by Adam Henningsen The National Labor Relations Board recently released a notice of proposed rulemaking addressing the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. Under the proposed rule, two or more employers would be...
by Mark Timmerman Every school year, high schools and colleges across the country hold voter registration drives for students who have reached the age of 18. In Missouri, two voter registration laws set to go in effect on August 28, 2022 pose new challenges to any...
by Mark Timmerman Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States released its opinion in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. In 2015, an assistant football coach named Joseph Kennedy, at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Washington, was reprimanded by District...
Jun 27, 2022 
Veronica E. Potter
by Veronica Potter On June 23, 2022 - on the 50th anniversary of Title IX - the Department of Education released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) with its proposed Title IX regulations. The proposed regulations were long awaited, as the plan to replace the...
May 5, 2022 
Diane E. Metzger
Laura E. Hemmer
Melanie Gurley Keeney
by Luke Phillips On May 4, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") published a Temporary Final Rule authorizing an increase of the automatic extension period applicable to expiring Employment Authorization Documents ("EADs") for certain renewal...
Mar 28, 2022 Diane E. MetzgerLaura E. HemmerMelanie Gurley Keeney
by Luke Phillips On March 18, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") announced that it is updating the guidance in its Policy Manual regarding what may be used as evidence of employment authorization for certain E and L nonimmigrant spouses. This...
Effective February 25, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) no longer requires the wearing of masks on buses or vans operated by public or private school systems, including early care and education/child care programs. However, school districts may still require people to wear masks on buses or vans at their discretion.
Jan 28, 2022 
James R. Layton
by Jim Layton In a suit brought by parents of children with serious disabilities, the St. Louis-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld an injunction against an Iowa law barring mask mandates in public schools. The court held that "mask requirements...
Jan 3, 2022 Diane E. MetzgerLaura E. HemmerMelanie Gurley Keeney
by Luke Phillips For certain nonimmigrant visa applicants with approved petitions, the U.S. Department of State ("DOS") has extended authorization for consular officers to waive interviews through December 31, 2022. The extension of authorization applies to...
Jan 3, 2022 Diane E. MetzgerLaura E. HemmerMelanie Gurley Keeney
by Luke Phillips U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") has announced that healthcare workers with a pending Employment Authorization Document ("EAD") renewal application (i.e., Form I-765), and whose EAD is expired or expires in 30 days or less, are now...
Dec 20, 2021 Diane E. MetzgerLaura E. HemmerMelanie Gurley Keeney
by Luke Phillips On December 15, 2021, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension of the flexibility policy regarding the in-person verification of identity and employment eligibility documentation for Form I-9, Employment Eligibility...
Dec 1, 2021 Diane E. MetzgerLaura E. HemmerMelanie Gurley Keeney
by Luke Phillips With the COVID-19 Omicron variant emergent, President Biden issued a Presidential Proclamation suspending the entry of individuals who were physically present within South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, or Zimbabwe...
