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Effective November 23, 2010, any company that applies for an H-1B (H-1B, H-1B1, Chile/Singapore), L-1, or O-1A visa for a foreign national through the filing of an I-129 must now certify that there are no International Traffic in...

By Veronica Von Grabow, MS&K Labor & Employment Attorney

California Senate Bill 1304 enacted Part 5.5 of the Labor Code, Section 1508, et seq., effective January 1, 2011, which requires employers with 15 or more employees to...

In accordance with seasonal tradition, we thought we would bring you an update as to current developments as we reach the end of 2010.

International Developments

Australia has been involved with a number of recent...

On December 15, 2010, Bill C-36 "Canada Consumer Product Safety Act" received Royal Assent in Canada's House of Commons. Bill C-36 passed third reading in the Canadian Senate on December 13, 2010 and previously passed third...

Our post of 17 June 2009 drew attention to the issue of Australian Customs' Notice No. 2009/25 ("ACN") by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ("Customs") and the impending close attention by Customs to the use of...

The recent release of Australian Customs Notice No. 2009/25 ("ACN") by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ("Customs") is a clear warning to those in industry who use the Enhanced Project By-Law Scheme ("EPBS")...

David McQuarrie has written a very good article for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on protectism.  Go to the following link - it is a really good read -...

Thanks to my colleagues in MS&K's Immigration Practice Group for this article -

A growing number of states have enacted legislation or issued executive orders targeted at the employment of undocumented immigrants. Many states...

Thank you to my colleage at MS&K, David Rugendorf for this update

On January 9, 2009, the US government voluntarily agreed to stay enforcement until February 20, 2009 of its regulations mandating the use of E-Verify for...

On November 24, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released its long-awaited interim final rule on the Importer Security Filing, also known as the 10+2 rule.  Starting Jan. 26, 2009 (but with an importers...

Recently, Brazil’s House of Representatives approved Provisional Executive Act 418, which promotes the use of export processing zones (ZPEs).  It is suggested that the export processing zones are allowed states in the...

Please fill out the following registration form if you would like to attend the free seminar "Emerging Market Multinationals: How Serious ids the threat to Western Companies?"  Simon J. Evenett, a well known professor of...

On April 8, 2008, the Minister of Health tabled in the House of Commons Bill C-52 "An Act respecting the safety of consumer products".  This proposed legislation changes the landscape in Canada to protect individuals by...

I received the following article written by Sagar Satapathy and thought that it should be shared -

The Elite list of Top Ten BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Companies in India

BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) has become...

This is the first time that I will refer Trade Lawyers Blog readers to China Law Blog.  China Law Blog has posted an article Bad China Products. Hey, It's a Criminal Thing -...

On January 24, 2008, Export Development Canada issued the following news release on the poor state of Canadian exporter confidence:

Exporter Confidence Plummets Amid High Dollar and U.S. Economic Slowdown, Says EDC...