On August 11, 2025, the Supreme Court of California ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not preempt a state statute requiring employers to timely pay arbitration fees or forfeit the ...

Derivatives exchange and prediction market KalshiEX LLC (Kalshi) was handed a litigation setback in defending its sports event contract offerings in federal court against claims brought by the State ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently updated its policy manual, effective August 15, 2025, revising how to calculate age under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) for ...

Treasury and the IRS today released guidance, Notice 2025-42 (the “Notice”), regarding what constitutes beginning of construction for solar and wind energy projects with respect to the production tax ...

A federal judge in Michigan last week rejected a contractor’s efforts to avoid a jury trial this fall in its dispute with the ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently held that an employer will be liable for a customer’s harassment of an employee only when it intends for such harassment to occur. This ruling ...

Since the end of the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) exceptions in 2023, states have continued to re-evaluate the broad ...

On August 13, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intent to issue notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) totaling nearly $1 billion to support enhancing and expanding technologies for ...

Hours after being inaugurated for his second term, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order entitled Unleashing American Energy. The Executive Order broadly states that it is the policy of ...

On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it will no longer enforce a 2024 rule on determining independent contractor status. Quick Hits ...

On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued a proposed rule that would allow ...

On August 7, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order titled “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking” ...