A recent Ontario labour arbitration decision provides helpful guidance for employers managing cannabis use in ...

The EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW)  is a self-petitioned pathway designed for highly skilled professionals with advanced ...

On Feb. 23, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) had ...

Six months ago, in July 2025, we published a blog post providing a brief history of noncompete agreements in the United ...

Key Highlights PAGA reforms elevate the importance of proactive compliance: The 2024 amendments reallocate penalties, expand cure opportunities, and give courts more discretion to reduce penalties for ...

On February 26, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a federal sector decision in Selina S. v ...

At the behest of the State Legislature (SB 293), the Texas Supreme Court recently finalized and adopted amendments to Rule ...

Wouldn’t you know it, just as Alabama’s medical cannabis program is set to launch, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) wants to change the rules. Mercifully, the proposed changes would not ...

On March 3, 2026, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Report of the CNIPA on the Progress of Building a Rule-of-Law Government by 2025 (国家知识产权局关于2025年法治政府建设情况的报告 ...

Federal courts’ strong presumption in favor of arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act has long enabled employers to ...

CV 1282, 2026 WL 591842 (N.D. Ohio March 3, 2026), Judge Patricia A. Gaughan of the Northern District of Ohio held that text messages are not “telephone calls” under 47 U.S.C. § 227(c)(5). In the ...

AI and security. One is going to save the industry and the other is going to kill it. It’s not clear which one is which.” Memorable banter heard near the buffet table at a CIO event last year.