Everything Compliance: Episode 146, The Holiday Season Edition
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How Might the Trump Administration Transform FDA Enforcement Activities?
DOGE Part 2: What will it do?
False Claims Act Insights - Swamp Things: A Post-Election Look at DOJ’s False Claims Act Enforcement, Part I
DOGE: What exactly is it and how will it work?
Insights on the Trump Administration's Agriculture and Food Policy Priorities
What Financial Services Companies Need to Know in a Second Trump Administration — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Podcast - Defense Dynamics: Navigating the Post-Election Landscape for the National Security Sector, Part 2
The Labor Law Insider - Elections Have Consequences: Labor Law Changes Anticipated Under Trump Administration, Part II
The Congressional Review Act – A Critical Tool for the New Administration
AI Post-Election – Initial Government Insights
Employment Law Now VIII-155 - The Trump 2.0 Impact on Labor and Employment Law
#WorkforceWednesday®: Biden’s Final Labor Moves - Employment Law This Week®
Health Policy Update: Impact of the 2024 U.S. Elections – Diagnosing Health Care
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: The Trump Administration’s Expected Impact on Enforcement and Compliance
The Labor Law Insider - Elections Have Consequences: Labor Law Changes Anticipated Under Trump Administration, Part I
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 21: The 2024 U.S. Election’s Impact on ESG Regulations
Environmental and Sustainability Regulations & the New Administration
Everything Compliance: Episode 145, 8 Years Later: the Second Trump Administration
Election Roundup: How a Trump Administration Could Shape the Oil and Gas Landscape
Our firm has provided general perspectives on what employers can expect under the next Trump administration – but we are delving into core issues and opportunities for tech employers. Everyone expects President Trump and his...more
Although the Biden Administration has taken steps to maintain H-4 EADs for spouses of highly skilled H-1B workers, the program is still in jeopardy. Now, the Biden Administration is representing the Department of Homeland...more
Administration Debuts Infrastructure Package. Just weeks after enacting the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, the Biden administration this week unveiled the American Jobs Plan - its $2.3 trillion infrastructure...more
President Joe Biden has revoked the immigrant visa ban because he believes it did not advance the interests of the United States, but instead harmed United States industries, families, and diversity immigrant visa lottery...more
On January 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew its proposed rule that sought to eliminate the H-4 employment authorization document (EAD) program for eligible spouses of H-1B workers. The...more
On January 8, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published a final rule that would dramatically change how H-1B cap petitions are selected in the annual “lottery.” Under this final rule, the current random...more
The Trump Administration announced on January 12, 2021 that it has promulgated a new, final rule that will significantly increase the wages that must be paid to holders of H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, though the...more
On January 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule that significantly alters the longstanding randomized lottery process that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has...more
US President Donald Trump has extended the entry ban on H-1B, H-2B, L-1, and specific J-1 statuses as well as certain immigrant entries through March 31, 2021. The original proclamations were set to expire on December 31,...more
On March 1, 2021, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will open up the electronic registration process for cab-subject H-1B petitions, including those filed for the advanced degree exemption. The...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
The third ruling against the Trump administration’s H-1B wage rule is in, and once again, the policy that would raise required salaries for foreign workers on high-skilled visas has been struck down. Purdue University, et...more
Key Points - DHS and DOL Interim Final Rules on H-1B visas and prevailing wage levels have been struck down by the Court. - Definition of “specialty occupation” and rules for third-party placement of H-1B employees...more
In a major blow to the Trump administration, a federal court recently struck down two immigration rules that would limit the ability of skilled foreign workers to obtain H-1B visas. In a December 1 ruling, the U.S. District...more
During the past four years, the Trump administration has sought to substantially reduce the availability of the H-1B visa program, a visa used by U.S. employers to sponsor temporary workers in a variety of high skilled,...more
The courts dealt another blow to the Trump administration's continued efforts to restrict immigration this week, providing relief for companies looking to fill and retain critical positions with foreign talent. On Tuesday,...more
In Chamber of Commerce, et al., v. DHS, et al., the U.S. District Court in California has set aside an interim final rule significantly altering prevailing wages to be paid to certain temporary and permanent foreign workers...more
On Dec. 1, the United States District Court in the Northern District of California set aside two Interim Final Rules affecting the H-1B program, holding that the Rules were promulgated in violation of the Administrative...more
On December 1, 2020, a U.S. Federal District Court in California set aside the two Interim Final Rules announced in October by the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”). ...more
In a much-anticipated decision, on December 1, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of business and university plaintiffs (led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce), setting aside...more
In October, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued two interim final rules that would negatively, and significantly, impact how H-1B nonimmigrant “specialty occupation” visa...more
Judge Jeffrey S. White of the District Court for the Northern District of California on December 1, 2020, set aside two new rules promulgated by the Trump Administration aimed at significantly curtailing the H-1B visa program...more
On October 8, 2020, the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security issued interim final rules changing the regulations governing the H-1B visa program. These rules sought to restrict access to H-1B visas by redefining the...more
While the U.S. presidential election has come to an end, we continue to monitor changes in the Trump administration’s handling of ongoing agency immigration reforms through the end of 2020 and into early 2021 that may impact...more
One of the parlor games that labor and employment specialists engage in is to try to guess what a new and incoming administration will mean for our area of practice. And no doubt, we will be doing that during the next couple...more