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KM&M is pleased to announce that Kevin D. Ellman has joined the firm as Of Counsel in its entertainment labor practice. With more than two decades of experience in labor relations and business and legal affairs within the...

Amendments to New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) are set to take effect on February 22, 2026. These amendments establish new safe and sick leave obligations for employers in New York City while reducing...

On December 19, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Trapped at Work Act, a new law that prohibits employers from requiring workers to agree to “employment promissory notes” as a condition of employment. This...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released new guidance clarifying that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects American workers from national origin discrimination, just as it protects...

The Trump Administration has formally launched the Trump Gold Card, a new immigration pathway offering U.S. residency for qualifying foreign nationals. The program went live on December 10, 2025, with applications now being...

KM&M is proud to announce that Dan Stone has joined the firm as a partner in our Los Angeles office. With more than 16 years of experience across entertainment, media, technology, sports, and labor and employment law, Mr....

Starting October 30, 2025, DHS implemented an interim final rule ending the automatic 540-day extension of employment authorization for certain foreign workers who file a renewal of their employment authorization document...

On September 19, 2025, the President issued a Proclamation titled “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers,” described by the Administration as an initial step to reform the H-1B program. Effective 12:01 a.m....

California and New York have recently enacted similar laws that give the states’ respective Public Employment Relations Boards (PERBs) the authority to handle unfair labor practice charges filed by workers and their unions....

On September 18, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a Memorandum Opinion stating that, “situational telework can and should be used as a form of religious accommodation,” in the federal workforce....