For attorneys with clients doing business in North America, the immigration attorney speakers from the respective jurisdictions will provide a high level “crash course” of basic immigration laws and principles of each country. The speakers will also present their opinions about the USMCA’s legal and practical changes in the immigration field, and what issues going forward practitioners should be aware of.

The first labor complaint under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Rapid Response Mechanism was filed by the AFL-CIO and other groups in May. They alleged that workers at an auto parts factory in Matamoros, Mexico, were being denied the right to organize. A few days after that complaint was filed, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) also initiated a request through the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism to review allegations of serious violations of workers’ rights at a facility in Silao, Mexico.

The program will provide an overview of USMCA focusing on its innovations and setbacks. Discussion points will include analyses of new chapters (imported from the Trans-Pacific Partnership that the U.S. failed to sign) and introduce a new model that enhances labor obligations, especially for Mexico.

For attorneys interested in learning more about immigration law, this is an ideal opportunity to take a survey through the most common employment based work visas.

Provide information regarding understanding possible effects a guilty plea can have on a non-US Citizen, the importance of fashioning a plea to ensure the least possible immigration consequences; and using recent changes in California criminal law to alleviate or remove the immigration consequences of criminal charge or conviction.

A discussion of the European Commission’s proposal for a Digital Services Act and its implications for online platforms in the EU and the US. The EU’s Digital Services Act will introduce a common set of rules for digital platforms including a modernized liability regime for online intermediaries and new transparency obligations for combatting illegal content. The proposed new rules will apply to companies that provide services within the EU, regardless of where such providers are based meaning the DSA will also be of relevance to many California based companies operating in Europe.