Whether you are a residential rental property owner or a tenant, odds are at some point you are going to encounter a rental inspection ordinance.
Following the housing market crash in 2008, rental inspection ordinances grew in…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Residential
Updates regarding the H-1B lottery, restrictions for visa appointment waivers and additional requirements for naturalization are included in the latest edition of the Immigration Insider.
No Additional H-1B Lottery for FY2026-…
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/ Immigration Law
Question: I am selling my practice and plan to become employed by the buyer for a year following the closing. I expect that I will have to agree to a covenant not to compete.
This article originally appeared in the August…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law, Mergers & Acquisitions
On June 11, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice issued an internal memorandum on Civil Division enforcement priorities that included denaturalization as a top 5 priority.
The priorities laid out in the DOJ internal memorandum…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law on July 4, 2025. As part of the OBBBA, Congress has recharged and permanently extended the tax benefits offered by the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ)…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
Tariffs to the left of me, uncertainty to the right. To paraphrase the 1970’s rock song, an owner of a distressed business must feel stuck in the middle in a world of shifting governmental policies and an ever-changing economic…
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/ Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
Last year, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a Final Rule to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to protect…
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/ Health, Privacy
The Michigan Supreme Court recently declined to weigh in on an important question about whether the state’s cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits violates the Michigan Constitution. (In re Certified…
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/ Civil Remedies, Constitutional Law, Professional Malpractice
Many employers unknowingly classify employees as exempt from overtime pay or fail to correctly calculate wages and, in some cases, entitlement to unpaid leave time. This can result in significant liability under the Fair Labor…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Six months into the new Trump administration, it is clear that the EEOC is concentrating its efforts on religious discrimination in the workplace.
Since President Trump’s inauguration, 25% of the new lawsuits or enforcement…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
From the U.S. Supreme Court to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, courts have issued rulings that clarify — and in some cases, reshape — key aspects of labor and employment law…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), finalized and signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025, makes several key changes that impact employers, benefit plan sponsors and plan administrators…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
In real estate transactions, one of the most important documents a seller will execute is the “Owner’s Affidavit” (also sometimes called a “Seller’s Affidavit” or “Affidavit of Title”). Often, purchase agreements require the…
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/ Construction Law, Insurance, Real Estate - Commercial
Question: Last year we heard that the Federal Trade Commission was going to ban covenants not to compete. It was a big deal at the time. Nothing has been said about this in months. Is this still going to happen? If so,…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law
What once seemed like temporary disruptions have become a persistent reality, challenging financial forecasts and threatening operational stability. Meticulous planning can be undone overnight by a single supplier’s inability to…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts
