As of December 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) will officially begin enhanced screening and vetting of those applying for an H-1B or H-4 visa at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad by reviewing the social media…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Privacy
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it has paused the adjudication of (1) all pending asylum applications regardless of the applicant’s country of citizenship or birth and (2) all pending…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed amendments to simplify its Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)(7) PFAS Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule, first released in 2023. Compliance deadlines have been…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Seven years after the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill and the ensuing proliferation of hemp-derived products, Congress has fundamentally rewritten the rules. On November 12, 2025, Congress passed–and the President signed into…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Conflict of Laws
As part of Shipman & Goodwin’s Manufacturing Month series, manufacturing attorney Alfredo Fernández spoke with Dr. Liang Zhang, Director of UConn’s Southern New England Industrial Training and Assessment Center, about the U.S…
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A key U.S. House committee has approved a spending bill that, if passed, would effectively prohibit all hemp-based consumable cannabinoid products that were legalized by the 2018 Farm Bill. This article summarizes the proposed…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Health
After an active (and long) session, on June 4, 2025, legislators approved modest changes to the cannabis statutes through HB7181, now Public Act 25-166 titled “An Act Concerning the Regulation of Tobacco, Cannabis, Hemp and…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Consumer Protection
On May 23, 2025, a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) administrative law judge held that a cannabis company violated the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) by laying off store associates without bargaining the impact…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
A key component of retaining workers for Connecticut’s manufacturers is employee benefits.
In addition to focusing on the business, manufacturers sponsoring benefit plans for their workers need to stay up-to-date of the…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
As cannabis laws and regulations evolve rapidly, our podcast series is here to help industry stakeholders, investors, and consumers stay informed and ahead of the curve. Each episode offers expert insight, real-world stories,…
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/ Business Organizations
On September 19, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation that restricts the entry of H-1B specialty occupation workers into the United States unless their H-1B petition was accompanied by, or is supplemented by,…
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/ Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
The National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) governs private sector labor relations in the United States. If there is a labor dispute between a private sector employer and an employee, then the National Labor Relations Board…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In its 2025 regular and special sessions, the General Assembly made a number of changes to the statutes that affect Connecticut taxes. This newsletter summarizes Connecticut tax legislation enacted, court decisions rendered, and…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
On September 9, 2025, Judge Myong J. Joun of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted Boston Children’s Hospital’s (“BCH”) motion to quash an administrative subpoena served by the Department of Justice…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Privacy
Two recent appellate arguments underscore the heightened judicial scrutiny facing the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) following the Supreme Court’s decision last summer, Loper Bright Enterprises Inc v. Raimondo. While…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
