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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

Navigating US Immigration: 8 Key Visa Pathways for International Tech Startups

Fisher Phillips on 9/4/2025

For tech entrepreneurs, the US market offers unmatched opportunities for innovation and rapid growth, but navigating the immigration landscape can be complex. Before a startup can take advantage of America’s deep capital...more

H-1B Cap FY2017 and Aftermath

Baker Donelson on 5/3/2016

The USCIS received over 236,000 H-1B petitions during this year’s FY2017 filing period for the annual supply of 85,000 new H-1B visas (65,000 for regular cap plus an additional 20,000 for workers with a U.S. Master’s degree)....more

New OPT STEM Rule Extends Employment Period for Foreign Students; Imposes New Obligations on Employers

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/28/2016

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a revised rule which allows foreign students with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to extend their 1-year period of Optional Practical...more

New STEM OPT Extension Rules to Extend the Program Have Been Proposed

Franczek P.C. on 10/21/2015

On October 19, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security published eagerly anticipated proposed STEM OPT Extension rules that, if adopted would allow U.S. employers greater flexibility for employing foreign nationals...more

Immigration Alert: Decision Overturning 17-month OPT/STEM Extensions is stayed as USCIS scrambles to cure deficiencies

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 8/19/2015

On August 12, 2015, Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dealt a blow to employers by vacating the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) 2008 interim rule expanding the...more

Dealing with Rejection: Options for Applicants Not Selected in the FY2016 H-1B Lottery

Franczek P.C. on 6/10/2015

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)’s announcement last month that it received nearly 233,000 H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2016 beginning October 1, 2015—a record total, and a 35% increase over last...more

The Devil is in the Details: What Employers and Businesses Need to Know About the President’s Executive Actions on Immigration

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 1/12/2015

When President Barack Obama first addressed the nation to unveil his Immigration Accountability Executive Actions, the media and the internet were in a frenzy to see who could get the story out first. Despite the fact that...more

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