Bill Introduced to Speed Up Contract Negotiations Between Public Employers and Police and Fire Unions

The registration period for the annual immigrant visa (“green card”) lottery will close on November 30. Approximately 50,000 immigrant visas are available pursuant to the “Diversity Lottery.” Persons born in countries that have sent a large number of immigrants to the United States within the past five years are ineligible. This includes persons born in

On February 25, 2021, Wisconsin joined Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming in enacting a COVID-19 litigation shield law. Governor Tony Evers signed a bill providing entities broad immunity from “civil liability for the death of or injury to any individual or [for] damages caused by an act or omission resulting in or relating to exposure, directly or indirectly, to … COVID-19.”

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a ruling concerning the discharge of Michael Harris from his position with the City of Schertz, Texas, as the city marshal. In doing so, the Fifth Circuit gave a bit more clarity on the situations in which comments made by an employer or agent of an employer amount to discriminatory pretext.