The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 58 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: IRS Investigations
Emerging Risks & Opportunities: Navigating Environmental & Sustainability Regulations During the First 100 Days
First 60 Days of the Trump Administration: Food and Agriculture Policy
Compliance into the Weeds: Global Anti-Corruption Leadership
Business Better Podcast: Manufacturing Moment - Manufacturers’ Priorities for the New Administration
State AG Pulse | DEI in the Federal and State Spotlight
The Labor Law Insider: What's Next for Labor Law Under the Trump Administration, Part II
The Regulatory Situation After the Trump Executive Orders Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 40: Federal Contractors Under the 2nd Trump Administration with Joan Moore & Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 18 - The Reshaping of ESG & DEI
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 39: Best Practices for Conducting RIFs and Layoffs with Jennifer Wheeler of Maynard Nexsen
#WorkforceWednesday®: Should Employers Shift Workforce Data Collection Under President Trump? - Employment Law This Week®
When DE&I Are Under Attack: On Record PR
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 38: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) with John Holmes of Maynard Nexsen
AGG Talks: Solving Employers’ Problems Podcast - Episode 5: What Employers Need to Know About DEI Policy Changes Under the Trump Administration
#WorkforceWednesday®: Workplace Law Shake-Up - DEI Challenges, NLRB Reversals, and EEOC Actions - Employment Law This Week®
Recruitment in a Changing Federal Landscape
False Claims Act Insights - Can DE&I Initiatives Lead to Potential False Claims Act Liability?
The Labor Law Insider: What's Next for Labor Law Under the Trump Administration, Part I
7 Key Takeaways | The Changing Landscape of Federal Funding in the Trump Administration
The ever-changing landscape of employment-based immigration continues to pose challenges for U.S. employers. With increased scrutiny on foreign national workers, compliance audits, and evolving nonimmigrant visa policies,...more
The breakneck speed with which the new Trump administration has implemented changes to the nation’s immigration policy and various federal government agencies has certainly caused confusion for many employers. No industry has...more
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has issued significant executive orders concerning artificial intelligence (AI) that may influence immigration pathways for professionals in AI and related fields...more
2025年1月20日，特朗普政府发布了多项与移民相关的行政命令，重点涉及边境安全、人道主义计划的撤回、对签证申请人的审查升级，以及试图终止出生公民权。此外，拜登总统发布的多项行政命令被废除。以下我们将讨论这些命令对拥有外籍员工的雇主产生的一些主要影响。...more
This article summarizes key take-aways from our December 3, 2024 webinar titled Business Immigration – What to Expect Under a Second Trump Administration. We focused on what the first Trump Administration proposed or enacted,...more
President Donald Trump's return to the Oval Office is expected to reshape U.S. policies related to immigration. Many of those changes will impact U.S. employers, even those without employees on work visas. Here are the top...more
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