Updates & Events

Fredrikson & Byron earned 100 of 100 possible points on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s leading benchmarking tool and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation.

Attorney Mark D. Salsbury has joined Fredrikson & Byron as a shareholder in the Business & Tax Planning, Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups.

According to the SEC, these priorities reflect certain practices and products that may present heightened risk to investors and/or the integrity of the U.S. capital markets.

USCIS will open an initial registration period for H-1B Electronic Registration for FY 2021 Cap Season from March 1 through March 20, 2020.

NBC found that 14 “suspicious” companies employed more than 5,500 foreign students through the Optional Practical Training program.

President Trump has signed legislation for fiscal year 2020 that includes several immigration-related provisions and preventing government shutdown.

DHS has extended the validity of employment authorization documents issued under TPS designations through January 4, 2021, for certain TPS beneficiaries.

On December 26, 2019, USCIS announced it would begin accepting applications from certain Liberian nationals to adjust status to lawful permanent residence.

A new joint proposed rule by the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice would provide seven additional mandatory bars to eligibility for asylum.

The Department of Justice reached a settlement agreement with Adecco USA Inc., one of the largest staffing companies in the United States.