Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome six new shareholders to the firm’s Denver and Houston offices from Fisher Phillips ...

Assembly Bill (AB) No. 1961, which Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on September 30, 2026, expands California Code of Civil Procedure Section 527.8 to allow businesses to seek a TRO applying to ...

Twenty-eight states and Washington, D.C., require employers to provide time off for employees to vote. Many states also require time off for employees who serve as election officials or voting machine ...

In an effort to help plans address rising healthcare costs, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) permit employers to reward ...

The U.S. Department of State has temporarily paused immigrant visa interview appointments worldwide so its consular officers can undergo training on new public charge screening guidance—an assessment ...

The proposed rule describes DHS’s authority to establish and collect fees sufficient to recover the costs of providing immigration services. Historically, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...

Although NOAA forecasts a below-normal hurricane season—with a 55 percent chance of below-normal activity and only a 10 percent chance of above-normal activity—the outlook does not forecast how many ...

On September 19, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation imposing a one-time $100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions filed on or after September 21, 2025, for beneficiaries who would be approved ...

The letters, FLSA2026-9 and FLSA2026-10, are timely for employers managing hybrid and remote work arrangements, as well as those with field-based or dispatch workers who start their day at home. The ...

On May 7, 2026, the European Parliament, Council of the European Union, and the European Commission reached a provisional agreement on a proposal, the Digital Omnibus on AI, to amend parts of the EU ...

Don’t miss Ogletree Deakins’ 2027 Workplace Strategies seminar, which will be held May 5-7, 2027. This annual seminar is the premier event of its kind for sophisticated human resources professionals, ...

Under the bill, H.R. 5408/S. 844, once a prescribed time for bargaining (120 days) expires, government officials would impose nonreviewable contractual terms on the parties that will be binding for ...