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The most visible construction project in America is back in the news with a federal appeals court affirming a preliminary injunction against above-ground construction on the new ballroom at the White House. The court found that the president had exceeded his authority by starting construction on public property without the necessary funding and approval from... Continue Reading… John Mark Goodman and Douglas L. Patin

On July 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Administrator issued two Opinion Letters. The letters focus on a common issue facing employers today: when travel involving nonexempt remote or hybrid employees must count as hours worked and thereby are compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Although Opinion Letters are not binding law, they explain how the Department of Labor construes the FLSA and therefore provide valuable guidance to employers. Importantly, when employers rely on opinion letters, in lawsuits asserting FLSA violations on the issues covered...

The first half of 2026 has been marked by new challenges for companies in areas as diverse as absenteeism management, artificial intelligence, pay transparency, and sustainable mobility. We have compiled the posts published so far this year, reviewing some of the issues that have dominated the legal and labor debate in recent months. Labor relations […] La entrada Absenteeism, artificial intelligence, mobility, and much more: seven months of current labor issues apareció primero en Labor and Employment Law - Garrigues.

A combination of regulatory developments and recent judicial criteria have opened different avenues to adjust the duration of exclusivity periods. In recent years, substantial changes have been made to the Intellectual Property System in Mexico, creating the possibility of modifying the term of patents related to pharmaceutical products. In this entry, we analyze three relevant […] La entrada Pathways to extend the term of pharmaceutical patents in Mexico apareció primero en Intellectual and Industrial Property Blog - Garrigues.

Last week the European Commission published long awaited draft guidance on classifying high-risk AI systems under Article 6 of the EU AI Act (the Guidance). The draft Guidance is currently open for public consultation until 23 June 2026.  The Guidance is aimed at providers, deployers and market surveillance authorities. It focuses exclusively on classification (i.e. whether a system is high‑risk), with further guidance on compliance obligations to follow. The guidelines were originally due to be published by 2 February 2026 and, as such, their arrival has been eagerly anticipated.&n...

Paraphrasing Whitesnake, “Here we go again on our own!” Michigan cannabis growers need no reminding that by this time last year, the Michigan House of Representatives had passed a road funding plan, and members were tripping over themselves to say it wouldn’t require any tax increases. At the eleventh hour, though, with the cannabis industry hanging on the promises of no new taxes, everything changed. The House threw a 24% wholesale tax on marijuana into a bill that didn’t even mention the industry, and, wasting no more time (not even a single committee hearing), rammed...

Two years ago, in Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC, the Eleventh Circuit upended decades’ worth of precedent by categorically forbidding incentive payments to class representatives in class action settlements. In the past month, however, the Second and Ninth Circuits have rejected the Eleventh Circuit’s NPAS decision, concluding that there is no automatic bar of incentive... Continue Reading