On April 22, 2025, the Washington State Senate passed Substitute Senate Bill 5408, as amended by the House on April 15, 2025 (“Amended SSB 5408”), making substantial changes to the Equal Pay and Opportunities Act related to pay…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently upheld a jury verdict against a school psychologist who alleged she was paid less than a male colleague in violation of the Equal Pay Act. Notably, the court found that…
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/ Civil Remedies, Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Visa Bulletin for May 2025 shows slight forward movement in the final action dates for EB-3 India, and retrogression for EB-5 India. The bulletin remains consistent in the EB-1 and EB-2 categories for all countries…
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/ Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Every safety professional has an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation he or she cannot stand, believes is a waste of time, energy, and/or money, or considers outdated and antiquated.
Even the…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming recently passed laws aligning with recent executive orders issued by President Donald Trump defining sex as binary and immutable…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
The concept of the “supergroup” may have originated with rock and roll, but on April 16, 2025, privacy practitioners in the United States learned that a whole new type of supergroup has been formed…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
On April 1, 2025, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals clarified the remedies available to nondisabled employees subjected to improper medical examinations or inquiries under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…
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/ Civil Remedies, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
All 2024 California pay data reporting filings are due to be filed no later than May 14, 2025. Failing to meet this deadline could subject employers to fines or penalties of up to $100 per employee for a first violation and up…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
On April 14, 2025, a Massachusetts federal district court judge issued a temporary nationwide order suspending the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) termination of the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV)…
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/ Civil Remedies, Immigration Law
On April 5, 2025, the U.S. Department of State announced it was taking immediate action to revoke all existing visas and ban the issuance of any new visas for all South Sudanese passport holders…
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/ Immigration Law, International Law & Trade
On April 11, 2025, a federal judge for the U.S. Western District of Pennsylvania reversed his recent decision to dismiss a disability discrimination claim from a job applicant with a medical marijuana card who alleged he had a…
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/ Civil Rights, Health, Labor & Employment Law
On April 11, 2025, a group of forty Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging her to “abandon plans to dismantle [the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs] and reaffirm…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
On April 15, 2025, a group of former U.S. Department of Labor officials issued an “open letter” urging federal contractors to continue voluntary diversity practices, including conducting self-assessments, despite the Trump…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The Illinois General Assembly had a busy year in 2024 drafting new legislation that was signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker and took effect on January 1, 2025. The following article summarizes important legal advancements in…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On March 19, 2025, the German Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht or BAG) held in Case No.: 10 AZR 67/24 that certain forfeiture clauses in General Terms and Conditions of Business (Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen or AGB)…
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/ Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
