On June 8, 2010, an application for preliminary injunction and complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia which challenges USCIS\u2019s application of the January 8, 2010 Neufeld Memorandum\u2018s definition of employer-employee relationships. Stewart Rabinowitz, a Dallas-based immigration attorney, offers some pertinent insights.<\/p>\n
On June 8, 2010, a group of IT staffing companies, whose H-1B petitions USCIS had denied, filed suit against USCIS in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit Broadgate et al versus United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al, challenges the controversial Neufeld Memorandum of January 8, 2010, which allegedly clarifies employer-employee relationships within H-1B visa petition adjudications, but in practice has resulted in a preponderance of H-1B denials.<\/p>\n
Individual plaintiffs in the case \u2013 Broadgate Inc., Logic Planet Inc., DVR Softek Inc., TechServe Alliance, and the American Staffing Association moved for a preliminary injunction to prevent the USCIS from (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On June 8, 2010, an application for preliminary injunction and complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia which challenges USCIS\u2019s application of the January 8, 2010 Neufeld Memorandum\u2018s definition of employer-employee relationships. Stewart Rabinowitz,…<\/span><\/p>\n