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Litigation Over H-4 EAD Rule Progresses

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Although the Biden Administration has taken steps to maintain H-4 EADs for spouses of highly skilled H-1B workers, the program is still in jeopardy. Now, the Biden Administration is representing the Department of Homeland...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Judge Strikes Down Rules Restricting Visas for High-Skilled Foreign Workers

A federal judge in California struck down two Trump administration rules that substantially altered the H-1B visa program for temporary professional workers and increased wage obligations for businesses employing certain...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Trump Administration Loses Another Immigration Federal Challenge

As we predicted two months ago in our analysis of the specious arguments underlying the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Interim Final Rules (IFRs) published on October 8, 2020, the...more

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H-1B DHS and DOL Interim Final Rules Invalidated by Federal District Judge

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In October, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued two interim final rules that would negatively, and significantly, impact how H-1B nonimmigrant “specialty occupation” visa...more

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Chief Judge Refuses to Dismiss TCPA Class Action Against Donald Trump Campaign

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Three individuals have sued Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. (the “Campaign”) in a class action for alleged violations of the TCPA. Pederson v. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., No. CV 19-2735 (JRT/HB), 2020 WL 3047779...more

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Religious Institutions Update: September 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Key Cases - Establishment Challenge to Presidential Proclamation Subject to Rational Basis Review - In Trump v. Hawaii, 138 S.Ct. 2392 (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the lowest level of constitutional...more

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Religious Institutions Update: June 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Since 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court has expressly construed a neutral law of general applicability as consistent with the free exercise clause. Deeming Colorado's public accommodations law just such a law, the Colorado Court...more

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Trick or Treat: DOL and Texas AFL-CIO File Appeal Notices in Overtime Lawsuit

On October 30, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Texas AFL-CIO both filed Notices of Appeal in a highly-watched case involving the invalidation of controversial federal overtime regulations that had been...more

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Overtime Exemption Increases: Not Now, But (Probably) Soon

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As our readers are aware, we have devoted a good amount of space to discussing the status of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule on exemptions from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). After a...more

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Judge Strikes Down DOL’s Proposed Overtime Rule!

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Finally, it appears we have closure on this saga that started over a year ago! On August 31st, the same Texas federal district court judge who granted a preliminary injunction last November delaying the effective date of the...more

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"Stick A Fork in It!" Updated Overtime Rules Are DOA . . . For Now

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On August 31, 2017, Judge Amos Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a final judgment in State of Nevada et al. vs. U.S. Department of Labor et al., awarding summary judgment against the...more

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Federal Court Invalidates Obama Administration Overtime Exemption Rule

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On August 31, 2017, Judge Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the long-enjoined Obama Administration revised overtime regulation. The same judge previously granted a temporary, nationwide injunction blocking...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Fifth Circuit Dismisses Appeal of Nationwide Injunction of Obama-Era Overtime Rule

In light of the Texas district court’s recent judgment invalidating the 2016 overtime rule, the DOL filed an unopposed motion to withdraw its appeal of the November 2016 order that preliminarily enjoined the rule on a...more

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Federal Judge Deals Another Blow To USDOL's "Overtime Rule" (Updated 09/07/17)

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A federal judge in Texas struck down the controversial Obama-era change to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act that was intended to substantially raise the minimum salary threshold required for employees to qualify for the...more

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Next Nail In The Coffin: Overtime Rule Struck Down By Judge

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A federal judge in Texas today struck down the controversial Obama-era change to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act that was intended to substantially raise the minimum salary threshold required for employees to qualify for...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Employers Receive Important Overtime Law News Just Before Labor Day

Short of a successful (but highly unlikely) appeal, the Obama-era overtime rule is now officially no longer. That rule would have required employers to pay employees a little more than $47,000 annually to qualify under one of...more

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Fifth Circuit Derails Reverse Discrimination Claims Against Amtrak

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White male discontent has been a major media talking point since the presidential election, and even long before. This talking point has made its way into the workplace, where tech firms are now being targeted for allegedly...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

NLRB GC's Attempt At Summary Judgment In Handbook Case Rejected By NLRB Majority

The change in a presidential administration always brings changes to government agencies, including the NLRB, as new appointments are made reflecting the policy preferences of the administration. The NLRB is not immune to...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The Final Rule: BICE on Ice? Status of the DOL Fiduciary Rule

With recent developments in all three branches of government bearing on the authority and timing of the new Department of Labor (DOL) final rule expanding the definition of fiduciary “investment advice” (the Final Rule) for...more

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Time and Time Again

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On Wednesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Justice Department’s additional unopposed request for a 60-day extension to figure out its position on the new FLSA overtime exemption rules....more

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DOL’s Fiduciary Rule Still in Limbo after Trump Memo and Federal Judge’s Ruling

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Last week, President Trump issued a memorandum directing the Department of Labor (DOL) to reconsider implementation of the fiduciary rule. The fiduciary rule, which widens the scope of who is considered a “fiduciary” of an...more

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The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - November 2016

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This month we review a recent Second Circuit decision addressing ERISA plan status as a class member in a securities shareholder class action. As discussed in the article, the decision exposes a potential conflict among the...more

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DOL’s Persuader Advice Exemption Rule Blocked

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On November 16th, Texas federal judge Sam R. Cummings granted Summary Judgment to several business groups, joined by Texas and nine other states, seeking to block enforcement of the U. S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Permanent Pause to Persuader Rule: Texas Court Issues Permanent Nationwide Injunction

On November 16, 2016, in National Federation of Independent Business v. Perez, No. 5:16-cv-00066, a federal judge in Texas issued a permanent injunction preventing the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) from enforcing its new...more

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Court Permanently Blocks DOL's Persuader Rule

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To the relief of many employers that rely on third parties to provide labor advice and services, a Texas federal court has permanently blocked a rule that would have required them to make certain disclosures about their...more

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