Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has approved significant revisions to California’s workplace first aid requirements for both construction and general industry. For general industry employers, the most notable change is the elimination of the longstanding
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, cannabis rescheduling cleared a courtroom hurdle. Michigan’s marijuana tax is the subject of discussion in the governor’s race. A
Amy Hoang breaks down the SBA’s proposed rule to change the size standards used to determine whether a company qualifies as small for federal contracting.
If you weren’t quite sure about the EU Cyber Resilience Act, this is what it does:
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) Regulation establishes mandatory cybersecurity requirements for “products with digital elements” (PDEs) that are placed on the EU market, in
Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Legislature concluded the second year of its 2024-2026 session on September 1, 2026, and sent the last of its approved bills to Governor Newsom for consideration. The Governor has until September 30 to approve or veto fewer
AI is changing the economics of employment litigation.
For employers defending claims under the Fair Work Act, the issue is not just that more self-represented applicants are using generative AI (which they are), or that the volume of claims is
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, a New Hampshire candidate for governor came out in favor of legal adult-use cannabis. The Nebraska Supreme Court gave
In this episode of Claims & Sustains, host Teddie Arnold breaks down the Justice Department’s newly released enforcement-priorities memo for its National Fraud Enforcement Division. We unpack what the Division actually is, why DOJ consolidated its tax, healthcare, and
Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL’s latest MHPAEA guidance gives plan sponsors a practical roadmap for where parity compliance reviews should focus next. Although the DOL has announced limited nonenforcement relief for certain portions of the 2024 Final Rule, the agency made
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador was set to expire on September 9, 2026. As of this writing, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has stated that “[a]n announcement on El Salvador’s TPS will be made at the appropriate
