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DHS Ends Automatic EAD Extensions: What Employers Need to Know Now
By: Dawn Lurie and Selene Malench* In a significant policy shift, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) in the Federal Register on […]
California 2025 Bill Signing Wrap Up: New Employment Laws
By: Kristina M. Launey and Catherine Feldman Seyfarth Synopsis: With Governor Newsom’s October 13 deadline to sign bills behind us, we review California’s new employment laws. The most notable among […]
Adam Levine Settles Lawsuit Over Hurricane Relief Instagram Post
Adam Levine has reached a settlement over supposedly unlicensed footage he posted to Instagram after Hurricane Dorian in 2019. A notice filed in federal court on Wednesday (Jan. […]
Employer’s Failure to Require Confidentiality Agreements Leads to Dismissal of Trade Secret Claims
On September 12, 2025, the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed an employer’s trade secret and fraud claims, finding that the employer […]
Minimizing OSHA Liabilities Through Psychological Safety
Employers with sophisticated safety programs implement overarching Safety and Health Management Systems (“SHMS”, also called Injury and Illness Prevention Plans and Accident Prevention Plans) to ensure that they […]
EEOC and DOJ Intensify Focus on Ensuring Non Discrimination Against Americans Based on their National Origin
By: Camille A. Olson, Andrew L. Scroggins, and Dawn M. Lurie This alert was first published as an update on November 24. Employers that include foreign talent as […]
TRAPped No More? Navigating California’s Stay-or-Pay Reform
By: Kristina Launey and Martha Gates Seyfarth Synopsis: As swashbuckling trick or treaters are donning their swords, and fearing getting trapped in a Halloween haunted house or corn […]
Ticketmaster Says FTC Lawsuit Over Concert Prices Must Be Dismissed
Live Nation and Ticketmaster want a judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit claiming the companies have enabled scalpers to jack up concert prices, calling it an […]
Supreme Court to Clarify Which Workers Can Avoid Arbitration
The Supreme Court will hear a decision examining the scope of an exemption from the Federal Arbitration Act with potentially significant ramifications. * * * On October 20, 2025, the […]