On Friday President Trump signed the SECURE Act into law. This changes the landscape of retirement by making it easier for small businesses to offer retirement plans for their employees. It also raises the minimum age of fund distribution for retirement to 72. The Act also makes it easier for new parents to remove funds [...]
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday added five new cases to be heard this spring. The consolidated cases of Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel cover the breadth of the “ministerial exemption” doctrine, which was created by the court and deals with employee hiring practices regarding church ministers. These cases [...]
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made a televised statement Thursday urging the House to move forward with the impeachment proceedings. She said, “The president leaves us no choice but to act, because he is trying to corrupt, once again, the election for his own benefit.” She urged the democratic leadership to draft the [...]
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera announced on Friday that Chile will hold a referendum on how to change the constitution. The referendum comes as a result of the protests that have been going on for weeks over the raised subway fare. Citizens will have the chance to vote on who will write the new constitution. They [...]
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper made two important changes to voter laws on Wednesday, vetoing Senate Bill 250 to remove foreign citizens from the rolls and signing Senate Bill 638 to restore Saturday early voting. Senate Bill 250 was intended to codify the common law requirement that jurors be US citizens and to share with [...]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit on Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of a Navy Reserve officer who was denied employment by Walmart. The DOJ claims that Walmart violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) when it denied Lindsey Hunger employment [...]
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera declared a state of emergency Friday amid nationwide protests. The protests began over a hike in subway prices, which has been defended by the president as a natural reaction to the rise of the dollar. The president has told the people of Chile that the government will look at the law [...]
