On Friday, December 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on challenges to OSHA's new silica exposure standard, rejecting all challenges ...

On December 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") announced a final rule clarifying and modifying the types of compensation included ...

Representative Mike Dudgeon (R-Johns Creek) introduced HB 57, the Solar Power Free Market Financing Act of 2015, in Georgia’s General Assembly on Thursday, January 15.

In the Sixth Circuit case, the Sierra Club had urged the court to hold that only discharges explicitly authorized by a general permit were shielded from suit by the permit shield defense.

As soon as the last of the turkey is made into turkey soup, ‘tis the season to focus on year-end tax planning, particularly taking advantage of the gift tax annual exclusion.

Many people neglect to review their Wills, which often can have devastating results.

In November 2016, Florida voted to make medical marijuana legal by approving the Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative, also known as Amendment 2.

Republicans are making a last "gasp" effort to pass "repeal and replace" legislation in the Senate, before the "reconciliation" clock runs out.

President Trump's administration continues in its mission to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While attempts to repeal the ACA through legislation have not succeeded ...

Virginia Hough filed a complaint with the State Division of Human Rights against 1 Toms Point Lane Corporation , a residential cooperative, alleging a violation of the New York State Human ...

DHS amended the regulations to allow these H-4 dependent spouses to accept employment in the United States.

It is important to note that those who were granted DACA already under the program implemented in 2012 are in no way affected by this ruling, so they should apply for their DACA renewal as planned.

On May 20, 2019, in deciding Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, No. 17-1657, the U.S. Supreme Court settled a circuit split regarding an unresolved legal issue ...

While Octane Fitness was a patent law decision, the Lanham Act and Patent Act both limit the award of attorney fees to "exceptional" cases.

The Official Code of Georgia Annotated (the "OCGA") is made up of not only the statutory laws, but also various annotations.

On February 5, 2019, the Federal Circuit denied rehearing en banc in In Re Google LLC, 2018-152, leaving unsettled the question of whether the presence of computer servers satisfies the "regular and established place...

For years, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas and the District of Delaware have seen the most patent infringement cases filed by far over the several other courts spread throughout the United States.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a case in which the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") judgment ...

Four years ago the Supreme Court tried, in Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB, to clarify what it takes to prove "intent" to induce patent infringement.

A recent decision from the Eastern District of Virginia took an expansive view on the fair use defense to copyright infringement that calls into question the scope of copyright protection for photographers.