It’s 9:30 pm on a Sunday and you just got a call on your cell from U.S. Customs & Border Protection (“CBP”) at LAX. A Vice President from one of your foreign offices has been spending a lot of time here lately developing...more
11/7/2018
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Business Visitor ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Deportation ,
Documentation ,
ESTA ,
Foreign Nationals ,
International Travel ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Travelers ,
Visa Waiver Program ,
Visas ,
Work Visas
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding the president’s 2017 travel ban proclamation, a lot of people remain confused about the government’s restrictions on travel to this country. In the last three years, new...more
Taking further steps into the world of cryptocurrency, two entities of the federal government recently took legal action against BitFunder, a now-defunct Bitcoin exchange, and its founder, Jon Montroll. The Securities and...more
3/7/2018
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Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Investors ,
Obstruction of Justice ,
Perjury ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On February 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued new Interpretive Guidance regarding disclosures of cybersecurity-related information by publicly traded companies. This guidance comes in the context of public...more
While the Travel Ban continues to move up and down the federal court system, here are the latest rules governing travel for citizens of the affected countries as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s lifting of the lower...more
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the latest district court decisions involving the President’s so-called travel ban, in which a Hawaii court fully enjoined the proclamation, while a Maryland court allowed it to stand as to...more
11/16/2017
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Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
National Security ,
Refugees ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
Visas
In 2005, Congress passed the Real ID Act, enacting national standards for obtaining state driver’s licenses and I.D. cards. These federally mandated standards require states to use enhanced security features and...more
On September 24, President Trump issued a “Presidential Proclamation Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats.” Most people...more
10/24/2017
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Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
National Security ,
Refugees ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
Visas
The Supreme Court’s decision on June 26 to take up the travel ban cases this fall, and in the meantime partially lift the injunction on the President’s travel ban, has created renewed uncertainty for certain travelers....more
7/28/2017
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
National Security ,
Refugees ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
Visas
The Supreme Court’s decision on June 26 to take up the travel ban cases this fall, and in the meantime partially lift the injunction on the President’s travel ban, has created renewed uncertainty for certain travelers....more
7/5/2017
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Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
National Security ,
Refugees ,
SCOTUS ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
Trump v International Refugee Assistance Project ,
Visas
Procedural History -
In August 2016, the Department of Homeland Security proposed an “International Entrepreneur” parole rule that would allow qualifying foreign entrepreneurs to develop and grow their start-up companies...more
6/29/2017
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EB-5 ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Foreign Investment ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Immigrant Investor Program ,
L-1 Visas ,
O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability ,
Startups ,
Visas
On May 11, President Donald Trump issued his long-awaited Executive Order on cybersecurity, the ‘‘Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure.’’ It had been...more
5/31/2017
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Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
National Security ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Trump Administration
On April 18, President Trump signed a new executive order (EO) at a ceremony in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The EO is entitled “Buy American and Hire American” and focuses on these two themes, with the President’s stated goal of...more
4/21/2017
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Buy American Act ,
Domestic Hiring Policy ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
H-1B ,
Immigration Reform ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The last two weeks in Washington have been very eventful in the immigration field. In light of the travel restrictions recently imposed by the President’s executive order, we are now advising our U.S. clients who have...more
2/3/2017
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Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
H-1B ,
Immigration Reform ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
US State Departments
President Donald Trump’s issuance of an executive order on Jan. 27, banning travel to the U.S. for 90 days by nationals of seven predominantly Muslim countries, and putting a halt to the U.S. refugee assistance program for...more
2/1/2017
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Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Green Cards ,
Immigrants ,
Iran ,
Iraq ,
Libya ,
Refugees ,
Somalia ,
Sudan ,
Syria ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
Vetting ,
Visa Waiver Program ,
Visas ,
Yemen
Last Thursday, in a vote split along party lines, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) approved a new regulatory regime staking its claim to privacy regulation of both fixed and mobile Internet service providers...more
11/3/2016
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Broadband ,
Comcast ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Security ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Privacy ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
New Regulations ,
Notification Requirements ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Telecommunications ,
Verizon ,
Web Tracking