Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Mandy Feuerbacher | December 9, 2022
In recent weeks, Amazon, Meta, and Twitter all announced massive layoffs in a sign that the hiring frenzy we've come to know as status quo is no more. This presents a plethora of challenges for corporate counsel in the weeks and months ahead, but perhaps one of the most complex of these is what to do about international employees holding H-1B visas.
By Mike Scarcella | April 12, 2021
Sheppard Mullin partner Jonathan Meyer will be the nominee for DHS general counsel, and Paul Hastings partner Robert Silvers was picked for under secretary for strategy, policy and plans.
By Frank Ready | October 7, 2020
The USCIS released a new October visa bulletin that shortens the green card waiting period employment-based adjustment of status applicants, but legal departments may need to move quickly if they want to take advantage of what could amount to a very brief window of opportunity.
By Frank Ready | July 2, 2020
Corporate legal departments may find themselves taking on more work—and passing some of that load onto outside counsel—as a result of the Trump administration's temporary visa suspension.
By MP McQueen | January 22, 2020
Business immigration lawyers said they increasingly are working with in-house counsel and the companies' human resources departments to find solutions to these mounting problems, which can involve utilizing different work visa programs or challenging USCIS decisions in court.
By Andrew Greenfield | November 14, 2019
Whether or not the government's decision to reverse a long-standing policy and/or the opposition to the change is politically motivated, USCIS's new policy position is firmly grounded in statute.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By C. Ryan Barber | July 15, 2019
“It feels almost like these poor career lawyers are getting just eaten up—chewed up and spit out in the process," one former Justice Department lawyer said.
By Caroline Spiezio | April 19, 2019
The 2020 census could ask U.S. residents about their citizenship status, a question critics say could dissuade immigrants from reporting. If residents are undercounted in Silicon Valley, local tech companies could see less federal representation and face recruitment issues.
By Kristen Rasmussen | April 12, 2019
A recent raid on a Dallas-area cellphone repair business that netted 280 arrests of individuals charged with unlawfully working in the United States is a strong reminder to employers to vet very thoroughly any staffing agencies with which they contract, immigration law experts told Corporate Counsel.
By Samuel Newbold | January 29, 2019
Workplace enforcement actions ballooned in 2018, and the number of investigations continues to rise. Now is a great time to revisit existing compliance policies and get ahead of what may be coming.
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