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Changes to Immigration Law Help Address Skills Shortages - New Legislation Enacted - Three recent developments in the area of corporate immigration will improve access for foreign workers to the Irish labor market. These developments include...By: Littler

My law firm colleague, Nate Read, and I undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Health and Safety Seminar titled: Medical Marijuana Update and Impacts to Businesses (“Presentation”)...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The August 2019 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State earlier this month, shows substantial retrogression affecting employment-based categories worldwide. The State Department expects the retrogression to be short lived and...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

MIAMI - Blackwater Protection & Detective Agency, LLC will pay $35,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), the agency announced today....By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The state of California recently passed legislation that amends the definition of race under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (the California State statute that prohibits employment discrimination, among other things) to include “traits...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

It’s official. New legislation requiring North Carolina general contractors to fulfill annual continuing education requirements was signed into law on July 1....By: Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

A federal court judge has weighed in on the battle dubbed “Corngate” between Bud Light and competitors Miller Lite and Coors Light, denying Anheuser-Busch InBev’s motion to dismiss MillerCoors’ false advertising lawsuit....By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

On June 13, 2019, the Department of Labor (the “DOL”), along with the Departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services, released final regulations expanding the use of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs). Since their issuance, plan...By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

"The Justice in the bow tie." Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens died this week at the age of 99. He has received many tributes, and I will always remember him as the "Justice in the bow tie."...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Toledo, Ohio recently joined the growing number of nationwide jurisdictions to pass local ordinances prohibiting employers from asking applicants for salary history. Toledo is the second Ohio city to pass this type of ordinance, joining Cincinnati...By: Bricker & Eckler LLP