Mar 20, 2020 
Diane E. Metzger
Melanie Gurley Keeney
by Melanie Keeney & Diane Metzger As you know, many H-1B employees may be working remotely from their homes to help combat the spread of COVID-19. The applicable regulations require that notice be posted at the H-1B employee's physical worksite location(s),...
Mar 18, 2020 
Aigner S. Carr
Celynda L. Brasher
Elizabeth J. Mooney
James R. Layton
Kate L. Nash
Kylie S. Piatt
Laura E. Hemmer
Lisa J. Berns
Mandi D. Moutray
Margaret A. HesseMelanie Gurley Keeney
Michelle H. Basi
Veronica E. Potter
Frequently Asked Questions Coronavirus Pandemic Planning: Holding Legally Compliant Board Meetings During this Time of Uncertainty Below, we are listing answers or guidance we are providing in response to questions we have received relating to holding board meetings...
by Adam Henningsen The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a final rule to update its regulations interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the FLSA, an employee may have - in addition to his or her employer -...
Feb 14, 2020 Melanie Gurley Keeney
Update by Kristine Nazir On August 8, 2019, DHS issued a new policy that announced that foreign students would begin accumulating "unlawful presence" if any violation of status had occurred, whether known to the student or not. On May 3, 2019, in Guilford College et...
Feb 5, 2020 Melanie Gurley Keeney
by Kristine Nazir and Melanie Keeney On January 27, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily set aside the preliminary injunctions that prevented DHS"™ public charge rule from taking effect nationwide. This was the last of the three district court nationwide...
Jan 23, 2020 Elizabeth J. MooneyKate L. Nash
by Betsey Mooney and Kate Nash On Wednesday, January 16, 2020, the Department of Education published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the eligibility of faith-based institutions for departmental grants. This proposed rule is the official document outlining...
Jan 23, 2020 James R. Layton
by Jim Layton On average, the Court handed down its opinion 146 days after oral argument, consistent with the figures for the first and third quarters. But that average was measurably affected by two cases: City of Chesterfield v. State was handed down 468 days after...
Jan 21, 2020 James R. Layton
by Jim Layton "Most prolific" during the fourth quarter were three judges who each wrote five opinions. Judge Fischer wrote five opinions for the majority. Judge Wilson wrote four for the majority and one dissent. And Chief Justice Draper wrote just two for the...
Jan 16, 2020 James R. Layton
by Jim Layton The 4th quarter of 2019 saw the handing down of 19 opinions (excluding attorney discipline cases). That compares with 21 opinions in each of the 1st and 2nd quarter, and 13 in the 3rd quarter. Of the 19 opinions, just 2 were in criminal cases. Seven of...
Dec 10, 2019 Melanie Gurley Keeney
by Kristine Nazir and Melanie Keeney On December 6, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has completed a successful the pilot testing phase for the online H-1B lottery registration system. The new system will be implemented in the...
Nov 19, 2019 
Merry Rhoades
by Elizabeth Kelly and Merry Rhoades Last week, the Illinois General Assembly wrapped up its fall veto session. Notably, one of the items on the veto session agenda was HB 3586 "“ the new law from August 2019 impacting school districts and special education...
Nov 7, 2019 James R. Layton
By Jim Layton On average, the Court handed down its opinion 156 days after oral argument, returning to a figure close to the first quarter's 160-day turnaround. The fastest resolutions after argument were SC97599, Macke v. Patton, and SC97591, Mo. Coalition v. Clean...
