Updates & Events

The Internal Revenue Service has announced the 2018 cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for retirement plans. Some limits have increased, and some have remained the same.

The cable advises posts on revised guidance regarding the 90-day rule, formerly known as the "30/60 day rule." 

OFLC said new easy-to-understand steps and instructions "will serve to clarify regulatory filing requirements and improve the quality and consistency of H-2A and H-2B applications received for processing."

USCIS resumed premium processing on October 3, 2017, for all H-1B visa extension-of-stay petitions. Premium processing is now available for all types of H-1B petitions.

Foreign nationals in certain categories can now apply for work authorization and a social security number using a single form.

Attorneys Kristy Dahl Rogers and Olivia N. Kilgore have joined Fredrikson & Byron’s Des Moines office.

The SEC proposed several amendments to Regulation S-K as part of the FAST Act Modernization and Simplification of Regulation S-K. 

Much like overtime being provided in the game of football, two pilot programs initiated by the USPTO have provided forms of prosecution “overtime” for patent applicants.

Fredrikson & Byron announces the addition of five associates to the firm.

The Trump administration has announced travel and visa restrictions with respect to the countries of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, subject to "categorical exceptions and case-by-case waivers."