On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the legislation commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” In follow up to our previous article, which discusses the bill as passed by the U.S. House of…
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/ Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
July 2, 2025 By: Christa Richer Cook On June 27, 2025, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced in a letter to federal contractors that they were invited to share information regarding their…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) has recently amended the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”) to incorporate New York state’s paid prenatal leave, while including its own requirements…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous decision in A. J. T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School Dist. No. 279 that changes the standard for students pursuing disability discrimination claims against schools under…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law
The European Union's (“EU”) Artificial Intelligence Act (the “AI Act” or “Act”), enacted in Aug. 2024, is the first comprehensive legal framework governing artificial intelligence having global reach. The Act aims to ensure that…
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/ Privacy, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) opened its EEO-1 filing platform on May 20, 2025. The deadline for employers to file their EEO-1 reports will be Tuesday, June 24, 2025…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
On June 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a presidential proclamation restricting the entry of foreign nationals from 19 countries into the United States, citing national security, public safety and immigration…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, International Law & Trade
The State of Oklahoma has a charter school law similar in many respects to New York’s Charter Schools Act. Like in New York, Oklahoma charter schools are authorized by a state board via charter agreements between the state and…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed federal reconciliation bill H.R. 1, commonly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which will now move to the U.S. Senate for consideration. While the U.S. Senate…
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New York State’s FY '26 budget is balancing precariously on a banana peel.
Although Governor Hochul finally approved the budget in May after a weekslong standoff with the legislature, the budget rests on assumptions that may…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Taxation
Administration Grants Welcome Reprieve From Certain NQTL Requirements -
Earlier this month, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury (the “Departments”) announced that for the foreseeable future they…
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Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature recently reached an agreement on a “bell-to-bell” smartphone ban in schools. This new legislation will take effect for the 2025-2026 school year and will apply to all schools in…
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On April 24, 2025, two U.S. District Courts issued Orders finding the U.S. Department of Education (DOE)’s Feb. 14, 2025 “Dear Colleague” Letter (DCL) to be unlawful and narrowly restricting the DOE’s enforcement of the DCL. The…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law
On May 8, 2025, the New York State Legislature passed the state’s budget legislation and, on May 9, 2025, Governor Hochul approved it. The legislation included several provisions that modified the New York State Education Law…
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law
On May 5, 2025, the Department of Education (ED) released a “Request for Institutions to Provide Repayment Information to Former Students to Prevent Defaults” (GEN-25-19). Noting that “only 38% of Direct Loan and Department-held…
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