To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Foreign workers fill a critical need in the U.S. labor market, particularly in the professional and technological fields such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). To fill this need, U.S. employers submit H-1B temporary worker visa status registrations…
(Photo by Ali Shaker/VOA) This morning Justice Juan Merchan held Donald Trump in contempt of court and fined him $1,000. Again. This makes the tenth contemptuous violation of the pending gag order for the former president, who is on trial in Manhattan for creating false business records to cover up the hush money payment to…
The test has not been accepted since July 26, 2023, when ETS launched a new version of the test which authorities then had to review. From May 5, TOEFL iBT scores from secure test centres have been accepted by the Australian Department of Home Affairs. Other tests the department accepts includes IELTS, including One Skill Retake, Pearson Test of English, Cambridge English/ C1 Advanced…
07 May 2024 Travers Smith LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Pensions Radar is a quarterly listing of expected future changes in UK law affecting work-based pension schemes. Legislative and regulatory developments Ongoing and recurring events …
As the economic recovery continues in full swing, law firms saw a much rosier outlook according to the recently released Q1 2024 Thomson Reuters Law Firm Financial Index. How good do law firms have it right now? The LFFI is 59! Which is a lot like telling someone the temperature in celsius. Is 31 hot?…
The findings are part of a new report, The Exchequer benefits and costs associated with the Graduate Route visa, which is the first detailed look at the fiscal benefits as well as the costs to the UK in the first full tax year after the Graduate Route visa was introduced. The research – published jointly by…
As the world moves toward a more decentralized and transparent digital economy, the possibilities unleashed by the use of fungible and nonfungible tokens have emerged as a game-changer for businesses operating in the Web3 ecosystem. Tokens based on blockchain technology represent a wide range of assets, rights, or utilities within a specific ecosystem. They can…
Biglaw firms are eager to get out of China while the getting is still good — or at the very least, consolidate their offerings there — and the latest firms to do so are at the tippy top of the Am Law 100. As reported by Law.com International, Weil Gotshal is now in the process…
This article analyses and critiques the mechanism for mediation introduced by the Mediation Act, 2023 in the context of global standards. Historically, the Indian judicial system has been plagued with delays. As of 13 February 2024,1 over 44 million civil and criminal case were pending.2 Over time, the law has developed to enable courts to…
An F-35 undergoes assembly at the Lockheed Martin factory in Fort Worth, Texas. (Lockheed Martin photo) WASHINGTON — Months after defense giant Lockheed Martin took the extraordinary step of suing its supplier Howmet Aerospace over a dispute concerning the supply of titanium for the F-35, the two parties have quietly settled the case, according to…