On December 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the final version of the H-2 program modernization rule. The final rule amends DHS regulations for both H-2A (temporary agricultural workers) and H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers)....

Buried in Section 885 of the current draft of the National Defense Authorization Action (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 is a new attempt to figure out how to make unsuccessful bid protesters pay. As of this posting, the NDAA has not passed Congress or been signed by the President....

On December 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a lengthy opinion, vacated the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of Nasdaq’s board diversity rules in Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC.

On Dec. 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the government’s motion to stay an injunction previously issued by a federal district court in Texas in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland.