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July 9, 2009

Senate Approves Amendments to Make E-Verify, EB-5 Visa Programs Permanent

Yesterday, the Senate approved by voice vote an amendment (S. AMDT. 1371) to the Department of Homeland

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July 7, 2009

Minnesota Appellate Court Rules that Temporary Posting of Medical Information on MySpace.Com Supports a Privacy Breach Claim Even if Seen by Only a Few

Even a brief posting of private information on an Internet site amounts to “publicity per se” sufficient

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July 7, 2009

Employer's Electronic Communications Policy Did Not Allow Company to Review Employee's E-mail Exchange with Her Attorney

Update August 2009: The New Jersey Supreme Court has granted review to the case discussed below. Littler

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July 5, 2009

Legislative and Regulatory News for the Week of June 28

The following is a summary of the labor- and employment-related regulatory and legislative news for the

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July 3, 2009

Senator Schumer Wants to Replace E-Verify with Biometric Identity Cards

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, has strongly

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July 3, 2009

Immigration Roadblocks Causing Silicon Valley "Brain Drain"

As reported by Reuters, Silicon Valley is experiencing a brain drain of foreign-born students, many

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July 2, 2009

Napolitano to Confer with Lawmakers on Full Range of Immigration Issues

President Barack Obama has asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to meet regularly with

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July 2, 2009

ICE Issues Notices of Inspection to More Than 600 Businesses

On July 1, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) initiated a significant new audit initiative

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July 2, 2009

Nurses in Texas May Refuse to Work Mandatory Overtime

Texas will soon join a growing list of more than a dozen states that have imposed mandatory overtime

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July 2, 2009

U.S. Steel Unionized Production and Maintenance Workers Not Entitled to Compensation for Time Spent Donning and Doffing

A federal district court ruled that hourly production and maintenance workers at U.S. Steel’s Clariton,

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