By: Dawn M. Lurie, Alexander J. Madrak, and Selene Malench* Updates at a Glance: Temporary Protected Status (TPS) El Salvador: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its TPS […]
Timeline of Efforts To Keep Hip Hop Lyrics Out of Court
When Maryland lawmakers passed new legislation restricting how rap can be used in criminal cases, it was the latest victory in a five-year effort to limit a practice […]
Supreme Court Considers Emotional Distress Damages Under Title VI and Related Statutes in Cummings v. Premier Rehab
On November 30, 2021, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., U.S., No. 20-219, which raises the question of whether emotional distress […]
California Supreme Court Upholds Worker-Friendly Evidentiary Standard for Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
Whistleblower retaliation claims brought under California Labor Code section 1102.5 should be evaluated using the evidentiary standard set forth in Labor Code section 1102.6, rather than the more […]
Supreme Court Holds that Emotional Distress Damages Are Unavailable Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Affordable Care Act
On April 28, 2022, in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., 596 U.S. __(2022), the Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that emotional distress damages are not […]
California Supreme Court Reviews CEQA Exemption Scope in Sunflower Alliance Case | Nossaman LLP
On April 6, 2026, the California Supreme Court heard oral argument in Sunflower Alliance v. California Department of Conservation (Case No. S287414). The case addresses two key California […]
Illinois Federal Court Holds Exclusions Preclude General Liability and E&O Coverage for Wrongful Death Suit | Carlton Fields
In Everest Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Kates Detective & Security Services Agency Inc., a federal court, applying Illinois law, held that an insurer had no duty to defend […]
Florida Appeals Court Rejects Rules Protecting Physician Dispensing in Workers’ Compensation Cases | Akerman LLP – Health Law Rx
A recent decision by Florida’s First District Court of Appeal (DCA) has significant implications for physicians and other practitioners who dispense medications to injured workers. In Publix Super […]
DOJ and EEOC Ask Supreme Court to Clarify What Employment Actions Can Be the Basis for a Title VII Discrimination Suit
On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis on the limited question of if “Title VII prohibit[s] discrimination in transfer […]
Supreme Court Clarifies Undue Hardship Test for Religious Accommodation Requests
On June 29, 2023, a unanimous Supreme Court held in Groff v. DeJoy that Title VII requires an employer who denies a religious accommodation to an employee to […]