On November 15, 2024, a United States Eastern District Court in Texas struck down a 2024 Department of Labor (DOL) rule that would have...

On August 20, 2024, Northern District of Texas Judge Ada Brown barred the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning non-competes...

On February 27, 2024, U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division blocked enforcement of...

In October 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule that lowered the standard for companies to qualify as joint...

On November 8, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law an amendment to the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act (the Act)...

Most Texas employers are likely already familiar with Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA-39 that prohibits state and local...

The Texas Legislature has been quite busy over the most recent regular and two specially-called legislative sessions. It adjourned its...

On July 6, 2021, we released a blog post on Texas’ new sexual harassment laws, which became effective September 1, 2021. These laws...

On August 11, 2021, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins issued an order requiring masks in Dallas County businesses, schools, and county...

The effects of the #MeToo movement for employers continue with Governor Abbott recently signing two new bills into law (effective...

As states and localities lift COVID-19 restrictions, the business community continues to grapple with the interplay between the COVID-19...

The recent decline in COVID-19 infections has led numerous states to begin contemplating a roll‑back of mask mandates and related...