In recent weeks, nine large law firms have reached agreements designed to avoid or remove executive orders, issued or threatened by President Donald Trump, that endangered the firms' ability to ful...

Listen to this article A team of Hinckley Allen lawyers recently brought home a record-breaking $34.5 million settlement in a Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower retaliation suit. The plaintiff, Carl...

On April 10, the Cook County (Illinois) Board of Commissioners approved further revisions to the Cook County Commission on Human Rights’ regulations, implementing the county’s paid-leave ordinance...

Trump’s order calls for the creation of “Civil Service Rule XI,” requiring agencies to review and approve probationary employees before they become tenured. Drew Friedman@dfriedmanWFED April 25, 20...

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to all charges Friday in the federal case brought against him alleging he killed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, who has attracted a significant fa...

On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at eliminating enforcement of “disparate impact” discrimination claims, asserting that the disparate impact liability theory—used...

Takeaways Effective 07.01.25, a new amendment to Virginia’s non-compete law expands the definition of “low-wage” employees to include employees classified as non-exempt under the FLSA. The new de...

On 2 February 2025 the first deadlines under the EU AI Act took effect. This included the AI literacy provisions, responsibility for which will likely be with HR teams and the ban on prohibited AI ...