News & Analysis

The following is a summary of the legislative and regulatory news for the week of February 15, 2009. Arbitration The

On February 12, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision in Hecker v.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Acting Director Michael Aytes issued a memorandum [PDF]

The stimulus legislation signed into law as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA or "the Act"), the stimulus legislation signed

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano spoke with National Public Radio reporter

A bill introduced on February 12 would significantly restrict the ability for employers to arbitrate

H-1B employment visas, widely issued by high-tech companies, have been issued to hundreds of thousands

The nation’s economic troubles have inspired a number of new employment-related bills. One immigration

While most of the media and commentary has been focused on the COBRA subsidy in the American Recovery