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National Interest Waiver Green Card Approval Success Story
We have been working with Matt and his amazing family for about five years. They came to us as a referral from Justin, another great client and athlete on a P-1 visa. Since Matt and his family were looking for a path to a green card to continue to live, work, and...
What Do Employers Need to Know About the New Florida E-Verify Law?
Overview of E-Verify and Federal Requirements E-Verify is a web-based system introduced in 1996 to compare employees’ Form I-9 data with records from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the Department of State...
What Exactly Does “Failure to Function as a Trademark” Mean?
“Failure to function as a trademark” is one of the reasons the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may refuse to register an applicant’s proposed trademark. What does it mean? How can this happen? Quite simply, not all words, designs, or symbols used...
Foreign Nationals: Things You Should Know Before Travelling Abroad
Many foreign nationals travel abroad and renew their visas during this time of year. This process, however, is becoming more challenging, restrictive, and time-consuming with COVID still raging around the world. In January, the Biden Administration reinstated COVID-19...
Jim Moran Institute For Global Entrepreneurship Small Business Executive Program in Jacksonvillle
Are you a small business owner who has been in business for more than three years? Do you need help with strategic planning, digital marketing, financial analysis, protection of intellectual property, human resource issues, or succession planning? If so, you may be...
What Songwriters Can Do to Take Advantage of the New Blanket License for Mechanical Royalties
As songwriters know only too well, a significant portion of music these days is shared online, either by people downloading it directly or streaming it through various services. Unfortunately, up until this year, how royalties through these services work has been...
Use This Handy Checklist to Help You Get Ready for the H-1B Cap Filing Season
To start to give you some peace of mind and make this process go as smoothly as possible for you, we have created an initial checklist of documents and information that employers and employees should be gathering now. Download the checklist.
Copyright Owners Seeking Less than $30,000 in Damages Can Now Skip Federal Court
Are you the owner of a copyright that has been violated? Are you seeking damages that are less than $30,000? Good news is here! You may have heard that in December of last year, Congress passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 (CASE...