Federal Law News

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act SCOTUS

SCOTUS: Public School Children with Disabilities Can Get Compensatory Damages

Can public school children with disabilities sue their schools for violations of the federal antidiscrimination statutes and collect compensatory damages before exhausting their administrative remedies under the Individuals...

Unlawful Severance Agreements Accountability NLRB

NLRB General Counsel Says Confidentiality, Nondisparagement Clause Decision Applies Retroactively

Rodolfo R. Agraz & Zachary V. Zagger

On March 22, 2023, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum clarifying the Board’s February 2023 decision that nondisparagement and confidentiality provisions in severance...

Executive Branch Update POTUS VPOTUS More

US Executive Branch Update: March 22, 2023

Stacy A. Swanson

This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases.

POTUS’ Schedule*

9:00 a.m. EDT – THE...

FCC NPRM Could Decimate Lead Generation Industry

“DIRECTLY” DISPUTED: Why One Word in the FCC’s New NPRM May Shut Down the Entire Lead Generation Industry

Eric J. Troutman

Yes, the Czar is a superhero now… big ups to Pesach Lattin for giving me the treatment here. Really cool.

Much has been said about the ...

Second Circuit Affirms Visa Mastercard Class Action Settlement

Second Circuit Casts Doubt on Named Plaintiff Service Awards And Leaves Enforceability of Future Release For Another Day

Wystan M. Ackerman

Last week the Second Circuit issued a new decision affirming, with one exception, the approval of a $5.6 billion revised class action settlement in the long-running Visa/Mastercard antitrust litigation. (See...

Ninth Circuit Contractor Misclassification Lawsuit

Ninth Circuit Revives Claim That A.B. 5 Violates Equal Protection Clause

Samuel S. Hyde

Employers seeking to challenge California’s stringent independent contractor misclassification laws may have found an opening. On March 17, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that plaintiffs could proceed in their...

Ninth Circuit: Individualized Defenses and Class Certifications

Ninth Circuit Reiterates That Individualized Defenses Matter When Deciding Class Certification

Wystan M. Ackerman

A recent Ninth Circuit decision illustrates how defendants can use evidence on an individualized defense to potentially defeat class certification.

In ...

White House FY2024 Budget Real Estate Tax Proposals

Biden’s FY2024 Budget: Key Real Estate Tax Proposals

Gerret J. Baur & Martha J. Nahill Frahm

On March 9, 2023, President Biden released his FY2024 budget (the “FY2024 Budget”), and the U.S. Treasury released the so-called “Green Book," which provides details related to the revenue provisions in the FY2024 Budget. Given...

State Law News

State and Local Tax Legislation 2023 So Far

GeTtin' SALTy Episode 1| Q1 SALT Legislative Update: A Conversation with Morgan Scarborough of MultiState Associates [PODCAST]

Nikki E. Dobay

In the inaugural episode of GT’s state and local tax podcast – GeTtin’ SALTy – host Nikki Dobay is joined by Morgan Scarborough, VP of Tax Policy at MultiState Associates, to discuss legislative updates in the...

Georgia Senate Appropriations Committee FY24

Gold Dome Report – Committee Work Day

Stanley S. Jones, Jr. & Helen L. Sloat

¡Feliz Navidad! As one Senator said in a committee meeting on Wednesday. Indeed, it was Christmastime for many under the gold dome as committees took one last opportunity to create their own festive holiday trees full of...

Chicago Employers Must Complete Sexual Harassment Training By June

REMINDER: Chicago Employers Must Complete Sexual Harassment Prevention and Bystander Training by June 30, 2023

Steven J Pearlman & Alexandra S. Oxyer

On April 27,2022, the Chicago City Council passed SO2022-665, which broadened the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance (the “Ordinance”) and imposed new requirements on Chicago employers with respect to...

Judge Brown Texas Waters of the United States Case

Not so hard cases can also make bad law -- Deference to Agencies takes a hit in the Texas Waters of the United States Case

Jeffrey R. Porter

Sam Hess of Inside EPA points out that Judge Brown of Texas concluded that the United States Supreme Court's nearly forty year old precedent compelling the Judiciary to defer to Executive Branch interpretations of laws...

Paid Leave Oregon Employee Contributions

Unionized Oregon Employers Have Until March 31, 2023, to Collect Employee Contributions to Paid Leave Oregon

Florence Z. Mao & Rachel E. Timmins

Oregon employers with collective bargaining agreements (CBA) have until March 31, 2023, to begin deducting employee contributions to Paid Leave Oregon, the Paid Leave Oregon Advisory Committee ...