On Sept. 23, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced that the state’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) had formally approved the CPPA’s wide-ranging package of revised and new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations, thereby confirming a Jan. 1, 2026, effective date.

Although the new rules do not contain a delayed enforcement…


The New $100,000 H-1B Filing Fee: Employer Considerations
On Sept. 19, 2025, President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation introducing a mandatory $100,000.00 one-time fee for all “new” H-1B petitions filed on or after Sept. 21, 2025. This represents a significant increase to H-1B filing costs and may substantially affect employers’ immigration strategies and budgets. The
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The Corporate Transparency Act took effect Jan. 1, 2024, requiring non-exempt U.S. entities and non-exempt foreign entities registered to do business in the United States (collectively, Reporting Companies) to submit beneficial ownership information.
(BOI) reports to a confidential FinCEN database.

BOI reports must include certain personal information about individuals who, directly or indirectly,
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Please join Natalia Rymer, Linnea Porter, and Miriam Thompson, members of GT’s Immigration & Compliance Practice, for a webinar on the new version of Form I-9 and updated document inspection procedures.

The speakers will walk employers through the new Department of Homeland Security Final Rule, updated Form I-9, required eligibility criteria…

  1. Distressed Transactions Get More Creative – Expect to see more companies in need of creative financing solutions, and investors who are specialized in distressed situations. Companies will need to think outside the box to monetize assets and consider their strategic alternatives in the event that traditional venture and capital markets deals are not as accessible
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Congratulations to our longstanding client Chorus.AI (“Chorus”) for being acquired by Zoominfo.  Chorus is an Israel-based provider of a conversation intelligence solution for sales teams and is active worldwide.

Adam Snukal (Tel Aviv IP & Technology Shareholder) has been representing Chorus for many years and helped design, implement and maintain Chorus’ global compliance program. …

On Aug. 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to its Regulation D to cautiously expand the definition of “accredited investor” in the Commission’s rules. The change will give additional categories of investors access to certain private offerings of securities that rely upon Regulation D.1 The Commission also made changes to allow…

On April 30, 2019, to provide greater transparency into prosecution decisions, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published “The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs,” an update to its February 2017 guidance on the same topic. The new guidance complements the principles previously described by DOJ’s Fraud Section that prosecutors should consider when “conducting…