On May 30, 2012, Lafe Solomon, the National Labor Relation Board’s (NLRB) Acting General Counsel (AGC), released a third report on social media cases brought before the NLRB.

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has posted sample employee notices regarding the state's new Paid Leave program in Hmong, Somali and Spanish.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has implemented significant changes to employment-based petition processes in 2025-2026, including mandatory electronic payments and updated Form I-129 requirements. These modifications have increased the risk of administrative errors, leading to petition rejections and delays for employers managing international workforces.

The Supreme Court ruled that Hobby Lobby could claim a religious exemption to the requirement that they provide health insurance for contraceptives.

Union corruption probes, unfortunately, continue to make headlines.

EPA announced it is extending the public comment period until May 13, 2013 for the agency’s proposed rule requiring 36 states, including Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Minnesota, to revise the startup, shutdown, and malfunction rules in their Clean Air Act State Implementation Plans (SIPs).

The FDA recently released extensive updates to the consensus standards it recognizes for medical devices. Section 514 of the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act allows FDA to recognize consensus standards developed by international and national organizations for use in satisfying portions of device premarket review submissions or other requirements.

On Dec. 16, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (HHS-OCR) announced a $112,500 settlement with Concentra after alleging...

He outlines the patchwork of new state and federal rules and stresses the importance of legal, IT and leadership teams working together to strengthen privacy programs and prepare for heightened oversight.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has fundamentally restructured admission requirements for international students, exchange visitors, and foreign media representatives by replacing the longstanding "duration of status" framework with fixed time periods. What will these changes mean for the hundreds of thousands of individuals currently studying or working in the United States under F, J, and I visa classifications, and how should employers and academic institutions prepare for the September 2026

On Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, the President signed into law S.3245.

The purpose of this policy is to help USCIS decrease its application backlogs and processing times for these applications.

United States Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires just issued a precedential decision with a clear message: if a party has already litigated and lost, don’t expect the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to provide another bite at the apple.

On Aug. 12, 2015, less than a week after the Seventh Circuit's decision in Chapman v. First Index, Inc., the Fifth Circuit followed its previous rulings and agreed with decisions from the Third, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits.

Film and television production in 2024 extends far beyond Hollywood — many productions now take place in Atlanta, Toronto and Vancouver in North America and across the U.K. This shift has largely been

On Nov. 10, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner announced the lifting of the "deferral" of new film tax credit applications.

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (fiscal cliff legislation) provides for an extension of 50 percent bonus depreciation through the end of 2013.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly known as drones, are taking to the American skies in record numbers to conduct commercial activities in response to recent changes in the law.

On March 24, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a new policy that allows quicker authorization to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for those that have received a Section 333 exemption.

On the heels of the U.S.-ASEAN Summit meeting, the White House announced that as a result of negotiations with Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia...