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The Legal Intelligencer

US Immigration Law Limits International 'Digital Nomads'

It remains to be seen how popular the digital nomadic lifestyle will remain over time as employers, workers, and governments continue to adjust to the sudden expansion of remote work policies resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic response.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Immigration Lawyer's License Suspended for 1 Year After Never Informing Five Asylum-Seeking Clients About Removal-Proceedings Risk

One clients ended up being ordered deported, and three others had removal proceedings initiated against them before they ended their relationships with the lawyer, said the Appellate Division, First Department court.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Push to Codify Immigrants' Right to Counsel Taken to NY Capitol

An immigration-rights group is asking for a $100 million allocation in the fiscal 2024 state budget. This would include a $55 million investment in launching the first year of the Access to Representation Act.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Tuesdays Are the Worst Days': Lawyers Say They Wait an Hour in Cold to Enter Courthouse

"Attorneys must allow an additional hour or more in their schedules to ensure they will be able to enter the building in time for their scheduled court or administrative hearings," New Jersey State Bar President Jeralyn Lawrence wrote.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Paxton Attacks Texas Bar Foundation: AG Now Demands Nonprofits' Finance Records

Paxton claims to be investigating whether funds are being used to "exacerbate the current crisis at the border and to thwart the efforts of federal and state law enforcement."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

What's New in the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program?

Enacted on March 15, 2022, the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA) reauthorized the expired regional center program through Sept. 30, 2027, providing a five-year reauthorization of the program with substantial changes, marking an achievement long-waited by the regional center industry.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Layoffs Are Here: What It Means for Employees Holding H-1B Visas

In recent weeks, Amazon, Meta, and Twitter all announced massive layoffs in a sign that the hiring frenzy we've come to know as status quo is no more. This presents a plethora of challenges for corporate counsel in the weeks and months ahead, but perhaps one of the most complex of these is what to do about international employees holding H-1B visas.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

An Unfocused Immigration Policy Poses Risk to US Tech Industry

While the country relied on its manufacturers to bolster the post-war economy, the global economy has become increasingly digital in the past couple decades. The tech industry relies on skilled and often educated workers to innovate and lead the world in technological innovation.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Retired US Ambassador Returns to Foley & Lardner's Miami Office to Help With International Clients

Manuel Rocha served as the top U.S. diplomat in Bolivia from 2000 to 2002 and previously worked at Foley from 2009 to 2012.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Migrant Relocation Program Draws Another Legal Challenge

Immigrant-advocacy groups are accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of an "attempt to legalize state-sponsored harassment" in challenging an "unauthorized alien" relocation program approved by state lawmakers.
5 minute read

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