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
4 Changes to the H-1B Lottery Process Employers Need to Know - Constangy Clips Episode 16
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
New H-1B Visa Fee, EEOC Shutters Disparate Impact Cases, Key Labor Roles Confirmed - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
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
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued updated Form I‑9 inspection guidance that significantly increases employer exposure for paperwork violations. The changes expand the types of errors considered...more
For the first time in almost 30 years, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), has updated its Form I-9 Inspection Fact Sheet. These changes were issued without any notice in the Federal Register and there was no...more
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A federal court in California just delivered a major win to H-2A agricultural employers across the country. After the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an interim final rule in October that significantly changed how the...more
The allure of priority processing is leading most foreign nationals considering the EB-5 program to invest in rural projects. With processing times as fast as 4 to 6 months and investor petitions (Form I-526E) routinely...more
A process used to expedite the passage of partisan budget-related legislation. To advance legislation, the Senate typically requires 60 votes to proceed with legislation, thanks to the filibuster....more
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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
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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
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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