December 14, 2022
Volume XII, Number 348
December 14, 2022
– U.S.Department of State to Update Design on Nonimmigrant and…by: Ashley K.Kerr
– Cannon Fire: Newly-Famous Judge Stays All Discovery in TCPA Class…by: Eric J.Troutman
– EPA Announces Proposed RFS for 2023-2025, Will Hold Public Hearing in…by: Lynn L.Bergeson and Carla N.
Hutton
– CANNON FIRE: Newly-Famous Judge Stays All Discovery in TCPA Class…by: Eric J.Troutman
– Why Do Law Firms Need CRM? by: CRM News and Updates, Lawmatics
– This California Rule by: Keith Paul Bishop
– Unintended Consequences: Legal Compliance Concerns With Long-Term…by: Amber K.
Dodds and Robert S.Nichols
– UK Parliament Considers Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill…by: Emma Thomson
December 13, 2022
– DOL Issues Final Rule Amending Investment Duties Regulation –…by: James Frazier
– Third time lucky or Schrems III? The European Union Data Pact with…
by: Diletta De Cicco and James Downes
– Renewed Era of Crypto Assets Growth in Hong Kong by: Jay Lee
– Division I Universities Must Be Ready for Changes to the NCAA…by: Paul V.Kelly
– U.S.Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Case Testing Limits of…
by: Michelle E.Phillips and Christopher M.Repole
– Damages in Pre-Certification Discovery are Premature, Discovery…by: Jenniffer Cabrera
– When Chains Change, Do NFTs Stay The Same? How Hard Forks May Affect…
by: Jason H.Finger
– COVID-19: A Roadmap to Fraud Investigations: Office of Inspector…by: Stephen D.Bittinger
– DOJ Settlement with Electronic Health Records Provider Highlights…
by: Ty E.Howard and Lane M.
Webster
– Update: OFCCP Plans to Disclose EEO-1 Data for Non-Objecting…by: Abby M.
Warren
– Increasing US Enforcement Action for Sanctions Violations by Crypto…by: Hannah Laming and Adam Klauder
– DOJ Antitrust Division and HHS OIG Enter into Partnership to Increase…by: Diane Hazel
– Can Discovery Be Compelled from a Party? Possession, Custody, Control…by: Kathryn C.Cole
– Weekly Bankruptcy Alert December 13, 2022 by: Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights
– California’s Newly Adopted “Safe Harbor” Warning Label for Acrylamide…by: Taryn McPherson and Whitney Jones Roy
– Considerations for Public Company Bylaw Amendments in View of the New…by: Frank M.Placenti and Doron Lipshitz
– All Things Chemical® Podcast: TSCA Regulation of Articles: The Saga…
by: Lynn L.Bergeson
– Telecom Alert: Providers Support 10-10.5 GHz NPRM; FCC Blocks Student…by: Jaimy “Sindy” Alarcon and Jim Baller
– New DOL Rule Enables Consideration of ESG Factors in Investing, Plus…by: Johnjerica Hodge and Danette R.
Edwards
– Energy & Sustainability M&A Activity — December 2022 by: Thomas R.Burton, III and Sahir Surmeli
– Court Holds NC State Health Plan Constitutes “Health Program or…by: Caroline Turner English and Alison Lima Andersen
– Energy & Sustainability IP Updates — December 2022 by: Brad M.Scheller
– Another Block Falls: BlockFi Files for Chapter 11 Protection,…
by: David A.Lopez-Kurtz and Alex J.Albers
– SEC Reopens Proposal on Stock Buyback Rules by: Erin Reeves McGinnis
– IRS Announces 2023 Increases to Estate and Gift Tax Exclusions by: Katlyn E.Koegel and Stephen C.Rohr
– FDA Letter States that β-Nicotinamide Mononucleotide is Not Lawful…by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
– New York City’s Automated Employment Decision Tools Law Enforcement…by: Adam S.Forman and Nathaniel M.
