Joint Employment, Misclassification, I-9s, and Web Accessibility: New Rules and Rulings Reshape Employer Risk - Employment Law This Week®
What do recent immigration policy changes actually mean for employers?
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
Workplace ICE Raids Are Surging—Here’s How Employers Can Prepare - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
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
Yesterday, a federal district judge in Massachusetts invalidated the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) $100,000 H-1B fee in a case brought by the State of California, finding it to be an unlawful tax, rather...more
The U.S. Senate passed a reconciliation package on a 52-47 vote on June 5, 2026, that will provide $70 billion in funding to support U.S. immigration enforcement agencies and their activities. After nearly 18 hours of debate...more
Both chambers are in session this week, with focus mostly on two items: the House taking up the Senate-passed reconciliation 2.0 bill to fund US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and US Customs and Border Patrol, and...more
A federal district court in Massachusetts ruled on Monday that the $100,000 fee President Trump imposed on certain H-1B petitions constitutes an unlawful tax and vacated the fee in its entirety....more
On May 30, 2026, the province of Ontario revoked all nine existing permanent residence streams under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) as part of a broader redesign of the provincial nomination framework....more
On June 5, 2026, a federal court in Rhode Island vacated and set aside a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) freeze on adjudication of immigration benefit request applications, including work permits and green...more
Between December 2025 and January 2026, nationals of the 39 travel ban countries became subject to a series of USCIS policies that imposed holds on and re-reviews of immigration benefits – collectively referred to as the...more
Two recent federal court decisions out of Rhode Island and Massachusetts have temporarily limited the implementation of several immigration-related policies adopted by the current Administration. While the decisions do not...more
When the CFPB and Department of Justice withdrew a joint statement on the consideration of immigration status under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act in January 2026, we pointed out that “the agencies could have, but did not,...more
Businesses that employ foreign national workers should be tracking litigation over the Trump administration’s Travel Ban and other immigration policies that impact the workplace. Indeed, a district court in Rhode Island just...more
Upon her appointment as Acting Chair of the EEOC in January of last year, a position that has since been elevated to Chair, Andrea R. Lucas said: In recent years, this agency has remained silent in the face of multiple...more
Global employment issues in M&A transactions and post-acquisition integrations is a two-part series examining key global employment issues that may arise during merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions involving Israeli...more
On June 8, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a significant decision vacating the Presidential Proclamation that imposed a $100,000 fee on employers filing petitions for new H-1B visas. ...more
The countdown to the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway. Set to be the largest World Cup in history, the tournament will bring millions of fans, unprecedented global attention, and billions of dollars in economic activity to...more
On March 16, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement updated their I-9 inspection fact sheet without making any public announcement about this change. Errors on form I-9 which were previously “technical errors” such...more
In a ruling issued June 8, 2026, a federal court in Massachusetts vacated the $100,000 supplemental payment requirement imposed on employers filing certain H-1B visa petitions. The decision delivers significant cost relief...more
Alston & Bird’s Legislative & Public Policy Group previews the week ahead highlighting anticipated federal legislative, regulatory, and political activity, and key upcoming actions in Congress, the Administration, and...more
Effective 1 May 2026, Bermuda's Department of Immigration has made further significant revisions to the Work Permit Policy last updated in November 2025. This briefing highlights the most important updates and their...more
Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session....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
The 2026 FIFA World Cup presents an unusual convergence of sports law, immigration law, event operations, consumer protection, accessibility, and reputational risk. For international players, team personnel, media, event...more
On June 5, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island declared unlawful and vacated certain policies enacted by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that effectively halted the...more
Since 1986, federal law has required every U.S. employer to complete a Form I-9 for each new hire, verifying identity and work authorization through an inspection of specified documents. This obligation applies regardless of...more
STEM OPT is no longer just a job bridge—foreign graduates are rethinking their future as H-1B limits, visa uncertainty, and green card strategies reshape career plans in the U.S. More foreign graduates in STEM fields are...more
A federal district court in Rhode Island has vacated USCIS policies that paused adjudication of immigration benefit requests filed by nationals of 39 countries who were subject to the administration’s expanded travel...more