USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2027 H-1B Cap

Release Date: 07/17/2026 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year...

New FTC Rule Banning Most Non-Competes in the U.S. as of September 2024

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its Final Non-Compete Clause Rule (“Final Rule”), comprehensively banning both existing and new non-competition (“non-compete”) agreements nationwide, with a few narrow exceptions. Under the Final Rule,...