Please see the following as published by my law firm, MSK, on March 24, 2020. The following contains articles written by me and my colleagues at my firm.

After a busy weekend of Shelter In Place orders and various other developments involving COVID-19, our latest alert below is rather lengthy and covers many different

There are many ways employers may run afoul of the anti-discrimination provisions in U.S. immigration law.  As a very clear starting point, the general rule for a long time has been and remains an employer may not make hiring, firing, or recruitment / referral decisions based on a worker’s citizenship status. However, there are notable

The U.S. federal government was shut down at midnight this morning after a funding bill did not get 60 votes in the United States Senate. While the politicians work to find a solution before Monday, Canadians are reminded that the last U.S. federal government shut down lasted 16 days and a previous shutdown lasted 27

Canada-US FlagsOn November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States.  What does this mean for Canadian businesses in terms of trade?

  1. President-elect Trump has said he is opposed to the TransPacific Partnership Agreement (“TPP”).  It is highly unlikely that TPP will be ratified.  Canada will have to negotiate strategic bilateral free trade

Originally published by the California Fashion Association in January 2015

Authored by Howard D. Shapiro and David S. Rugendor, Edited by Susan Kohn Ross

On November 20-21, 2014 President Obama announced “executive action” on immigration policy. These proposals were instantaneously controversial; businesses are left to ask – what does all of this mean to our