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In a recent decision, the Appellate Court of Illinois rejected a school board’s decision to terminate a tenured teacher for misconduct despite a hearing officer’s finding that there was insufficient evidence of cause for dismissal....By: Franczek P.C.

Advocates are warning that a little-noticed proposed rule change could result in hundreds of thousands of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients, many of them children, losing benefits. The...By: Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

In SEQRA litigation, there is an oft-quoted proposition that the Lead Agency may not abdicate or defer its responsibilities under SEQRA to another agency. See Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Planning Bd. of Town of Se., 9 N.Y.3d 219, 234 (2007)....By: Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Since April of 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (“Commission”) has been a panel of one. After Chairwoman Heather MacDougall resigned from the Commission on March 31, 2019 and Commission Cynthia Attwood’s term ended in April...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Earlier this week, the Southern District heard arguments regarding the grant of a preliminary injunction to prevent the enforcement of Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”) against motor carriers operating within California. Judge Benitez granted the preliminary...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

In 2019, as in previous years, most of the new labor and employment law legislation was enacted at the state and local level. Paid Family Leave- Paid family leave statutes gained momentum: As of July 1, 2019, the District of Columbia began...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Northrop Grumman has agreed to pay $12,375,000 to settle a class action brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) by participants in its 401(k) plan. The parties reached the initial terms of this settlement last year minutes...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

The peak H-2B filing season opened on January 2, 2020, and by the next day the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) in the Department of Labor (DOL) had received approximately 5,000 applications for 87,000 seasonal workers. Only 33,000 are...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

A Pennsylvania state court held that the state’s Medical Marijuana Act creates a private right of action for medical marijuana users to sue their employers. Pamela Palmiter v. Commonwealth Health Systems, Inc., Civ. Action No. 19 CV 1315 (Pa. Ct....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

The New Jersey Legislature has passed an amendment to the Millville-Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (New Jersey WARN Act) to require companies with at least 100 employees to provide 90 days’ notice and pay severance to all affected...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.