With the H-1B cap pre-registration period quickly approaching, now is the appropriate time to review your hiring needs, identify those individuals you intend to sponsor for H-1B employment authorization, and gather the necessary…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
Hinshaw's annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management (LMRM) Conference is the industry's gold standard for advice on litigating legal malpractice claims and navigating legal malpractice insurance, professional responsibility,…
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/ Law Practice Products & Services, Professional Malpractice
On December 21, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Fashion Workers Act (the "Act") into law, which provides greater protections for fashion workers and will take effect on June 19, 2025. The Act also imposes duties…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In January 2025, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) issued a Notice of Change of Effective Date (Notice), further delaying the effective date for the final rules relating to debt collectors…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
To commemorate Data Privacy Day, we are pleased to outline Hinshaw's top five privacy predictions for 2025. We covered our strategic recommendations for privacy planning in our earlier alert, and today, we provide some…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order titled "Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity" (Order). The Order revoked several previous Executive Orders, including Executive…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Elections & Politics, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
In the latest twist on the back-and-forth CTA battle, on January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) once again stayed (i.e., suspended the effect of) the nationwide preliminary injunction against…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
Just before the 2024 holiday season, in Wu v. Uber Tech., Inc.,[i] New York State's Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, issued a veritable instruction manual for those involved in the online provision of consumer…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
As we welcome the new year, it is essential for New York employers to stay informed about the evolving labor and employment laws that go into effect in 2025. To assist in navigating these changes, we have compiled a…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a legal malpractice action arising out of revisions to a client's estate plan, the appellate court considered whether an attorney has a duty to evaluate a client's mental capacity and, if so, whether the plaintiff alleged…
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/ Civil Procedure, Law Practice Products & Services, Professional Malpractice, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issues Special Fraud Alerts regarding healthcare fraud and abuse patterns or practices it has recently identified and intends to…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
Seventy-two hours after a motions panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed the effect of a nationwide preliminary injunction imposed by a Texas federal district court blocking the reporting deadline for…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
On December 23, 2024, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted the preliminary injunction recently imposed by a Texas district court that had blocked the reporting deadline for filing Beneficial…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
In the spirit of the season, we are using our annual "12 Days of California Labor and Employment" blog series to address new California laws and their impact on employers. On the twelfth day of the holidays, my labor and…
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/ Agriculture, Labor & Employment Law
In the spirit of the season, we are using our annual "12 Days of California Labor and Employment" blog series to address new California laws and their impact on employers. On the eleventh day of the holidays, my labor and…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
