The Optional Practical Training (OPT) US immigration program, which allows international students to remain in the US for up to three years to work after they graduate, has survived a legal challenge over its extension. However, the labor union that filed the lawsuit is set to appeal the ruling.
US District Court Judge for the District of Columbia, Reggie B. Walton ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had not overstepped its authority when expanding the OPT program, despite labor union, the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech), claiming that it had.
Nearly 250,000 people participate in the OPT scheme. The standard OPT scheme allows a post graduate to work in the US for 12 months while the STEM OPT programme allows international students who earn a degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics to remain in America for up to three years.
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with Aaron Schaffer Jeff Bezos is stepping aside as CEO of Amazon at the most politically perilous moment in the history of the company he founded. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy is set to take the reins as the company reaches new heights of financial success related to the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time, the retail giant earned more than $100 billion in revenue in a single quarter, reporting yesterday it recorded $125.56 billion in sales between October and December. But the company also is facing political challenges expected to only escalate under a Democratic-controlled White House and Congress. Amazon has emerged as a punching bag for politicians in both parties, and lawmakers are already signaling Jassy should prepare for the hits to keep coming.
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A U.S. District Court judge issued an opinion last week upholding a program important to many in higher education that allows international students to stay and work in the U.S. after they graduate in a field related to their area of study.
Nearly a quarter million people participate in the optional practical training program, or OPT, which allows international students to work in the U.S. for up to three years after graduating while staying on their student visas. The regular OPT program provides for one year of postgraduation work authorization, while the STEM OPT extension enables graduates who earned degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields to stay for an additional two years.
February 1, 2021
For the third consecutive year, following the publication of Gibson Dunn’s ninth annual U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review on Data Privacy Day, we offer this separate International Outlook and Review.
Like many recent years, 2020 saw significant developments in the evolution of the data protection and cybersecurity landscape in the European Union (“
EU”):
CJEU” or “
Court”) struck down as legally invalid the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, on which some companies relied to transfer personal data from the EU to the U.S. While companies are turning to other frameworks to transfer personal data, such as Standard Contract Clauses (“
Google s Sundar Pichai, Apple s Tim Cook Applaud Joe Biden s Immigration Reforms Google s Sundar Pichai, Apple s Tim Cook Applaud Joe Biden s Immigration Reforms On day 1, President Biden sent a comprehensive immigration bill to Congress which proposes major overhauls to the system, including granting legal status and a path to citizenship to tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants and reduce time that family members must wait for green cards.
Joe Biden s immigration reforms have been applauded by tech firms Apple, Google, among others
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Looking forward to working with new administration: Google CEO
This effort will strengthen American communities: Apple CEO
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