 | With great sadness, our firm mourns the passing of Attorney Leo Gold on Sunday, May 7, 2023. Leo was a well-respected member of the local and legal communities, as well as an honorable, knowledgeable, trustworthy colleague. His humble, pragmatic nature and sage legal advice will be greatly missed. Leo practiced law for over 50 years, and it was a privilege to work alongside him and know him. The firm has made a contribution in Leo’s name to Connecticut Legal Services. |
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 The firm is honored to announce that Attorney Daniel A. Benjamin was recognized in the field of Worker’s Compensation Law by the “Best Lawyers in Connecticut” (a publication of the Hartford Courant and the Wall Street Journal). For many years, Attorney Benjamin has represented clients who have been seriously injured, and is especially proud of his work representing firefighters in various claims before the Worker’s Compensation Commission in Connecticut. He is especially pleased that he was included in this publication based upon reviews of his legal abilities submitted by his peers (other attorneys in the state).
A copy of the publication and the selection criteria is available HERE.  The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services announced that their COVID-19 policy allowing petitions and applications to be filed with copies of signatures on forms will become a permanent policy. This policy has helped many clients who spent precious resources sending ink signatures via couriers across the nation, and sometimes between continents, just to comply with original ink signature requirements at USCIS. Making this policy permanent is a welcome step forward for USCIS, bringing the agency a little closer to reflecting modern business norms.
The announcement, available HERE, also included an extension of some COVID-19 filing deadline flexibilities through this October.  Beginning on July 1, 2021, the NCAA amended its bylaws to allow student-athletes to receive compensation in exchange for their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) for the first time. College athletes across the country have since signed thousands of endorsement deals worth millions of dollars. One projection expects the college athletics NIL market to grow to $1 billion in the next five years. Notably absent from NIL activities have been the majority of the NCAA’s approximately 20,000 international student-athletes.
Click "Read More" to continue reading.  Earlier today, President Biden announced "Uniting for Ukraine," a new streamlined process to provide Ukrainian citizens who fled from the war with Russia opportunities to come to the United States. In addition, the State Department is announcing increased refugee resettlement processing and broadened access to visa processing at consular posts overseas.
Uniting for Ukraine is a streamlined process for Ukrainian citizens who have been displaced by the war with Russia to apply for humanitarian parole in the United States. To be eligible, Ukrainians must Click "Read More" to continue reading.  USCIS just announced that they have completed the lottery for H-1B registrations for this fiscal year, and have sent out notifications to those selected in the lottery. The selected applicants can file H-1B petitions starting on April 1, 2022.
For those who were selected - congratulations! It is estimated that you are the lucky 25% of those that registered this year. If you did not work with an attorney to file the registration, now is a good time to engage with a qualified immigration attorney to complete the process for you. The next steps in the process include: Click "Read More" to continue reading.  On April 27, 2021, as part of a delegation from the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Attorneys Aleksandr Troyb and Michelle Ross are scheduled to meet with members of the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C. to discuss various immigration issues of interest to individuals and employers. They encourage their clients to contact them to discuss any immigration issues they may want them to address with members of Congress.
  Attorney Michelle A. Ross is honored to have been asked to present at a program hosted by the Connecticut Bar Association's Law Center at 9:00 a.m. on April 6, 2022 entitled "Best Practices in On-Boarding Employees." The program will offer a practical "how to" for onboarding new employees from offer letter to the first day of work including all hiring requirements, notices and deadlines including applicable immigration laws and processes that an employer must navigate to bring on new employees for Connecticut workers and foreign workers, including proper work visas and work authorizations.
More information on the program, as well as registration instructions, are available HERE.  Late this afternoon, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the designation of Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
A country may be designated for TPS when conditions in the country fall into one or more of the three statutory bases for designation: ongoing armed conflict, environmental disasters, or extraordinary and temporary conditions. This designation is based on both ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in Ukraine that prevent Ukrainian nationals, and those of no nationality who last habitually resided in Ukraine, from returning to Ukraine safely. Individuals eligible for TPS under this designation must have continuously resided in the United States since March 1, 2022. Individuals who attempt to travel to the United States after March 1, 2022, will not be eligible for TPS. Ukraine’s designation will go into effect on the publication date of the forthcoming Federal Register notice. The notice will provide instructions for applying for TPS and an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) which would allow recipients to legally work in the United States. TPS applicants must meet all eligibility requirements and undergo security and background checks. Our attorneys are continuing to monitor the situation, and are available to answer any questions you may have about TPS and other options that may be available to you. Several clients contacted us recently about family members who were able to exit Ukraine and are looking to fly to the United States with valid visas but cannot obtain a pre-departure Covid-19 test due to extenuating circumstances.
On February 15, 2022, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), determined that it is in the national interest of the United States to temporarily permit the entry of certain individuals who were physically present in Ukraine as of February 10, 2022 without the requirement that they provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test result prior to boarding a flight to the United States or to complete the attestation at Section 1 of the Combined Passenger Disclosure Attestation to the United States of America form. This temporary change is currently scheduled to remain in place until April 1, 2022 and applies to the following groups of individuals: |
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