The Illinois Supreme Court has issued an opinion in Carle Foundation v. Cunningham Township, the case involving the constitutionality of the statute granting hospitals a special property tax exemption. In remanding this case back to the circuit court, Illinois’ highest court declined […]
Supreme Court Refines Legal Standard for Special Education
March 24, 2017
Thirty-five years ago, in Board of Education of Hendricks Hudson District v. Rowley, the Supreme Court ruled that, under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, schools must provide students with an individualized education plan (IEP) “reasonably calculated to enable the […]
The National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel is an important position. The General Counsel is, among other things, the NLRB’s chief prosecutor and sets the Agency’s prosecutorial agenda. The GC is appointed by the President and must be confirmed by […]
Federal District Courts Block Second Version of the Trump Administration’s “Travel Ban”
March 16, 2017
In another setback to the current administration’s goal of more tightly regulating visa issuance and the entry of nationals of specific countries to the United States, a federal district court in Hawaii issued a nationwide Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) just […]
What is the American Health Care Act?
March 9, 2017
What We Know Late in the evening on March 6, 2017, the House Republican leadership introduced a budget reconciliation bill that repeals certain parts of the Affordable Care Act and offers new provisions that would affect employer-sponsored health coverage. The […]
On Monday morning, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating many of the travel and visa restrictions that he imposed on nationals of certain countries in his January 27th executive order. The new executive order revokes the prior order, but […]
The wait for a final resolution of the legal issues surrounding transgender students will be extended as the result of a decision today by the United State Supreme Court in the landmark case, Gloucester County School Bd. v. G.G. Following the Trump […]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will suspend premium processing services for all H-1B cases as of April 3. Premium processing requests will be accepted for petitions that are currently pending or that are filed before April […]