Short answer: maybe? Rumors have been swirling for a little while now that USCIS will have a new electronic registration system for H-1B applications starting in the FY2021 cap filing season. But USCIS hasn’t confirmed anything. So AILA, along with 14 business,...
Year: 2019
Tips to Complete Form I-983 for the F-1 STEM OPT Extension
Are you an employer of a future STEM OPT student or a future STEM OPT student? Here are tips for completing the required Form I-983 and the training plan. Read on.
ICE Is Conducting STEM OPT Visits
The ICE visit is typically announced via email to the managers who oversee STEM OPT workers. The email gives two days’ notice that ICE will be making a site visit. Typically, these visits have been taking around one to two hours, with an ICE officer questioning both...
Attorney Crystal Broughan Appointed to the INTA’s Anti-counterfeiting Committee
Marks Gray attorney Crystal Broughan was appointed to the International Trademark Association’s Anti-counterfeiting Committee for a two-year term January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2021. The Antercounterfeiting Committee develops and advocates INTA’s policy regarding...
Appeals Court Strikes Florida County Prayer Policy
“Secular invocations . . . from any organization whose precepts, tenets or principles espouse or promote reason, science, environmental factors, nature or ethics as guiding forces...must be placed on the Public Comment section of the secular business agenda. ...
Our Clients Are Soaring High throughout the Nation
The Marks Gray immigration team is honored to partner with amazing clients who are designing and building a better world.
Score Workshop on Trademarks, Copyrights and Your Intellectual Property Assets
On Tuesday night, I had the pleasure of presenting a SCORE workshop for small business owners and potential business owners on intellectual property assets. SCORE is a national service organization that supports small businesses throughout the nation. They consist of...
Student Newspaper Puts Journalism Protections to the Test
In 2013, the University of Massachusetts Boston student paper The Mass Media published an article titled, “Have You Seen This Man?” to help local police follow up on a case of a report of the man suspiciously photographing women on campus. The news report was based...