Insights
Understanding the Role of Women in Copyright
In celebration of Women’s History Month, I thought it might be interesting to look at the impact that women have had on copyright in the U.S. Like many institutions in America, the copyright office started with mostly male gatekeepers who tended to favor male...
What You Need to Know about the Marrakesh Treaty
Although popular book titles are commonly produced in formats accessible to the visually impaired (for example, in audiobook or braille format), lesser-known titles are frequently only available in written format. Unfortunately, this means that an enormous number of...
F-1 Student Immigration Updates: SEVP, COVID, and More
See below for key points on the current state of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), COVID-related travel information, and more prepared by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
What Does President Biden’s Immigration Bill Say About Employment Immigration? Here’s What You Need to Know
While not quite as comprehensive as some advocates had hoped, Biden’s bill actually covers quite a bit of ground, including offering a “roadmap” to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, suggesting reforms to both employment- and family-based immigration, protecting...
Check Out This H-1B Flowchart and Get Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions about the Process
To answer all of the questions we’ve been receiving, we’re sharing our H-1B flowchart to give you a simple overview of a complex process. You’ll find it below, but before we get to that, let’s tell you what we know -- or at least what we’re pretty sure of: Will there...
VIDEO: March Immigration Updates That You Need to Know
Giselle shares the latest business immigration updates from March 2021. https://youtu.be/L0Ib790mgDY
Giselle Leading an I-9 Webinar Series in Partnership with DCSI
What should an employer do if an employee turns in I-9 documentation with different last names? Here’s the official answer: “An employer may accept documents with a different last name as long as the documents are on the List of Acceptable Documents and the employer...
Exceeding Software User-Limit a Much More Dangerous Proposition Than You Might Realize
Written by Guest Author, Marks Gray Associate Logan McEwen On February 25, 2021, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Bitmanagement Software GMBH v. U.S. At issue was software developed for the U.S. Navy which required payment on a per-user...