Joint Employment, Misclassification, I-9s, and Web Accessibility: New Rules and Rulings Reshape Employer Risk - Employment Law This Week®
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Citizenship By Ancestry: Why Is Now The Time To Explore Your Roots?
What is an H-1B visa?
EB-5: Immigrant First Investing with Ira Kurzban
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How to Respond to Employee Concerns About ICE Investigations - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
“Stay or Pay” Agreements, Developing Immigration News, EEOC Power Shift - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
H-1B Enforcement Tightened, Fertility Benefits Expanded, Gender Identity Protection Setback - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Constangy Webinar - The H-1B Visa Landscape: Current Trends, Policy Shifts, & What Employers Need to Know
Early Returns Podcast - Shadow Docket Showdown: Trump Litigation, Judicial Tensions, and the Supreme Court's Emergency Powers
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Episode Three: Choice of Entity and Inbound Transactions
How Employers Can Adapt to Immigration Policy Shifts
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Hiring Foreign Nationals: Updates For Employers with David Garrett of Maynard Nexsen
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 3 – Control Activities
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Constangy Clips Ep. 8 - H-1B Cap Lottery Season: What Your Organization Needs to Know
Episode 357 -- Updating Your Risks Under the New Trump Administration
Business Better Podcast Episode: The Looming Threat of Immigration Raids at Your Workplace – What to do When ICE Comes Knocking
Each month, federal immigration authorities publish a list of dates informing immigrant visa applicants when they should expect to be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to government officials. This...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an interim final rule which authorizes adjudicating officers to reject or deny benefit requests for invalid signatures. The rule applies to benefit requests submitted on or...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have issued a new Interim Final Rule (IFR) Signatures on Immigration Benefit Requests that significantly increases the...more
Laws governing the modern workplace continue to evolve—and enforcement risks continue to grow. This program provides a concise, practical update on the labor, employment, and immigration law issues most likely to impact...more
And in the home stretch. The Office of Management and Budget has begun its review of a rule from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. If the rule becomes final, it would significantly change the F-1 visa program....more
The U.S. Department of State’s June 2026 Visa Bulletin confirms that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will again require use of the Final Action Dates chart—rather than the more permissive Dates for Filing...more
Business immigration has quickly become a top priority for corporate counsel navigating global talent mobility, compliance risk, and workforce planning under a renewed Trump administration. Early policy signals, executive...more
On May 11, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) formally codifying the agency’s authority to deny (not just reject) immigration benefit requests found to contain...more
On March 16, the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) revised its Form I-9 inspection sheet. The changes largely went under the radar—there was no press release nor were they announced in the Federal Register....more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recently proposed a regulation which will admit F, J and I nonimmigrants for specific periods of stay. To date, each of these nonimmigrant visa categories – foreign students,...more
A fast-moving clash between federal regulators, state motor vehicle agencies, and the courts is reshaping who can legally hold and keep a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license (“CDL”). As California’s court-ordered...more
USCIS has released the data from the initial selection round of the FY 2027 H-1B cap lottery, and the numbers reveal a significant shift in employment-based immigration trends. The combination of the new weighted, wage-based...more
On April 30, 2026, USCIS updated its Screening and Vetting guidance page to add "applications associated with medical physicians" to the group of cases eligible for its internal hold-lift review process, a notable development...more
As one of the three host countries for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the United States is expecting a significant increase in international travel this summer. Foreign nationals planning to travel to or from the United States to...more
Congress returns from a one-week recess, with most focus on advancing reconciliation 2.0. Before leaving for recess, House Republicans passed the reconciliation 2.0 budget resolution, and the Senate this week will begin...more
The federal government is ramping up enforcement against tech companies that allegedly hire foreign nationals using temporary work visas, when qualified U.S. workers may be available. In a recently filed lawsuit against a...more
In an opinion issued April 29th in the case United States ex rel. Palmer v. Tata Consulting Servs., Ltd., the Fifth Circuit delivered a clear reminder that the False Claims Act is not an all-purpose enforcement mechanism for...more
Recently, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) quietly and significantly revised its Form I‑9 Inspection fact sheet without Federal Register Notice, proposed rulemaking or public announcement. These revisions...more
The Beltway Buzz® is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more
News Briefs - Administration Exempts Foreign Doctors From Travel Ban - Foreign doctors will be able to receive visas allowing them to practice in the United States, after the Trump administration quietly changed a policy to...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) proposed rule that would eliminate the longstanding duration of status system for individuals admitted as foreign students, exchange visitors, or representatives of foreign...more
Effective April 27, 2026, USCIS implemented a new, enhanced security vetting process that has resulted in temporary “holds” on adjudications requiring fingerprint-based background checks. ...more
In March of 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) updated its I-9 Inspection Fact Sheet reclassifying certain “technical” and correctable errors as “substantive” violations -significantly increasing the risk of...more
Over the past year, we have been asked with increasing frequency by foreign companies looking to enter the U.S. market: “If we want to work with the U.S. defense industry, what do we actually need to do?” The question is...more
Nearly one year after the Trump Administration rescinded federal immigration enforcement guidance treating schools as “sensitive locations,” a single image thrust the issue into the national spotlight. A 5-year-old child in...more