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The Trump Administration has launched an unprecedented enforcement action suspending permanent labor certification processing for eight major employers, linking immigration sponsorship to layoff histories and recruitment practices. This development signals a fundamental shift in how the government evaluates employer access to H-1B and green card programs, with investigations already underway and subpoenas served.

If your business has key suppliers or customers in the Gulf Coast area, your business could be significantly affected. This is true even though your own business property may not have sustained physical damage.

In a typical outsourcing engagement, a customer will spend months of effort and substantial expense putting together and negotiating a comprehensive service agreement, often including hundreds or even thousands of pages of detailed schedules and exhibits.

One of the most crucial challenges faced by companies today is the rising risk associated with burgeoning data management responsibilities. How well company leaders identify and act on corporate information issues—before they become legal problems—is an increasingly vital indicator of corporate health

Despite the proliferation of new digital technologies, the reach of the Internet and a decline in data storage costs, business still relies heavily on paper as a communication medium.

In testimony before a Senate subcommittee, Jessica Rich, Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said that the FTC is closely monitoring social networking sites and the mobile arena as part of its efforts to protect teens in the digital environment.

The New General Law of Data Protection (LGPD) innovates how the personal data must be processed by companies in Brazil. Inspired by the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

At the start of 2007, we have once again surveyed the lawyers in Morrison & Foerster’s Global Sourcing Group in key markets in the United States, Europe and Asia.

There has been a clear trend over the past couple of years for more and more businesses to move away from full scope, full service IT services and outsourcing contracts.

Structuring any outsourcing transaction requires careful planning. In today’s environment, outsourcing customers would be well-advised to ensure that their outsourcing transactions are structured to preserve the ability to engage in multi-process outsourcing (MPO) transactions.

Many of today's organizations — especially fast-growing organizations — are facing staffing challenges.

In response to the increase in outsourcing activities by firms in the financial sector, regulators at an international, European and UK level have been considering new regulations to control those activities. This article tracks the recent developments in the proposed regulations.

The traditional reception model assumed someone was physically present at a front desk. That structure is less practical for solo, virtual, hybrid, and small practices, where one person often wears every hat. Smaller firms are separating reception work from physical office presence, driven by operational necessity rather than enthusiasm for remote work itself.

Liquidated damages ("LDs") allow parties to a contract, at the time of contracting, to specify an estimate of damages as a remedy for breach. LD clauses are generally structured to address specific types of breaches and for a particular breach provide for graduated damages based upon the degree of breach.

One of the keys to a successful outsourcing relationship is flexibility—in the contract terms and in the relationship. Flexibility is required to meet ever-changing business needs through the life of the deal. This flexibility is put to the test when a customer experiences an "extraordinary event" such as a merger, acquisition or divestiture.

Given the sheer scale of activities that companies are moving offshore these days, decisions on how to configure operations can have an unprecedented impact on shareholder value. Yet time and again, large corporations are making these decisions with insufficient clarity. The most egregious oversight: assuming that migrating operations offshore requires outsourcing them to another company.

Yesterday, we noted in a blog post that Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) had announced on November 12, 2013 that he had introduced a bill called the Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2013 at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety.

Outsourcing is increasingly used to help consolidate global businesses, either as part of routine streamlining or after mergers, acquisitions or divestments. By outsourcing on a multi-country basis, businesses can achieve a higher degree of standardisation. However, the outsourcing arrangements must provide for local variations, while ensuring that these operate within the confines of the global deal.