Immigration

Immigration

Michael D. Patrick | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

Multinational companies seeking to quickly transfer executives, managers and individuals with specialized knowledge into the United States most often utilize the L-1 visa, a key nonimmigrant visa for global mobility. However, similar to the H-1B visa, the L-1 visa has been criticized in some...

Immigration

Michael D. Patrick | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

An Irish lawyer offered a senior-level position at a top United States law firm respectfully declined and instead opted to join a European competitor. In the world of global recruiting, this is not an uncommon tale, with foreign talent often accepting positions with competitor organizations for a...

Technology

Patrick Shen | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

Introduction Regardless of whether Congress can come together to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill this year, any immigration legislation that does pass likely will contain stricter enforcement against employers at the worksite. In fact, employers already are facing expanded I-...