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Post on May 18, 2017
On April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an en banc decision that was the first of its kind, holding that workplace discrimination that is based on sexual orientation violates the dictates of Title......
Post on May 18, 2017
The National Labor Relations Board’s defi nition of what constitutes a “joint employer,” as expanded in the 2015 case Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc., faced intense scrutiny during oral argument of......
Post on Apr. 27, 2017
New California legislation affecting public works contractors was adopted pursuant to Assembly Bill 626, sponsored by the Union Trade Contractors Association of California and endorsed by various trade and contractor......
Post on Apr. 25, 2017
Yesterday, February 16, 2017, media outlets reported a nationwide strike by immigrants and businesses referred to as “A Day Without Immigrants”. The protest, organized largely through social media, was a response by......
Post on Apr. 25, 2017
Eight years after completion of the wharf project, Zachry and the Port of Houston continue to slug it out in the appellate courts and continue to refi ne Texas construction law along the way. In the latest appellate......
Post on Apr. 25, 2017
On September 29, 2016, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in McLane Co. Inc. v. EEOC, case number 15-1248, a case that asks the Court to resolve a split in the Circuit Courts of Appeals on the......
Post on Feb. 15, 2017
The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) has proposed amendments to federal lease accounting standards found within Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standard (SFFAS) 5, ‘Accounting of......
Post on Dec. 21, 2016
Who is responsible for defective design under Texas law? The contractor, under Lonergan? The owner, under Spearin? A recent Fifth Circuit decision suggests that in some cases this might be the wrong......
Post on Dec. 21, 2016
As an update to our prior alert, on November 16, 2016, a federal judge in Texas issued a permanent injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) “persuader rule” - a preliminary injunction had......
Post on Dec. 21, 2016
On September 28, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, issued a new rule that bans federal funding to any nursing home that......
