Updates & Events

Fredrikson & Byron was named one of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s Best Places to Work for 2017. 

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Ninth Circuits have upheld a nationwide preliminary injunction rejecting a substantial portion of the Trump administration’s revised executive order barring entry into the United States of people from certain countries.

USCIS assisted in several recent investigations leading to convictions in immigration fraud cases.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, passed by Congress and signed May 7, extends the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program through September 30, 2017.

The USCIS announced on May 3, 2017, that it had completed data entry of all fiscal year 2018 H-1B cap-subject petitions selected in a computer-generated random process.

The Department of State’s Visa Bulletin for the month of June 2017 notes that continued high demand is resulting in cut-off dates being established in several categories.

Instagram will soon launch a new tool to help its internet celebrities, or “influencers,” disclose when they are being paid by sponsors. 

Fredrikson & Byron announces Khansaa Nadeem is the recipient of the 2017 Fredrikson & Byron Foundation Minority Scholarship.

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision creates a loophole that enables challengers to bring new kinds of attacks against older applications.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced a February 5, 2018, effective date for FINRA’s new rules aimed at addressing financial exploitation of seniors.