ambiguity in the text of the decision, we concluded that the ruling likely…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law
Last year was a turbulent one for Title IX, and although we are just a few days into 2025, this turbulence has persisted into the new year. Yesterday, January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky issued a ruling that…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law
As Connecticut embarks on a transformative year for policy and industry, Shipman & Goodwin Manufacturing Practice leader Alfredo Fernández sat down with CBIA’s Pete Myers to discuss the legislative landscape and its implications…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Government Contracting
As we head into another Trump presidency later this month, many U.S. employers are wondering how the new administration’s strong stance on immigration might impact their organization, including its ability to hire and retain…
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/ Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law, Immigration Law
Not content to have an expedited hearing in March on the merits of the case at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the Government filed an application with…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
