Updates & Events

Fredrikson & Byron earned 100 of 100 possible points on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s leading benchmarking tool and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Attorney Nicole A. Rollins has joined Fredrikson & Byron as an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate & Securities Groups.

Most employers or retirement plan administrators are required to file annual informational returns with the U.S. Department of Labor called Form 5500, Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan.

The United States Supreme Court, on January 13, 2022, granted the application for a stay of the OSHA ETS pending further proceedings in the lower court.

Fredrikson & Byron is acting as legal counsel to Stone-Goff Partners in its sale of Centerline Communications.

In news welcome to oil and gas operators, the North Dakota Supreme Court issued its decision in Vic Christensen Mineral Trust v. Enerplus Resources (USA) Corp., 2022 ND 8.

Fredrikson & Byron is acting as legal counsel to Altasciences in its agreement to acquire Sinclair Research.

The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, has authorized consular officers to waive the in-person interview requirement for certain temporary employment nonimmigrant visa applicants who have a petition approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is extending the flexibilities it originally announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants, petitioners and requestors who are responding to certain requests.

The Department of State has proposed raising fees for consular services for several nonimmigrant visa application processing fees, the Border Crossing Card for Mexican citizens age 15 and over, and the waiver of the two year residency requirement fee for certain J exchange visitors.