In what some might consider a parting gift from the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of State revised the J-1 Exchange Visitor Skills List, resulting in removal of foreign nationals from more than thirty countries. …
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law, Immigration Law
Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va., Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) have reintroduced S. 347 as The Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025. According to an…
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/ Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Immigration was a hot topic throughout the 2024 Presidential campaign, and President Trump continued to keep the issue top of mind on his first day in office by issuing several immigration-related executive orders. While the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently announced plans for the 2026 Fiscal Year H-1B lottery. The FY2026 H-1B lottery registration period will open at 12:00 p.m. EST on March 7, 2025, and close at 12:00 p.m…
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/ Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
On September 30, 2024, a federal district court in the Middle District of Florida dismissed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) on the basis that the FCA’s qui tam provision – which allowed individuals to sue on…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Contracting
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“Order”). That Order, among other things, revoked Executive Order 11246, giving federal…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
Insurance Marketing Coalition, Ltd. v. Federal Communications Commissions, No. 24-10277, 2025 WL 289152 (11th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025) -
“At bottom, the FCC has ‘decreed a duty on [lead generators] that the statute does not…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
Our friends at Chicago Title Insurance Agency have shared information regarding a new rule applicable to non-financed residential real estate transfers in which the purchaser is an entity or trust…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
For the first time since NCAA Division I football student-athletes have had the opportunity to transfer schools, the winter window to enter the portal was reduced to 20 days from 30 days. The portal officially opened on December…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Education Law
Every health care provider has “credit balances,” which occur when a provider receives more money than it is owed for services rendered. Credit balances can be caused by a number of factors, including incorrect coding, duplicate…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Health, Insurance
What happened now?
On December 26, 2024, and only three days after lifting the nationwide injunction pending appeal, the merits panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated a nationwide injunction…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
If your business is one of the lucky ones that has not yet had to address the requirements of the various consumer privacy laws across the country, it is once again time to check whether your status has changed. Eight more…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy
On November 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued the Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (Nursing Facility ICPG). This…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Health
On December 11, 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court sent a clear message to home developers/builders – an arbitration clause that also contains a provision that violates a statute and/or South Carolina public policy may…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Real Estate - Residential
Foreign nationals often plan international travel during the holidays. As a result, it is one of the busiest times of year for visa processing at U.S. Consulates and Embassies. Here are a few helpful considerations to make…
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/ Immigration Law, International Law & Trade, Labor & Employment Law