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Fragomen to open Atlanta office with team of 80
Global immigration firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy has opened an Atlanta office with an 80-person immigration group led by Daryl R. Buffenstein, Deborah A. Marlowe and Kyle D. Sherman.The 12-lawyer group, which is the former immigration practice for Paul Hastings, became the Atlanta office of San Francisco-based immigration firm Berry Appleman Leiden three years ago, while maintaining a close relationship with Paul Hastings.Group migrates from Paul Hastings
With half of its 18 offices located outside the United States, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker often boasts about its global reach. But starting next month, the firm will no longer help clients move people from country to country.The firm's 17-lawyer immigration practice group, which is centered in Atlanta, will split from the firm Feb.Government Takes Aim at H-1B Visa Program
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has sought in the past to restrict the outsourcing of information technology work to those companies that utilize the H-1B program. Its new guidance issued Jan. 8 aims to limit the ability of staffing companies to hire foreign professionals.Department of Homeland Security Takes Aim at H-1B Visa Program
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that adjudicates immigration benefits, issued sweeping new guidance on Jan. 8 that limits the ability of many staffing companies to hire foreign professional workers. Many of those companies rely heavily on the H-1B visa category, which allows a company to sponsor foreign professionals to work in the United States for up to six years. As the economy improves, many companies will find it increasingly difficult to hire and retain skilled foreign workers.Silicon Valley Lawyers Grapple With Shortage of H1-B Visas
Microsoft, 25 law firms and Angelina Jolie team up to represent immigrant children
Microsoft is teaming up with actress Angelina Jolie and 25 law firms and corporate law departments to launch a major pro bono initiative to represent immigrant children in the United States. Kids in Need of Defense, or KIND, represents the widespread coordination of a pro bono effort, something Microsoft hopes will serve as a model for other pro bono projects. The program will seek to help the nearly 8,000 children who each year are separated from their families and go through the U.S. immigration process, often unrepresented by counsel.Jenkens hands Los Angeles office to Baker Hostetler
Baker Hostetler will boost its Los Angeles presence next month with the addition of 19 lawyers, the entire L.A. office of swiftly shrinking Jenkens & Gilchrist. The move follows years of litigation for the beleaguered Dallas-based firm, which also disposed of the bulk of its Chicago office Monday, with about 15 intellectual property lawyers there joining Nixon Peabody.Jenkens Hands Los Angeles Office to Baker Hostetler
Baker Hostetler will boost its Los Angeles presence next month with the addition of 19 lawyers, the entire L.A. office of swiftly shrinking Jenkens & Gilchrist. The move follows years of litigation for the beleaguered Dallas-based firm, which also disposed of the bulk of its Chicago office Monday, with about 15 intellectual property lawyers there joining Nixon Peabody. Lawyers in Jenkens' main office in Dallas are in talks with Hunton & Williams and perhaps others about a similar lateral exit.Trending Stories
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