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New Puerto Rico law prohibits discrimination in public services, employment, education, and housing based on protective hairstyles or hair textures often associated with specific racial and national origin identities.

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) directing educational institutions that they are prohibited from using race...

The Trump Administration is requiring higher education institutions in receipt of federal funding to report race-based admissions data.

The Florida and Texas attorneys general issued opinions asserting that many DEI and affirmative action measures in both public and private sectors constitute unlawful race‑based discrimination under federal and state law.

On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco ("DAG Monaco") gave the keynote address at the American Bar Association's 39th National Institute...

It's a wrap – the 2024 National ILG Conference has officially come to an end! The final morning of the conference brought remarks from EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows, a panel discussion with OFCCP Regional Directors...

Amendments to the Michigan Minimum Wage Act accelerate the schedule of minimum wage increases but prevent elimination of the tip credit for employees who earn tips.

California has revised its restrictions on stay-or-pay provisions through Assembly Bill 1697, postponing compliance until January 1, 2027, and expanding exceptions for retention bonuses, relocation payments, and financial services agreements. The new law permits employers to recoup advanced paid time off payments under certain conditions and removes the requirement that qualifying bonuses be offered only at the outset of employment...

Assembly Bill 1008 is making its way through the California legislature, after being passed in its amended form by the Committee on Appropriations on May 26, 2017.

In one of numerous Executive Orders signed on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an order entitled, "Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions."

As courts continue to work out the scope of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA), the California Court of Appeal in two decisions...

In its recent opinion in Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors, the California Supreme Court addressed three inquiries posed by the 9th Circuit. These inquiries specifically relate...

Stemming a tide of Delaware decisions closely scrutinizing and refusing to enforce non-compete agreements, Delaware's Supreme Court...

On April 23, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued updates to the investment advice fiduciary regulation, formally called the "Retirement Security Rule" and generally...

The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed moving some regulations governing application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)...

Analysis of recent litigation trends involving loss causation, an important burden-of-proof issue in ERISA fiduciary claims.

The true impact of Hurricane Francine on Southeast Louisiana may not be known for weeks after it made landfall early in September.

As of February 3, 2025, most of Cal/OSHA's COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Standards have officially come to an end.