Data centers are critical infrastructure in today’s world, but they present unique and significant challenges for property tax valuation. Many jurisdictions have provided property tax incentives or abatements for newly built…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Science, Computers, & Technology, Taxation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The closely watched battle over “reverse discrimination” claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 concluded Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. The case…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Taxpayers seeking to contest real property tax values established by assessing jurisdictions across the country often have a short window of opportunity to contest their new valuation. The below map highlights some upcoming…
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/ Taxation
In the last legislative session, the Indiana General Assembly introduced and passed significant changes to Indiana’s business personal property tax regime. The changes in Indiana’s SB 1, along with subsequent amendments from…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
On the evening of June 4, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order that will prevent or limit the entry of nationals from specific countries. The restrictions will go into effect on June 9, 2025. Only…
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law, Immigration Law
On May 30, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court order staying the termination of the CHNV (Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan) humanitarian parole…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, a new enforcement strategy aimed at leveraging the False Claims Act to hold colleges, universities, government contractors, and…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The United States Supreme Court has granted the Trump Administration’s request to stay United States District Court Judge Beryl Howell’s order reinstating Gwynne Wilcox to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Cathy…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Washington law provides employees with the right to inspect their personnel file annually upon request. In April, the Washington legislature amended the personnel file access requirements. The updated law is effective July 27,…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
A Louisiana federal judge has ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to remove a portion of its final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) to the extent that the final rule includes…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Ohio Governor DeWine recently signed Substitute House Bill 15 (HB 15) which will become the law effective August 14, 2025. HB 15 contains many reforms related to public utilities including: (1) tax changes favorable to select…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Taxation
On May 16, 2025, Acting General Counsel (GC) William B. Cowen issued a memorandum addressing settlement agreements under the NLRA in a manner expected to remove material hurdles to negotiated resolutions. Acting GC Cowen’s…
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/ Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law
The United States Department of Justice recently announced that it would begin “vigorous enforcement” of the False Claims Act against recipients of federal funds for their use of diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
On March 1, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14224 designating English as the official language of the United States. Framed as a step toward national cohesion, the Order revoked a Clinton-era directive (Executive…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Kansas has recently joined the expanding list of jurisdictions to pass or introduce legislation related to restrictive covenants. Except this time, the legislation substantially modifies the state’s approach to restrictive…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
