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Four Disastrous IP Mistakes Most Companies Make

Eric Vaughn-Flam

Registering and investigating trademarks are just the beginning when it comes to keeping your intellectual property safe.

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.

The Revolution in People Management

Michelle V. Rafter

Organizations are changing how they find, manage, and review workers to keep up with shifts in demographics, new technology, competition for top talent, and the evolving nature of work.

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.

Trump and Immigration: Separating Truth from Fiction

Harlan G. York

Deportations aren’t up, but the people who are being deported are more “newsworthy.”

Four Steps to Effectively Assist Clients in Managing Global Labor and Employment Law Issues

FordHarrison

Ripped From the Headlines: Three Investigation Lessons to Learn From a Political Controversy

Patti C. Perez

Another day, another political scandal involving a politician accused of having had an extramarital affair. The latest such story concerns an alleged inappropriate relationship that the governor of Alabama had with a top aide—once again raising issues related to investigating allegations of bad behavior at work.

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

Evolution of the U.S. Construction Market

Steven M. Charney

This strong return to activity, in both public and private works, has taken place in an environment marked by an equally striking evolution.

Five Easy Ways to Bolster Your Company’s Global Business Compliance

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

Beyond the Basics

Employment Law Tips for Ontario Startups

Running a Startup in Ontario? Read These 10 Rules

Mihkel Holmberg

Navigating your startup amid Canada's changing unemployment law.

Q&A with Franklin Hoet-Linares of Venezuela’s Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque

Best Lawyers

An interview with Franklin Hoet-Linares of Venezuela’s Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque.

Q&A with Eduardo Kleinberg of Basham Ringe y Correa

Best Lawyers

"Law Firm of the Year" interview with Eduardo Kleinberg of Basham Ringe y Correa.

The New Business Immigration Regime

Christy Nguyen

Five things executives and HR should do.

Smart Policy and Smart Compassion

David P. Berry

Why it makes sense to protect the Dreamers.

Hotter and More Intense

Lori Tripoli

Multiple Category 5 hurricanes. Drought. Wildfires. Climate change isn’t just damaging the environment and our health. It’s impacting the bottom line.

Employers Must Soon Use Yet Another New I-9 Form

Fisher Phillips

New document could be liability trap for unsuspecting employers.

Discretion under Fire

Charles F. Seemann III

ERISA plan fiduciaries face new challenges to their decision-making.

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.

In the News Weekly Roundup: Los Angeles Times Wins First Amendment Fight

Best Lawyers

A roundup of recent news of listed lawyers across the country.

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.

Do you Need a Lawyer on Your Crisis Team?

The Lawyer’s Role in a Company Crisis

Mike Androvett, Mark Annick, & Mary Flood

During a company crisis, you need to be forthcoming. But you also need to tailor your message to a range of different stakeholders.

Immigration Worksite Compliance Issues for Employers

Maria I. Casablanca

Immigration worksite enforcement has become a balancing act between verifying eligibility to work and avoiding discrimination; thus it has merged two fields of law: labor and employment law with immigration and nationality law.