Glasser
– Chips Chatter: December 5-12, 2022 by: Pablo E.Carrillo and Ludmilla L.Kasulke
– FTC Releases Tentative Agenda for December 14 Open Commission Meeting by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
– How Many Behavioral Advertising Trackers Do Websites Deploy Currently? by: David A.Zetoony
– FRB Proposes Climate-Related Financial Risk Management Principles by: Daniel Meade
– Energy & Sustainability Litigation Updates — December 2022 by: Jacob H.
Hupart
– Investor-State Arbitration: 2022 ICSID Rule Amendments and Update on…by: Joseph J.Mamounas and Claudia D.Hartleben
– Warning Sign? A New Round of FDA Warning Letters Over CBD Consumer…
by: J.Hunter Robinson and Josh Kleppin
– Cross Border Recognition, 25 years on: the view from each side of the…
by: Michelle N.Saney
– A New Era of Technology in the Private Markets by: Louis Lehot and Christopher Converse
– New York City Postpones Enforcement of Automated Employment Decision…by: Simone R.D.Francis
– New Law Seeks To Curtail Coerced Debts by: Keith Paul Bishop
– Republican SEC Commissioners Continue to Criticize Proposed Climate…by: Jacob H.Hupart
December 12, 2022
– Raters gonna rate…
but there’s a bright side! by: Daniel B.Guggenheim
– SEC Awards More than $20 Million to Whistleblower by: Mary Jane Wilmoth
– Duty to Preserve Evidence Covers Climate Review by Higher Educational…by: Monica H.Khetarpal and Laura A.Ahrens
– Preliminary Determination of Circumvention Regarding Solar Energy…by: Gregory Husisian and John E.Turlais
– Estate Planning for Football Season Ticket Holders by: Katherine M.Szymanski and Rebecca K.
Wrock
– Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Issues Statement on 2021 FBI…by: United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
– NLRB General Counsel Proposes Lower Standard for Requiring Employers…by: Adam C.Abrahms and Steven M.Swirsky
– American Hospital Association Urges DEA to Issue Special Registration…
by: Nathaniel M.Lacktman
– EPA Announces $25.7 Million in Grants to Support Water Systems in…by: EPA
– New York State Expands Workplace Protections for Nursing Employees by: Evandro C Gigante and Laura M.
Fant
– Weekly IRS Roundup December 5 – December 9, 2022 by: Tax Practice Group McDermott Will Emery
– CMS Announces Strategy on Value-Based Payments for Specialty Care by: Anahita Anvari
– DOL Proposes Self-Correction Option and Other Changes to Voluntary…by: Justin S Alex
– The City of Los Angeles’ Fair Work Week Ordinance Requires…
by: Tomi Oshita
– Considering Using Biometric Information? Adopt a Biometric Policy Now by: Mike H.
Holland and Patrick J.McMahon
– Recent Developments in Telehealth Enforcement by: Sara Helene Shanti and Danielle Vrabie
– ESG INVESTING AND PROXY VOTING: DOL’S NEW FINAL RULE by: Kristina M.Zanotti and Ruth E.Delaney
– IN A NEW YORK MINUTE, Telemarketing Laws Are Changing! by: Angelika Munger
– Fa-La-La Laws: Employer Liability Issues for Office Holiday Parties by: Katharine O.
Beattie and Victoria Stockton Breese
– More Places, Less Spaces: California is Driving Down Development Costs by: Amanda S.
Lee
– Bereavement Leave Becomes Mandatory in the Golden State by: Kaleb N.Berhe
– BETO Postpones December 13, 2022, Webinar on SAF Grand Challenge…by: Lynn L.Bergeson and Carla N.
Hutton
– New Year Brings New Laws for Illinois Employers by: Mikela T.Sutrina and Katherine H.
Oblak
– Decision in U.S.v.
Holland by: Gabriel L.
Imperato
– New Jersey Senate Labor Committee WARNs Effective Date of Amendments…by: Mark Diana and Brandon R.Sher
– Crypto Punked? Industry Bankruptcies Rattle Markets and Expose Major…
by: George P.Angelich and Dan Jasnow
– Global M&A Trends: A Wider Slowdown but Still on Track to Surpass…by: Louis Lehot and Brandee L.Diamond
– Top Five Labor Law Developments for November 2022 by: Jonathan J.
