UPDATE ON H-2B VISA AVAILABILITY
7/17/17
By: Kenneth S. Levine
The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security announced on June 17th an expansion of the H-2B visa quota. DHS Secretary Kelly, pursuant to his departmental authority, designated an additional 15,000 H-2B visas on top of …
Governor Deal Signs House Bill 146 Firefighter Cancer Insurance Coverage
7/14/17
By: Pamela F. Everett
On May 4, 2017, Governor Deal signed House Bill 146 to amend Georgia Code Section 25-3-23 to provide cancer insurance coverage to fire fighters. This Bill, which becomes effective January 1, 2018, requires that all Georgia …
Will the Georgia Supreme Court Accept this Rehearsal Dinner Invitation?
7/14/17
By: Jake Carroll
On June 30, 2017, the Georgia Court of Appeals released a divided opinion addressing the sufficiency of evidence needed to sustain a claim for food poisoning. The case arises out of a BBQ style rehearsal dinner (…
Unions Cry “Foul” Over North Carolina Legislative Action
7/12/17
By: Paul H. Derrick
The North Carolina legislature has passed a measure that has union leaders up in arms. The Farm Act of 2017 contains two provisions that the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), the only farmworker union in the …
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Tempur Sealy and Aptos for Payment Card Data Breach
7/12/17
By: Agne Krutules
A putative consumer class action lawsuit arising from a large data breach was recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against Tempur Sealy International, Inc. and Aptos, Inc.
Tempur Sealy is …
UPDATE ON THE FOREIGN ENTREPRENEURS RULE
7/12/17
By: Kenneth S. Levine
In an official memo issued on July 10th the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a delay in the implementation of the “International Entrepreneurs Rule” until March 14, 2018. This rule provided foreign nationals an …
Justice Thomas Issues a Qualified Challenge to the Court’s Qualified Immunity Jurisprudence
7/6/17
By: Matthew Weiss
On June 19, the United States Supreme Court in Ziglar v. Abbasi, No. 15-1358 (June 19, 2017), declined to provide a federal Bivens action for constitutional violations arising from the detention of six foreign nationals in …
Philadelphia Court Granted Summary Judgment in $18 Million Legal Malpractice Case Rooted in the WorldCom Bankruptcy
7/6/17
By: Erin Lamb
A blast from the dot-com bubble past took some of its final breaths in a Philadelphia courtroom recently, when a judge granted summary judgment in a legal malpractice action with its roots in the 2002 bankruptcy of …