The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reached a settlement in its first lawsuit filed alleging that an employer violated the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), the federal law that prohibits...more
5/17/2013
- Discrimination EEOC GINA Strategic Enforcement Plan
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has started automating the Form I-94 process for travelers applying for admission to the US at air and sea ports of entry - not for those individuals who are entering the US at land...more
5/9/2013
- Customs and Border Protection I-94 Cards
Employers seeking to hire individuals on an H-1B visa will have to wait until next April to file a petition. In just five days the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received enough H-1B visa petitions to reach...more
4/17/2013
- H1-B USCIS Visa Caps Visas
The government will begin accepting applications for H-1B visa applications for the 2014 fiscal year on April 1. H-1B visas are used for individuals with a specialty occupation position, which is defined as a job that...more
3/6/2013
- H-1B Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 Visas
Last week Illinois joined Washington, New Mexico and Utah to become the fourth state to enact a law that allows illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. Soon after, Michigan followed suit with a new policy allowing...more
2/7/2013
- DACA Driver's Licenses Undocumented Immigrants USCIS
Just one week after President Barack Obama's second inaugural address wherein he declared his views on immigration, a bipartisan group of eight senators on January 27 agreed on a proposed framework for comprehensive...more
1/31/2013
- Immigration Reform
On January 18, 2013, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program....more
1/24/2013
- Deferred Action USCIS
On January 9, 2013, the Maryland Senate introduced Senate Bill 51, which would make a noncompete agreement between an individual and his or her former employer unenforceable when that individual is unemployed and has applied...more
1/18/2013
- Non-Compete Agreements
Three more mandatory E-Verify measures will take effect on January 1, 2013 in North Carolina, Tennessee and Pennsylvania respectively. E-Verify is a web-based system employers can use to determine the employment eligibility...more
12/19/2012
- E-Verify
As a result of investigations and audits conducted by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), several Massachusetts employers were fined a total of...more
11/28/2012
- I-9 ICE
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released much anticipated guidance for employers on how to comply with the Form I-9 process for deferred action recipients, which are individuals who were...more
11/28/2012
- Deferred Action I-9 USCIS
This past October, Zynga, Inc. (Zynga) filed a complaint against a former employee, Alan Patmore, for misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of written contract. Zynga, Inc. v. Patmore, Docket No.: CGC-12-525099. Zynga...more
11/21/2012
- Kixeye Non-Disclosure Agreement Trade Secrets Zynga
