Updates & Events

For the fifth year in a row, Fredrikson & Byron was named one of the “50 Best Law Firms for Women” by Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers LLC.

The North Dakota Supreme Court issued its decision on July 15, 2015.

The United States Department of Labor issued an Administrator’s Interpretation on July 15, 2015.

With nearly 20 years of experience, she represents utility, cooperative and transmission companies facing administrative, regulatory and litigation issues in multiple states.

In 1964, the Supreme Court held that a patent owner cannot charge royalties for the use of a patented invention after the patent’s term has expired. Lower courts and academics alike have challenged the decision.

Several companies have been in the spotlight recently due to hiring H-1B workers and laying off U.S. workers in similar positions.

On April 2, 2015, USCIS announced that it had accepted and approved a sufficient number of H-2B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated annual cap of 66,000 H-2B visas. From June 3, 2014, through March 26, 2015, USCIS accepted about 3,900 petitions (about 77,000 beneficiaries) toward the H-2B FY 2015 cap.

USCIS seeks public comments on proposed changes to E-Verify.

We note that in June the U.S. Supreme Court decided two important immigration cases with potentially far-reaching implications.

Immigration attorney Robert D. Aronson was recently honored as the inaugural recipient of the Roberta Freedman Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of physician immigration.