U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), through its Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate (FDNS), regularly conducts unannounced site visits to employers who sponsor foreign workers. If your organization…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
These are trying times for those of us who are looking to see whether American rule of law can survive its current challenges. As our executive branch tests the limits of Congressional authority, and bucks the traditions of…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
by Alex Smith The Supreme Court recently issued a decision regarding the pleading standards for ERISA prohibited transactions claims in a case involving Cornell’s 403(b) plan to resolve a federal circuit court split. Under the…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
As a witness prepares to testify in trial, the big fear is often cross-examination. While the direct questioning by the witness’s own attorney is seen as the “easy part” (friendly, open-ended questions that allow you to “tell…
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/ Civil Procedure
Welcome back to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry.
In this edition of the buzz,…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Taxation
In the past three months, the Trump administration has implemented a series of stringent immigration policies that have significantly impacted visa applicants and their sponsors. These measures include enhanced security…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Immigration Law
Question: If we offer unlimited paid time off (PTO) and employees don’t accrue PTO, do we have to pay anything out at termination?…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
When an employee complains of discrimination or harassment, companies often investigate the matter. Doing so allows a company to address alleged improper behavior and it may allow the company to avoid potential liability – if…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
We live in uncertain times, and that is becoming a more obvious observation by the day. From the turmoil in the financial markets to the tumult in the marketplaces of ideas, there is a widely felt lack of security,…
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/ Civil Procedure, Personal Injury, Products Liability
In April 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began actively enforcing long-standing federal noncitizen registration laws that had been essentially inactive for years. Many noncitizens living in the United States may…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Immigration Law
1. What is “alien registration”?
Alien registration is a federal legal requirement under Section 262 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It requires most noncitizens who remain in the U.S. for more than 30 days to…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Immigration Law
On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) of the House Appropriations Committee issued guidance to House Members on submitting requests for programmatic language and Community Project Funding requests for fiscal year…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Nonprofit Law
The “Liberation Day” tariffs are here. In his Executive Order dated April 2, 2025, President Trump cited “underlying conditions, including a lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships, disparate tariff rates and…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
by Alex Smith A recently filed lawsuit related to Swiss Re’s 401(k) plan stands out because of the extensive assortment of allegations..…
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/ Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Finance & Banking, Privacy
Welcome back to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry.
In this edition of the buzz,…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Taxation
