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Tech companies are suffering the biggest impacts of the tightening of H-1B visas by the Trump administration. The administration’s hardline immigration policies include trying to limit legal immigration and the government has started cracking down on...By: Ronald Shapiro

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP is pleased to provide you with the Compliance News Flash, which includes current news briefs relevant to background screening, immigration and data privacy, for the benefit and interest of our clients as well as employers...By: Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

On June 19, 2019, the New York State Assembly and Senate passed legislation that makes sweeping changes to the New York Human Rights Law. This legislation will have a significant impact on the litigation of discrimination and harassment claims filed...By: Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio expected the Texas Legislature to overturn their cities’ recent foray into city-specific paid sick leave laws. However, the Texas Legislature recently wrapped-up its legislative...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Drivers need to know about PIP insurance for their cars. Not only is it legally required in many states, but personal injury protection insurance provides important insurance benefits when drivers are injured in a car accident – even if they are the...By: Michigan Auto Law

Trump Admin Submits Final Rule to Kill Obama Clean Power Plan - "The new replacement rule to the Clean Power Plan, deemed the Affordable Clean Energy rule, aims to give states more time and authority to decide how to implement the best new...By: Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Good news for the country’s biggest banks, as the Fed confirmed on Friday that all “could weather an extreme market shock—including double-digit unemployment and a 50% U.S. stocks decline—and still have enough capital to continue operating.” In other...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

Board Rules on Union Access. Late last week, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision involving the balancing of employees’ statutory right to organize with employers’ private property rights. In the case, the Board overruled previous...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Clichés like “seismic shift” and “paradigm change” do not begin to describe just how profoundly the New York legislature changed the standards for harassment claims in a bill passed June 19. HR professionals and employers beware: the sexual...By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

I blogged last week about the back and forth on the new USDOL proposed salary threshold for exempt status, at approximately $35,000 per year. Well, the Democrats have now spoken on the issue and they propose raising the threshold to approximately...By: Fox Rothschild LLP