Spitz and Richard F.Vitarelli
– “Cold-Pressed Juice” Lawsuit Permanently Dismissed by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
– December 2022 AFS Privacy Report: Pandora’s Virtual Try-On Tool…
by: Eva J.Pulliam and D.Reed Freeman Jr.
– USPTO Releases New Guidelines Shortening the Response Deadline in…by: Luna M.Samman
– ‘No Exit’: SEC Sanctions Investment Adviser for Impeding…by: Peter D.
Hutcheon
– TradeTalk China: December 2 – December 9, 2022 by: Pablo E.Carrillo and Ludmilla L.Kasulke
– $10.3 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Health of Long Island…by: EPA
– RE-STRUC: Tax Changes as of 2023 by: Thomas van der Vliet and Louisa van Isselmuden
– Episode 23: The Emerging Investigatory Focus on Telehealth: What You…by: Nathaniel M.Lacktman and Maureen M.Stewart
– The CAC Assessment Collection – Part 2: What Must Be Done Before…by: Amigo L.
Xie and Dan Wu
– CFIUS Clearance: GIC Private Limited and STORE Capital Corporation by: International Trade Practice at Squire Patton Boggs
– Here We Go Again: Lesser Prairie-Chicken Re-Listed Under the…by: Karma B.
Brown and Linda Trees
– What’s more common: opt-in, opt-out, or notice cookie banners? by: David A.Zetoony
– An Unstoppable Force Meets an Immovable Object: Microsoft to Fight…by: Jonathan Rubin
– Who Qualifies As An Expert Witness? by: Keith Paul Bishop
December 11, 2022
– Ex-Wall Street Trader Convicted of Fraud in Precious Metals Spoofing…by: United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
– Former Navy Sailor Sentenced for Producing Images of Child Sexual…by: United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
– USCIS Updates Policy to Automatically Extend Green Cards for…by: U.S.
Customs and Border Protection Department of Homeland Security
– Mauritanian Terrorist Charged with Death of American Citizen and with…by: United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
U.S.Department of State to Update Design on Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visas
U.S.Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that a new visa foil design is being released for all nonimmigrant and immigrant visas.
The current Lincoln visa foil will soon be replaced with a Bridge visa foil.Both visa foil designs will remain valid for travel to the United States until their printed expiration dates.
What Is a Visa?
A visa is a document issued by the U.S.Department of State that allows a foreign national to travel to the United States for various purposes.In order to obtain a visa, a foreign national typically must schedule an appointment and attend a visa interview at a U.S.
consular post abroad.
If the visa application is approved, the foreign national will receive a visa foil printed in his or her passport.Generally, the foreign national must present a visa to a CBP officer for admission to the United States.Upon entry, the foreign national will receive an electronic I-94 record, which provides evidence of his or her lawful status while in the United States.
Visa Security Features
The State Department periodically undertakes review of visa foil designs to develop and test new travel documents in its efforts to reduce U.S.immigration fraud.The redesign often takes several years to complete and typically is conducted in response to detected counterfeit attempts.
Under the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002, the U.S.Congress mandated the use of biometrics in U.S.
visas so that all foreign nationals must have a machine-readable visa (MRV) that is tamper resistant and includes biometric identifiers (that is, a digital photograph and fingerprints).CBP officers can then review the visa document and related biometric details to verify the identity of the foreign national entering the United States.
Lincoln Visa Foil
The current design for both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas depicts President Abraham Lincoln and the U.S.
Capitol building and is referred to as the “Lincoln visa foil.” The Lincoln visa foil adopted improved security features over the previous design that had been in place since 1993.Enhancements to the Lincoln visa foil included security fibers, detailed printing, and biometric details.The Lincoln visa was developed over a period of four years and has been in use since 2002.
Bridge Visa Foil
The consular posts have now started issuing a redesigned visa to replace the Lincoln visa foil.The new visa design depicts the Golden Gate Bridge and is thus referred to as the “Bridge visa foil.” As consular posts deplete their stock of Lincoln visa foils, they will begin issuing the Bridge visa foil.According to CBP’s Carrier Liaison Program, “All Lincoln Visas will remain valid until the printed expiration date unless otherwise revoked or cancelled.”.