Diversity is the essential feature of the firm, in which people value individual and group differences, respect the perspectives of others and communicate openly. We have made considerable progress in advancing opportunities for minorities, finding ways to create career pathways for people from diverse backgrounds. By hiring people from diverse cultures and with diverse backgrounds and experiences, we gain the essential perspective necessary for achieving our business objectives around the world.
DECEMBER 9, 2018 BY BRUCE ZAGARIS On December 1, 2018, Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s global chief financial officer, on a U.S. extradition warrant to answer fraud charges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.[1]During a bail hearing on December 7, 2018, John Gibb-Carsley, a lawyer with the Canadian federal
On November 30, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (hereinafter the “Proposed Rule”) that would require petitioners seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions to first electronically register with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) during a designated registration period. Under the proposed rule, USCIS would also reverse the
By Perry Bechky and Amiad Kushner* On April 17, 2019, the Trump Administration opened the floodgates to lawsuits against parties “trafficking” in expropriated Cuban property, lifting a suspension of such lawsuits that had been in effect since 1996. It is anticipated that many lawsuits will be filed under the federal law permitting such lawsuits, known
By Bruce Zagaris[1] On April 30, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia unsealed an opinion issued on March 18, 2019, by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell enforcing grand jury subpoenas and an administrative subpoena against three Chinese banks for records of transactions for a now-defunct Hong Kong based front company for
By Dorothea Lockhart* This is the first of a series of articles that we are offering to our readers on the subject of immigration options that may be available to highly accomplished business professionals and entrepreneurs who wish to live and work in the United States on a temporary or permanent basis. In this article