News & Analysis as of August 15, 2025

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H-1B Visa Rule Moves Closer to Release: Wage-Based Selection Likely

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/12/2025

The Trump administration is one step closer to unveiling a major change in how H-1B visas are allocated. On August 8, the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) signed off on a proposed rule that...more

TSA Seeks Comment on Strengthening Cybersecurity and Resiliency in the Pipeline and Rail Sectors

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/14/2022

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on November 30, 2022, seeking stakeholder comment on ways to strengthen cybersecurity and resiliency for pipeline and...more

New Form I-9 Is in the Works

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/5/2022

A new Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification is in the works. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking comments on its proposed changes to the form. ...more

FERC Commissioners Unanimously Support Proposal to Expand Cyber Incident Reporting Rules

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/29/2017

On December 21, 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously voted to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to modify existing CIP Reliability Standard (CIP-008-5)...more

Proposed International Entrepreneur Rule Gives Startup Founders Temporary Stay in U.S.

Perkins Coie on 9/1/2016

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last week proposed a new rule that will allow certain immigrant startup founders to receive “parole” or temporary permission to...more

The “Shark Tank Visa”: Proposed Rule Opens Door for Foreign Entrepreneurs

Burr & Forman on 8/31/2016

Last Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced a proposal that would allow foreign entrepreneurs to enter the United States to operate high-growth, job-creating startup enterprises. As with other...more

Update on STEM OPT Work Permit Extension: Administrative Process for Regulation Is Underway

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/17/2015

In response to Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle’s ruling in Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security et al., No. 14-529 (August 12, 2015) that vacated the previous regulations on STEM...more

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