L visas may be issued for a maximum period of 60 months; new interview waiver program and new visa processing procedures at the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Japan.

On June 13, 2010, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will launch a redesigned E-Verify program that will contain enhancements to the system's usability, security, accuracy, and efficiency.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a redesigned Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document, commonly referred to as an "EAD card."

The strict Massachusetts data privacy and security regulations (201 C.M.R. 17) that took effect March 1, 2010 are designed to protect personal information of Massachusetts residents (including the combination of an individual’s name with financial, bank or credit card account, driver’s license, or social security numbers).

Long-awaited notice allows individual and corporate donations made directly to a single-member LLC to be treated as donations made to the parent 501(c)(3) organization.

The Bureau of Consular Affairs is currently issuing documents at a reduced capacity; it is expected to take weeks to resume full system functionality.

On September 17, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published in the Federal Register a request for comments on National Futures Association’s (NFA’s) petition for rulemaking (the Petition), to revise the exclusions from the definition of a commodity pool operator (CPO) under CFTC Rule 4.5.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced rule changes, effective January 1, 2011, that require all applicants claiming priority to another earlier filed application to submit the search results from the patent office of first filing (the priority application) at the time of filing or upon entering the European regional phase of application.

On May 2, 2013, FERC issued an order conditionally accepting in part, and rejecting in part, tariff revisions filed by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) Office of Enforcement (OE) issued its 2018 Report on Enforcement on November 15. The report provides a review of OE's...

Exception to the law allows certain discounts or rebates on prescription drugs.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the H-1B cap was reached and that all capsubject H-1B petitions received after November 22, 2011 will be rejected.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced the discontinuation of its recently implemented practice of sending original Form I-797 Notices of Approval directly to petitioning employers and individual applicants, with courtesy copies of these notices sent to attorneys or authorized representatives.

On September 23, the U.S. International Trade Commission announced that Sandra Lord will join the ITC as an Administrative Law Judge, replacing Judge Robert K. Rogers, who retired from the ITC in June 2013.

On July 25, the US Department of Labor (DOL) posted a "request for information" on potential revisions to the Fair Labor Standard Act's (FLSA's) overtime exemptions.

On July 19, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved most of the revisions proposed by a North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

US congressional Democrats released the latest version of H.R. 5376—better known as the Build Back Better Act—late last week, hoping to advance a $1.85 trillion spending package after months of deadlock.

With the passage on January 22 of continuing appropriations through February 8 (HR 195), the moratorium on the medical device excise tax has been further extended until January 1, 2020...

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on September 18, 2017 that it will once again allow premium processing of all H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 cap.