Senate Continues Work on “Big Beautiful Bill.” Republicans in the U.S. Senate continued to move forward this week with their version of the “Big Beautiful Bill.” They face significant—and complicated—procedural and political hurdles if they are to meet their…

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• The DOJ’s Civil Division will use the False Claims Act to pursue entities that receive federal funds but knowingly violate civil rights laws, as part of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative.
• The Civil Division will prioritize investigations

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• EB-1. China advances one week (to November 15, 2022); India holds at February 15, 2022; all other countries remain current.
• EB-2. China advances two weeks (to December 15, 2020); India holds at January 1, 2013; no movement for

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• The Supreme Court ruled that a retired firefighter with Parkinson’s disease could not bring claims under the ADA regarding changes to her post-employment health benefits.
• The Court held that Title I of the ADA requires plaintiffs to have

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• A federal judge approved a historic $2.8 billion settlement allowing college athletes to receive direct revenue sharing from their schools, fundamentally changing the landscape of college athletics.
• The settlement requires the NCAA and Power Five Conferences to pay

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• Washington State’s HB 1213 expands job protection rights under the state’s paid family and medical leave program.
• The amended leave program reduces the minimum increment of time off from eight consecutive hours to four consecutive hours.
• HB 1213

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• The Supreme Court held that “Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and satisfies rational basis review.”
• The Court reasoned that

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