On January 20, 2021, his first day in office, President Biden issued five immigration-related executive orders and sent a sweeping immigration reform bill to Congress. Among other things, the executive orders will reverse the...
Last week, the Trump administration finalized and published a new rule which essentially dismantles the existing H-1B visa lottery, and replaces it with a new system which will allocate H-1B visas to the highest bidder. The...
Scott Budow, an associate at Kauff McGuire & Margolis LLP, will serve as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law this upcoming semester, where he will teach Legal Writing. While the class will be...
Jan 05, 2021
COVID-19 Guidance
California Division of Occupational Health and Safety (Cal/OSHA) Enacts Emergency Temporary COVID-19 Standards
California’s Division of Occupational Health and Safety (Cal/OSHA) adopted Emergency Temporary Standards (“the Standards”) to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 infections in the workplace, which were approved by...
Jan 05, 2021
COVID-19 Guidance
New York Shortens Quarantine Period for Individuals Exposed to COVID-19
On December 29, 2020, New York Governor Cuomo announced modified COVID-19 quarantine guidelines, available here, which align with a portion of the revised quarantine guidelines announced by the Centers for Disease Control...
On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act (the “Act”), funding the federal government for the 2021 fiscal year. Attached to the Act was an approximately $908 billion stimulus...
Dec 29, 2020
COVID-19 Guidance
Negative COVID Test Now Required For All Travelers Coming From The UK
In light of a new virulent strain of COVID-19, the United States is requiring all airline passengers coming from the United Kingdom to produce a negative COVID-19 test before entering the US. As of Monday, December 28th,...
Dec 04, 2020
COVID-19 Guidance
CDC Provides Options to Shorten Fourteen Day COVID-19 Quarantine But Advises Adherence to Local Health Authority Guidelines
On December 2, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) posted “[o]ptions to reduce quarantine” on its website. Employers should be aware, however, that in the same communication, the CDC advises that “[l]ocal...
Dec 03, 2020
Immigration Law
Court Blocks New H-1B Rules
A federal district court in California has set aside two new interim final rules recently promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL), both of which were aimed at making it more...
Nov 17, 2020
Immigration Law
Holiday Travel Alert
As the holiday season approaches, KM&M would like to remind all foreign nationals that international travel will be particularly challenging this year as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, embassy closures, and...