On April 14, 2025, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued an order staying the notice published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that would have terminated, as of April 24, 2025, the humanitarian parole...more
On April 2, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new version of Form I-9, which bears a Jan. 20, 2025, edition date and is available for download. This version of the form will be valid through May...more
On March 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a notice in the Federal Register that it will terminate the humanitarian parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans that gave...more
On Feb. 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it would be “protecting American workers from anti-American national origin discrimination” in part by “increasing enforcement of...more
2/24/2025
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In a Jan. 13, 2025, alert, McGuireWoods urged employers to prepare for a drastic shift in federal immigration policy following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The Trump administration has since moved swiftly to...more
1/29/2025
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Immigration reform played a key role during the presidential campaign cycle. Given the starkly different philosophies between the current and incoming administrations, changes to federal immigration policy are imminent....more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published on June 28, 2024, increased civil monetary penalties for employer noncompliance with Form I-9 rules. Each year, penalties pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act of...more
After 148 days, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) resolved its strike against several major Hollywood studios. As writers leave the picket lines, a new labor agreement will seek to limit the use and training of generative...more
According to recent studies, 83% of large employers surveyed rely in some form on artificial intelligence (AI) in employment decision-making, and 86% of employers that use AI admit that it is becoming a mainstream technology...more
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a new technical assistance document titled “Assessing Adverse Impact in Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence Used in Employment...more