The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has launched a dedicated website consolidating most of its resources on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into one location:…
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/ Environmental Law
Following a statewide inspection of more than 200 medical spas (commonly referred to as “med spas”), the New York Department of State (the “DOS”) issued a Consumer Alert on January 8, 2026, warning about risks associated with…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health
New York State entered 2025 with a major reconfiguration of its freshwater wetlands regulations. As of January 1, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) implemented updated Freshwater Wetlands Act…
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/ Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use, Real Estate - Residential
On October 16, 2025, the federal Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the United District Court for the Southern District of Alabama’s decision to grant an employer’s motion for summary judgment in a matter…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Just one day after the USPTO issued proposed rules limiting the availability of inter partes review when the claims might be subject to repeated consideration after issuance, Director John Squires published an open letter…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
The relevant words that will determine the answer to this question are “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” These words appear in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and are the qualifying phrase relating to…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Many developers know that performing a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) prior to purchasing real property is a smart idea. But what exactly is a Phase I ESA? What protections does it provide? And how can it save…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Commercial
Two recent cases from the North Carolina and Georgia Courts of Appeals highlight the evolving legal risks associated with stormwater runoff at construction sites for developers, property owners, contractors, and engineers. These…
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/ Construction Law, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Business visitor status allows foreign nationals to enter the United States for specific business-related activities temporarily. These activities may include consulting with business associates; attending scientific,…
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/ Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
In a world where it is far too easy to click ‘Record’, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel William Cowen has pressed ‘Delete’ on a party’s ability to secretly record a collective bargaining session. In a…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
On June 12, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch, clarifying the jurisdictional boundaries of the U.S. Tax Court in Collection Due Process (CDP) appeals…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Taxation
In the years since COVID-19 shut down the country, many businesses applied for the Congressionally-authorized Employee Retention Credit (ERC), a valuable relief program created during the pandemic to support businesses who kept…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order that is intended to limit employees' and applicants' abilities to use the disparate impact theory of liability to establish violations of the Civil Rights Act…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In 2008, then-President Barack Obama famously said, “Elections have consequences.” Seventeen years later that statement is still true. A change in administration at either the federal or state government level ushers in new…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
Trying to grow and develop as an athlete is challenging in so many ways — and no one wants to be limited in how, where or whether they can participate in their sport internationally.
When an athlete is playing with a team,…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Immigration Law
