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Employers with a workforce seeking to unionize may soon be ordered to bargain even without a union election

As part of a program dating back to 1938, the little-spoken-about Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) includes a provision that allows employers...

In recent years, there has been a growing shift in mindset for pet owners that consider animals to be essential to their well-being and integral to their home life.

New York is the first state in the U.S. to pass a law entitling workers to paid prenatal leave. The law, which took effect on January 1, 2025, requires private sector employers, regardless of size...

The pandemic has revolutionized the workplaces and remote workforces will almost certainly survive the end of the pandemic. A Gallup poll last fall indicated that 61 percent of workers...

It may seem as though the pandemic is coming to an end, but while COVID cases are declining, they have not ceased. As the pandemic continues, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently issued a final rule aimed at modernizing the H-1B nonimmigrant worker visa program...

The latest Special Fraud Alert from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) warns about marketing schemes involving questionable payments...

On March 25, the Texas Supreme Court issued a highly-anticipated decision concerning the proper test to source receipts from services for purposes of Texas franchise tax.

Businesses hoping for clarification on their obligations to ensure their websites comply with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will still have to wait...

The Purple Communications decision is troublesome for employers because in the modern workplace, it is absolutely essential for employers to provide employees with access to e-mail systems for business-related purposes.

Texas business courts were created by Chapter 25A of the Texas Government Code and opened for business on September 1. These courts provide specialized venues for complex or large dollar business disputes.

On December 5, 2024, the New York City Council approved the "City of Yes for Housing Opportunity" text amendment, as modified by the City Planning Commission...

Pursuant to the provisions of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which became effective as of January 1, 2024, all domestic entities organized under the laws of a state prior to January 1, 2024...

On December 23, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted the Texas District Court's nationwide preliminary injunction that had temporarily suspended...

When President Biden took office in 2021, he vowed to be the "most pro-union president" this country has ever seen. Although Biden was unable to deliver some key worker legislation...

On March 25, 2022, the Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Andy Warhol's "Prince Series" sufficiently transforms Lynn Goldsmith's 1981 photograph of Prince (the Photograph) to qualify...

The Texas Supreme Court in Monroe Guaranty Insurance Company v. BITCO General Insurance Corporation, No. 21-0232, slip op. (Tex. Feb. 11, 2022), ...