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Russia Was Banned From the Tokyo Olympics. These Athletes Are Finding Other Ways to Compete

Russia Was Banned From the Tokyo Olympics. These Athletes Are Finding Other Ways to Compete

Ksenia Maiorova, a U.S. lawyer of Russian descent specializing in sports immigration says that athletes from Russia and Eastern Europe face a “particularly high level stigma” for choosing to train abroad or join a foreign national team. She says that some of her clients from Russia and Eastern Europe have chosen to keep their U.S. green card applications private because of the political hostility they face at home. Learn more.

 

 

Member Perspective: Jonathan A. Grode

Member Perspective: Jonathan A. Grode

The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia • 19 JAN 2021

Grode elaborates on how the business community can benefit from an ease in federal immigration policies.

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Updates You Need to Know About Employment and Immigration Law

Updates You Need to Know About Employment and Immigration Law

Workplace Fairness • 30 NOV 2020

Workplace Fairness partnered with immigration attorney Jonathan Grode in a live webinar to discuss employment and immigration law. Here, they discuss hot-button topics and answer some pressing questions about COVID-19, work, and of course, workers rights.

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Denial of H-1B visa ruled ‘arbitrary and capricious’

Denial of H-1B visa ruled ‘arbitrary and capricious’

Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly • ​16 ​​APR 2020

A federal judge has determined that the general operations manager of a multi-location restaurant business is engaged in a “specialty occupation” as defined in 8 U.S.C. §1184 for purposes of an H-1B visa, and that a contrary conclusion by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was arbitrary and capricious. Learn more in this article by Barry Bridges.

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