Fake products are a $250 billion business in the United States, and stamping them out will take what one attorney calls a "Hundred Years War"
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
By Daniel D'Ambrosio
It had been a long, hot July day at Pocono Raceway when Carolyn Donohue, assistant to the president at luxury purse maker Dooney & Bourke of Norwalk, Conn. — and life-long NASCAR fan — sat in the back of her son Tom's van, shoes off,...
Read MoreIn January 2010, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) made recommendations to the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA), including proposed changes to the criteria for foreign workers in the Tier 2 (Intra-company Transferee) category under the points-based system.
Under current regulations, a foreign national must have been employed at a headquarters, branch, or other affiliate office...
Read MoreIn January 2010, Norway implemented a new Immigration Act (“the Act”). The Act placed restrictions on certain foreign workers and changed the terminology for work and residence permit categories. All applications are now classified as residence permits and each permit designates whether a foreign national is entitled to work and whether there are any restrictions. Additionally, foreign national employees are now required to provide evidence...
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the March 2010 Visa Bulletin. There are modest advancements in most employment-based categories. In the employment-based, second preference (EB-2) category, the priority cut-off date for Chinese nationals advanced to July 8, 2005 and the EB-2 priority cut-off date for Indian nationals advanced to February 1, 2005. Foreign nationals having a priority date before the established cut-off date are...
Read MoreApril 1, 2010 marks the first day U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will accept H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 H-1B cap. As most employers are aware, H-1B cap season starts much earlier, with the identification of prospective beneficiaries and gathering of supporting documentation. We encourage employers to consider their H-1B cap cases now, and initiate the preparation of cap cases as soon as possible to...
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