International

Join Hieu Williams for a complimentary 30-minute webinar on December 15, 2022. The accelerated growth in remote work has corresponded with the rapid rise in contractors across the world. A 2022 Statista Report showed that over 70 million Americans are now independent contractors and by 2027 that number is expected to grow to 86.5 million…

Join Steve Hirschfeld and a panel of attorneys from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for a complimentary 1-hour webinar on November 30, 2022. The US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) established an aggressive new mechanism designed to determine, among other things, whether American and Canadian-owned Mexican operations have a bona fide arms-length relationship with their unions and…

OVERVIEW As we blogged previously, now that the NCAA allows student-athletes to benefit financially from their name, image, and likeness (NIL), new issues are emerging for campuses and their student-athletes, and particularly visa issues for international student-athletes. I recommend that each NCAA college develop a policy for NIL and student-athletes, in consultation with the diverse…

OVERVIEW Opportunities for student-athletes to benefit from use of their name, image, and likeness (NIL) have opened up under new NCAA rules adopted in the face of pressure from state laws challenging NCAA’s former prohibition on student-athletes profiting from their own NIL. As of July 1, 2021, student-athletes who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent…

On March 17, 2020, Hirschfeld Kraemer’s Christine Helwick was a guest on Employment Matters, the Employment Law Alliance (ELA) podcast. In this episode, Issues Arising with US Employees Working Remotely in Other Countries, Christine provides some updates on issues in long-term working relationships with foreign citizens working remotely from their home countries. Employment Matters is…