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LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Immigration Practice
The Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) has commenced verification of information contained in nonimmigrant visa petitions received from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The pilot program verifies information related to the ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Immigration Practice
Under the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (TPA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will require travelers from Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries to pay operational and travel promotion fees when applying for ESTA begi... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Immigration Practice
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its September 2010 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin sets out per country priority date cutoffs that regulate the flow of adjustment of status (AOS) and consular immigrant visa appli... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
Over the last few weeks, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed into law two bills that are likely to have a significant impact on employers within the state. The first amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act by... more
Morgan Lewis Title | White Paper
Thomas Linthorst, Sarah Bouchard
The Wall Street Reform Act dramatically changes the employer-employee landscape, significantly expanding government oversight and regulation of the workplace for employers in the financial services industry and public companies.
Outside Publication | Article
Christopher Hitchins, Fiona McGuinness, Ashley Brown
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
On July 27, in Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. v. Botticella , the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the issuance of a preliminary injunction preventing the former Bimbo Bakeries vice president of operations for California, Chr... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Christopher Hitchins, Matthew Howse, Rachel Ashwood
The UK government has today announced proposals to abolish the UK's Default Retirement Age (DRA) of 65. The proposals are subject to a consultation process; if implemented as set out in the consultation document, the DRA would ... more
Outside Publication | Article
Christopher Hitchins, Ashley Brown
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
On July 20, the White House made a strong push for the Senate to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act (the Act), which the House approved in January 2009 in a 256-163 vote. In written remarks, President Obama thanked the House for it... more
Outside Publication | Article
Elizabeth Windsor
LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Immigration Practice
On July 22, 2010, the Department of Homeland Security will publish a Final Rule that regulates how employers may use electronic systems to complete and to store their I-9 Forms. The Final Rule will take effect on August 22, 2010.... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Financial Regulatory Reform LawFlash
Thomas Linthorst, Sarah Bouchard
The newly passed Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will be signed into law this week, strengthening the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and creating several new whistleblower programs.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Immigration Practice
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its August 2010 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin sets out per country priority date cutoffs that regulate the flow of adjustment of status (AOS) and consular immigrant visa applicat... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
On June 29, House and Senate Democrats released a summary and new discussion draft of the Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010 (MSHA legislation). In addition to expected major mine safety reforms, the discussion draft incorpora... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
On July 1, the New York Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 decision in Hoffman v. Parade Publications , clarified the extraterritorial reach of the New York City and State Human Rights Laws. The court held that nonresident plaintiffs ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
A previous Morgan Lewis LawFlash, “New Jersey Employers Face New Questions Over Employee Marijuana Use” (January 10, 2010), reported that the New Jersey Legislature had passed the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana... more
Outside Publication | Article
Rachel Ashwood, Ashley Brown
LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Rachel Ashwood, Christopher Hitchins
Earlier this week the UK government announced controversial new plans to place a cap on the number of migrant workers from outside Europe entering the United Kingdom. This is just one of various measures being proposed to scale... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
On June 22, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) significantly increased the number of employees who will be eligible to take Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave to care for a child, by broadening the definition of who const... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
Employers are increasingly entering into mandatory arbitration agreements with individual employees, requiring that employment disputes be resolved by an arbitrator rather than in court. These agreements often contain class and... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
In New Process Steel, L.P. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. , No. 08-1457, decided June 17, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Section 3(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act requires that the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) ma... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | eData LawFlash
eData Practice
In a much-anticipated opinion in the Quon matter, on June 17 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to set precedent on broad issues of employee privacy expectations in workplace communications. Instead, the unanimous Court ruled na... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
Miami-Dade County, Florida has amended its recently enacted Wage Theft Ordinance to redefine the “reasonable time” for the payment of wages. The ordinance now requires employers to pay wages to employees within 14 d... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Immigration Practice
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its July 2010 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin sets out per country priority date cutoffs that regulate the flow of adjustment of status (AOS) and consular immigrant visa applicatio... more