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Newly Proposed Changes to Overhaul the H-1B Random Selection Lottery

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On July 17, 2025, the Trump administration formally submitted a proposal to overhaul the H-1B cap selection process, marking a significant shift in U.S. immigration policy. Currently, the USCIS conducts a random lottery to...more

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Class Action Decisions Published May 2025

Immigration. There were many decisions by classes seeking certification of habeas claims related to President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act that reached different decisions on whether to certify...more

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Be Global: Employment Law in 5 - January 2025

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In the days following his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed numerous Executive Orders (EOs) including the far-reaching “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which will affect private...more

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Navigating Political Change: Elections, Employment Law and the Future of Work

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After a year of record global elections in 2024, and a significant week for the United States, how has the political landscape shifted and what does this mean for employers and employment law in the future?...more

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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your February To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially given the rapid pace at which the White House acted in the first days of President Trump’s second term. In order to ensure you stay on...more

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Labor and Employment Expectations as the Second Trump Administration Nears

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With Inauguration Day quickly approaching, the United States is about to enter President Trump’s second term, “Trump 2.0.” With each new presidential administration, labor and employment law changes, sometimes drastically...more

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Employment Law Update: Immigration Challenges Await Employers In 2025

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Immigration policy, in one form or another, touches virtually every business in the United States. All employers are subject to the requirements of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, which established the I-9...more

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Planning for the Future: Lessons from President-elect Donald Trump’s First Term on Immigration and What Employers Can Do to...

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As employers of foreign national talent prepare for the return of President-elect Donald Trump to the White House in 2025, understanding the key immigration takeaways from his first presidency is more important than ever....more

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Top 10 Workplace Law Developments To Expect Under President Trump

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Now that we know Donald Trump will return to the White House as President, it’s time for employers to take a look at what they might expect during his second term in office. We have gathered insights from some of our firm’s...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

DOL Regulation Raises Prevailing Wage Rate for H-1B Workers

Without notice or the opportunity for public comment, as required by federal law, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a regulation that will significantly raise the minimum required wages for H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 and PERM labor...more

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Sweeping Changes to the H-1B Program To Go into Effect

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Two Interim Final Rules (IFRs) are to be published on Thursday, October 8, 2020 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The DHS “Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa...more

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Top 10 Things Employers Need To Know About Midterm Election Results

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As many predicted, Democrats recaptured the House for the first time in eight years in yesterday’s midterm elections, while Republicans retained and strengthened their grip on the Senate. That will lead to a dynamic in...more

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A Review of the Supreme Court’s 2017-2018 Term

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The United States Supreme Court concluded its 2017-2018 term with a bang, issuing decisions in several highly publicized cases impacting labor and employment, including Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis and Janus v. AFSCME. This...more

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Web Exclusive - June 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Supreme Court Year in Review: Union Agency Fees, Travel Restrictions, and the Retirement of Justice Kennedy

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The U.S. Supreme Court closed out its most recent term, which began in October 2017, with a number of high-profile and ground-breaking decisions. ...more

Fisher Phillips

Howard’s Weekly Roundup - January 27 - Part 1.

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Thanks for the input on topics you’d like to see and on your own observations to reference in the weekly Update. In order to keep this report short, we’re shifting most book, movie and certain other categories to the full...more

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Review, Revise or Rescind – Agency Plans and Unified Agenda Reveal More Regulatory Editing is in Store for 2018

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The Trump administration's Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions ("regulatory agenda"), released on December 14, 2017, indicates agencies are taking a hard look at existing rules, and treading lightly with new...more

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100-Day Recap: Workplace Law Under President Trump, So Far

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New presidents are often judged based on their accomplishments in their first 100 days in office. President Trump is no exception to that rule. The Trump administration recently passed that milestone date, offering an...more

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USCIS Announces New Measures to Detect H-1B Visa Fraud and Abuse

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On April 3, 2017, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced heightened measures to deter and detect H-1B visa fraud and abuse. In its site visits to H-1B petitioners and the worksites of H-1B...more

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The Employment Law Authority - March/April 2017

EXECUTIVE ORDERS MARK A RISING, ROILING TIDE OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS - In his first week in office, President Donald Trump launched a series of executive orders (EO) directing large-scale changes on...more

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What Can Employers Expect from the Trump Administration in the Upcoming Year?

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It has been a little less than a month since President Donald Trump took office, and employers are anxious to see what changes the new administration will make that will affect both businesses and employees. President Trump...more

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Immigration Under the New Administration: H-1B Visas and What to Expect

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With the Trump Administration taking office, it is expected that changes to immigration policies will be carried out swiftly and, to a large extent, in an unapologetically straightforward manner. While the initial public...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Manufacturing Law Predictions for 2017:  Labor and Employment

As has been our tradition, January is the time to predict the big developments in the coming year which will impact on manufacturers. Notwithstanding my “Lawyer’s Shrug,” here is my take on 2017....more

Cozen O'Connor

2016/2017 Labor & Employment Observer

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Activist NLRB Created More Problems For All Employers in 2016 - What Happens Under President Trump? During 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) maintained its generally pro-union, anti-employer...more

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[Event] Master Class: Labor and Employment Law Under the Trump Administration - Jan. 25th, Washington, D.C.

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Please join us for BakerHostetler's “Labor and Employment Law Under the Trump Administration.” This daylong seminar is designed to offer all new high-level courses, hitting specific and practical headline issues that will be...more

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