Legal Insights
Thought leaders from around the world contribute their perspectives on landmark cases, new legislation, and legal perspectives on new technologies, business practices, and civil procedure.
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The Global Employer: Strategies and Best Practices for an International Workforce
Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm
Developing and retaining an international workforce is essential to competing in the global marketplace.
H-1B Applications: Proactive Steps in 2018
Brad J. Hendrick
Last year, USCIS received approximately 199,000 applications for the 85,000 H-1B visas allocated each year.
The President’s Quiet Attacks on Lawful Employment-Based Immigration
Michael P. Nowlan
The president cannot unilaterally change immigration laws and regulations currently in place.
The Residency Visa for Foreign Investors—Or the Golden Visa
Mariano Roca López
Golden Visa holders would be entitled to reside in Spain for an initial period of one year, which can be extended into two to five year periods.
Changes to the H-1B Visa Program
Felicia L. Gittleman
As a law firm specializing in business immigration since 1984, our firm has seen many changes to the H-1B visa program over the years.
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There Is Hope after the H-1B Cap: Alternatives to the H-1B Visa
Meredith W. Barnette
Alternatives and options if the change in H-1B visas applies to you or your business.
Treaty Visas: A Good Option for Businesses
Eric Fleischmann
Business immigration attorneys have a challenging task. Clients, typically large multinationals, have high expectations.
Issue Spotting Guide for Assessing Inbound to U.S. Travel Issues
Kathleen M. Peregoy
This guide is intended to serve as a resource for management and human resources representatives when making decisions and advising employees/management on travel and immigration-related concerns.
The Rise and Fall of the H-1B Worker
Kathleen Saenz Poppenger
Until recently, most people were unfamiliar with the H-1B visa, except for those seeking to take advantage of this temporary worker category.
Current Immigration Procedures
Irina Anyukhina
Under the general rule, a foreign national planning to work in Russia shall have a work permit and work visa. The work permit and work visa for the HQS is usually granted for the term of 3 (three) years.
Issue Spotting Guide for Assessing Outbound from U.S. Travel Issues
Neil S. Dornbaum
This guide is intended to serve as a resource for management on travel and immigration-related concerns.
Practicing Immigration Law Guerrilla Style
Amy Kirkland Myers
Studies show that on average immigrants are generally law-abiding—more so than native-born Americans.
Immigration or Stagnation: Defending the American Experiment
Rita Sostrin
In this novel atmosphere of denials and obstacles, the damage is two-fold: our nation is not only denying its righteous legacy, but also its rightful destiny.
U.S. Business Immigration: Year-in-Review
Christian S. Allen
For more reasons than are probably appropriate to include here today, 2017 will be forever be burned into the memories of everybody in the U.S. immigration industry, and all HR and legal professionals who were involved in hiring and/or employing foreign workers in the U.S. No matter your political persuasion, 2017 turned out to not be anything like we all expected at the beginning of the year, fol
The Invisible Wall
Joel H. Paget
His war also is already impacting businesses that need foreign skilled workers.
An Interview With Robert B. Legault of Legault Joly Thiffault (LJT) Avocats
Best Lawyers
Robert B. Legault discusses his firm's 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" award for Advertising Law in Canada with Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer.
Recent Case Law Defining ‘Bodily Injury’ under the Montreal Convention
Christopher B. Kende
In a nutshell, the Convention makes an airline strictly liable for bodily injury or death of a passenger caused by an “accident” occurring while embarking, on board the aircraft, or disembarking.
Workforce Mobility at Risk Under a NAFTA Renegotiation
Suzanne K. Sukkar
The assessments of President Donald J. Trump’s first year in office have had a recurring stormy theme.
Make the Workforce American Again
Michael J. Wildes
The H-1B visa program allows U.S. companies to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations, including jobs in technology, engineering, science, architecture, accounting, and business.
Buy American, Hire American Takes Its Toll on Business Immigration
Karen Gabriel Moss
USCIS is considering the reinterpretation of “may grant” language contained in the statute deeming it discretionary rather than mandatory.
H-1B Visas: Limits and Alternatives
Andrew B. Greenfield
For many U.S. employers, the new year means the beginning of H-1B cap season.
Future of H-1Bs
Diana Vellos Coker
The H-1B category has undergone significant changes recently, and more are anticipated in 2018.
A Better Bottom Line
Margaret Pierce
How Benefit Corporations are leading the charge to save the world.
H-1Bs: The Scrutiny Continues
Marlene Z. Stanger
Last year saw an unprecedented rise in the number of requests for evidence issued by the USCIS for H-1B cases that were filed as part of the annual “Cap Case” lottery.
