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On June 9, 2022, Governor Pritzker signed the Family Bereavement Leave Act...

New York City has adopted an amendment to its Human Rights Law aimed at eradicating discrimination based on height or weight.

Orange County, Ca (February 19) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held in Gilberg v. Cal. Check Cashing Stores, LLC that employers are required to use two separate, standalone

As a result of a new ordinance passed by Philadelphia City Council, employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies in Philadelphia may not require a prospective employee to submit...

Nearly every single EEOC Charge of Discrimination filed by a former employee is resolved with the employment relationship permanently severed.

Our recent alert described the OSHA emergency temporary standard (ETS) – promulgated on November 5, 2021 – requiring vaccinations or testing by employers with at least 100 employees, ...

On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued two important rulings. It barred enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses adopted...

Recent years have seen multiple court rulings addressing whether certain allegedly discriminatory and retaliatory actions by employers that do not cause significant harm to the employee can nevertheless be the subject of a viable claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended.

The New York State Legislature is currently reviewing proposed bill S74A, known as the Grieving Families Act (GFA).

Organizations that experienced a data incident in 2019 affecting the protected health information of less than 500 individuals have just a few more days to submit their notification to the HHS/OCR.

A chapter amendment to the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act is presently before the Assembly, having passed the Senate earlier today.

On Wednesday, June 6, 2023, the New York State Senate passed the Amended Grieving Families Act (A6698). The bill will now be sent to Governor Hochul for signature or veto.

As an update to our previous alert regarding New York's Adult Survivor Act (ASA), on May 23, 2022, the New York State Assembly approved the ASA with a majority vote of 140 to 3.

Effective January 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of State has indefinitely paused all visa issuances to immigrant visa applicants who are nationals of 75 countries.

Northwest Indiana Administrative Partner Scott Cockrum and Associate Kristanna Roper-Nikitaras recently obtained a verdict in an insurance company client's favor in a dispute over the applicability ...

On March 4, 2019, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision overturning the Ninth Circuit Court's award of $12.8 million in costs in the copyright ...

Chicago Partner Maxwell Petersen succeeded in invalidating all claims of U.S. Patent 8,557,056, owned by Rovalma, S.A., before the U.S. Patent Trial And Appeal Board ("PTAB").