Ogletree Deakins is pleased to announce the addition of the following business immigration attorneys: Chad Li joined the Austin office as an associate. His practice focuses on employment-based immigration matters, including assisting companies in managing non-immigrant visa matters, such as H-1B, E, L, and TN employees, and immigrant visa matters covering all aspects of the permanent residency process. He has spent his career representing multinational corporations sponsoring foreign national employees, with a focus in the software, technology, and engineering industries....

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Didit, an integrated marketing communications firm based in Mineola, N.Y., has acquired public relations firm Bridge Global Strategies LLC in Manhattan, Didit’s second PR agency acquisition within a year. Bridge Global Strategies is known for its PR services for startups, and for help to overseas companies with U.S. market entry. The acquisition adds additional heft and capabilities to Didit’s growing public relations services. “Bridge Global Strategies brings us international PR expertise and connections with companies around the world,” said David Pasternack,...

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INSIDE SELF-STORAGE BEST OF BUSINESS 2015 The Inside Self-Storage "Best of Business" reader-choice poll, launched in 2011, solicits online votes from industry professionals who elect their favorite suppliers in approximately 30 categories. Awards include Best Builder, Best Management Software, Most Innovative Product and Best Customer Service among many others. Winners are honored through profile pages in ISS magazine as well as during a special ceremony at the Inside Self-Storage World Expo in Las Vegas. The results are published online year-round for ISS...

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Increasingly, foreign nationals who want to visit the U.S. temporarily – for business, to visit an ill relative, or for vacation – are unable to secure a U.S. visa. In some cases, their visa request is denied; in others, their existing visa is revoked. The applicant is typically seeking a B-1 (for business) and/or B-2 (for pleasure, tourism and / or medical treatment). And in the context of recent U.S. sanctions on Russians and Venezuelans, foreign nationals must also...

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