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Corporate Counsel

Hiring Foreign Workers? Hurry—Visas Are Limited

Quotas for specialized worker visas are limited, so it's a race for employers.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Employment And Immigration Law: The Pathway to Citizenship Deconstructed

Republicans and Democrats alike have made immigration reform a priority for 2014. One divisive point is the creation of a "Pathway to Citizenship" for people in the U.S. without legal authorization.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Employment And Immigration Law: The Annual Immigration Gold Rush

The H-1B nonimmigrant visa category allows U.S. employers to hire a foreign national as a worker in a specialty occupation or as a fashion model of distinguished merit and ability.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Employment And Immigration Law Section

By | January 23, 2014
Our stories focus on such hot topics as employer social media investigations, whether severance pay is taxable and the medical marijuana law.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Aguilar-Turcios v. Holder

By | January 23, 2014
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Foreign IT Companies Under Tax Scrutiny After Infosys

Jaipat Singh Jain, a partner at Lazare Potter & Giacovas, writes that the Infosys settlement, which involved allegations that the company disguised hundreds of its foreign employees as business visitors and caused those employees to perform skilled work in the United States in lieu of U.S. citizens and legitimate work visa holders, indicates that corporations sending foreign professionals to perform services in the United States should expect to face greater immigration and tax scrutiny going forward.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

United States v. Liu

Evidence Seized from Law Firms Submitting Fraudulent Asylum Applications Not Suppressed
2 minute read

The Recorder

Negrete-Ramirez v. Holder

By | January 21, 2014
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Orabi v. Attorney Gen. of the U.S., PICS Case No. 14-0004 (3d Cir. Jan. 2, 2014) Garth, J.; Smith, J., dissenting (28 pages).

By | January 21, 2014
Removal/Removability • Jurisdiction • Appealability • Final Conviction • Pending Appeal
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Immigration Firm Nabs Competitors' Partners to Grow in Texas

With four lateral partner hires announced on Jan. 15, immigration firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy is expanding in Dallas and opening a new office in Houston.
3 minute read

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