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Seyfarth Synopsis: On July 24, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the immigration-benefits component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published a final regulation on “EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization”...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The premium that a plaintiff pays for plaintiff adverse costs insurance may be a taxable disbursement in the litigation. Stewart et al. v. Wood et al., 2019 ONSC 3931, per Tausendfreund, J....By: Field Law

Netflix is (figuratively) on fire this summer, as it has released tons of new content clearly calculated to keep us indoors during the (literal) heatwave. Season two of Workin’ Moms was released on July 25, 2019 (see my Workin’ Moms post here),...By: FordHarrison

In an effort to save pension plans from insolvency, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019 (H.R. 397). The Act would allow the federal government to make grants and loans to...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Oregon joins California in requiring employers notify employees of any government investigation into a company’s Form I-9 practices.  What triggers such a government investigation? ...By: Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

As discussed in a previous alert, the 2018–19 New York State budget included provisions designed to combat sexual harassment in the workplace, including a ban on compelled arbitration of sexual harassment claims. Recently, in Latif v. Morgan...By: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Catastrophically injured car crash victims are concerned about how the new, rushed, and poorly drafted No-Fault law could affect the vital medical benefits coverage they receive through the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA).   They...By: Michigan Auto Law

While it’s true that acts of generosity sometimes backfire on those who offer them, the Court’s ruling in Higgins v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., No. 18-1902 (8th Cir. July 24, 2019) shows this is not always the case. In Higgins, the Eighth Circuit affirmed...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

On July 22, 2019, the Ninth Circuit withdrew its recent decision in Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising International, Inc., and ordered that it would certify to the California Supreme Court the question of whether the worker classification test...By: Orrick - Global Employment Law Group

President Trump has nominated Eugene Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to head the United States Department of Labor. Scalia will replace Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, who stepped down amid controversy. Mr. Scalia...By: Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.