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
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Welcome to Goodwin’s Financial Services News Roundup. Our newsletter highlights important legal, regulatory, and business developments related to financial services and banking....more
On June 8, 2026, U.S. Judge Leo Sorokin of Massachusetts voided the federal government’s new H-1B visa fee of $100,000 for each H-1B petition submission stating that the fee was unlawful and served to impose a tax on H-1B...more
On June 11, 2026, the Trump administration filed a notice of appeal challenging the U.S District Court for the District of Massachusetts’s June 8, 2026, decision vacating the $100,000 H-1B fee requirement. Judge Leo T....more
On December 2, 2025, December 19, 2025, and January 1, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released separate memoranda announcing the pause of adjudication of immigration benefits for individuals who were...more
CLE Relay 2026 - Jenner & Block's appellate lawyers review the most consequential cases from the 2025–2026 Supreme Court term. This session covers high-profile decisions and pending matters addressing presidential power,...more
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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
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The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published a temporary final rule on June 9, 2026 introducing an optional $750 premium fee to expedite interview scheduling for B-1/B-2 (business and tourism) visa applicants....more
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