Last week, a federal district court in Massachusetts temporarily blocked the mass termination of parole and employment authorization for beneficiaries of the Humanitarian Parole program for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Over the past several months, international students in F-1 status have experienced heightened scrutiny. Increasing numbers of reports indicate that students are facing visa revocations and the termination of their records in…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law, Immigration Law
Plaintiffs filed 2,452 website accessibility lawsuits in federal court in 2024 – a 13% decrease from 2023…
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/ Civil Rights, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Second Circuit”) recently decided Tudor v. Whitehall Central School District, which changes the landscape of reasonable accommodations, within the Circuit, under the Americans with…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In celebration of the release of the 6th edition of our Government Contracts Compliance Handbook, we are excited to share six essential tips for ensuring compliance in international sales. These tips are designed to help lawyers…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting, International Law & Trade
The Washington Legislature has passed a new law affecting employers’ obligations related to employee personnel files. The new law amends RCW 49.12.240 and 49.12.250 in four important ways..…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
In Medical Marijuana, Inc. et al v. Horn, 604 U.S. ___ (2025), the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) engaged in a lively statutory interpretation debate over the reach of the civil provisions of the Racketeer…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Torts, Civil Remedies, Consumer Protection
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see that the DEA’s rescheduling hearing is still pending. Germany’s cannabis program is likely to remain…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Elections & Politics
In a unanimous decision reversing dismissal of prohibited transaction claims based on fees paid to defined contribution plan recordkeepers, the Supreme Court held that ERISA’s prohibited transaction exemptions are affirmative…
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/ Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Finance & Banking
After weeks of hypothetical buzzer-beaters, patent face-offs, and a few well-placed Braveheart reference, Innovation Madness has crowned a champion…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property
Last week, on April 10, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Mark Meador as the FTC’s third Republican commissioner. Meador joins Chairman Ferguson and Commissioner Melissa Holyoak on what is now a three commissioner panel (all…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Mergers & Acquisitions
In honor of the release of the 6th Edition of the Government Contracts Compliance Handbook, we are sharing six essential tips for successfully navigating Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) in government contracting. The complexities…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting, Mergers & Acquisitions
On April 11, 2025, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin enforcing the newly created requirement…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Elections & Politics, Labor & Employment Law, Immigration Law
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see Delaware dealing with a delay in setting up a retail market. A move to put a legalization initiative…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law & Contracts, Elections & Politics
Welcome back to Innovation Madness, where game-changing basketball inventions go head-to-head to determine which patent truly changed the game. We’ve narrowed the field to eight elite contenders. The matchups are fierce. The…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
