The past year was filled with exciting breakthroughs of products built with new generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) technology, but it also ushered in a peculiar new regulatory skirmish that in-house counsel would be wise to monitor in 2025. The first...
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Cyrus Mehta, Dec. 23, 2024 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule, effective January 17, 2025 , that will “significantly enhance U.S. companies’ ability to fill job vacancies in critical fields, strengthening our economy...
Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP, Dec. 18, 2024 "Under a legal settlement presented to the court today by ECBAWM and Benno & Associates, P.C., New York City has agreed to pay up to $92.5 million to resolve claims by individuals who...
Don Lee, Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 31, 2024 "Support for retaining H-1B from Elon Musk, the incoming president’s new closest associate, has stirred rage through much of Trump’s MAGA base, which is against immigration in almost any...
Dara Kerr, The Guardian, Feb. 6, 2025 "US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations ... Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s...
WSB-TV, Jan. 28, 2025 "Kenia Colindres thought she’d be safe going to church like she did with her family every Sunday. However, this past Sunday, her life changed when US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested her husband, Wilson Rogelio...
USCIS, Jan. 28, 2025 "On Jan. 28, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem vacated the Jan. 17, 2025, notice that extended a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela. The Department will revert to the TPS redesignation and extension...
Businesses across the globe are bracing for potential increases in tariffs on imported goods flowing into the U.S. in 2025. “On the campaign trail, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump proposed instituting a range of unprecedented tariffs, including...
In-house legal professionals are entering 2025 with an expectation that the year will bring challenges they can anticipate, as well as a host of headaches that are unexpected right now. They are considering strategy involving not only technology-enabled business...