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On February 6, 2020, Judge Loretta Biggs of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina granted the plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment and issued a nationwide permanent injunction enjoining USCIS from enforcing its...By: Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued Yale New Haven Hospital based on the implementation of its “Late Career Practitioner Policy.” On February 11, 2020, the EEOC filed a complaint in federal court against the hospital...By: Bricker & Eckler LLP

The construction industry continues to be the most hazardous industry in the State of North Carolina according to the North Carolina Department of Labor. While 2018 had been the deadliest year for the state’s construction workers in more than five...By: Poyner Spruill LLP

Apple announced that the coronavirus outbreak that’s brought Chinese manufacturing to a near-standstill and continues to spread around the world will affect its quarterly sales expectations.  The news makes Apple “one of the first companies to...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently published a list of frequently asked questions (with the SBA’s answers) about recent changes to the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (or HUBZone) program, which is a program for small...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

In an unprecedented move further expanding its ongoing investigation of large technology companies, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Google to provide details about their acquisitions during...By: Bracewell LLP

- The California Supreme Court held that time Apple employees spent waiting for and undergoing mandatory security inspections is compensable. - The decision rejects the holding by some lower courts that if employees could “freely avoid” the...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

A lot has happened since the Fair Work Commission (FWC) commenced its review of modern awards in 2014. Now, 6 years later, the FWC is close to completing the mammoth task of reviewing the operation of each modern award and making variations to ensure...By: K&L Gates LLP

- New DHS regulation mandates use of an electronic H-1B registration system. - Registration system will be open for only 20 days. - Employers who win H-1B lottery but then do not file H-1B petitions may be penalized....By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Employees must be paid for time spent on their employer’s premises waiting for, and undergoing, required searches of bags and other property voluntarily brought to work, according to the California Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday. In Frlekin v....By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP