The Trump administration has made immigration enforcement an important priority of the federal government. This includes an emphasis on worksite enforcement, which is borne out by recent statistics released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”).

Please see the latest issue of The Pensions Brief.

In this Legal Update, we provide certain US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filing deadlines and key financial statement staleness dates for calendar year 2019.

Welcome to the latest edition of Mayer Brown’s Global Mining Update which focuses on some of the key legal issues and developments that have been affecting the mining sector over recent months.

Perspectives: Banking & Finance partner Bryan Barreras (NY) is more of a “math/science guy” than a history buff, but in early 2016, this all changed after attending a performance of Hamilton: An American Musical with his family.

The revenue budget estimated for 2019 is USD $277,601 million, which represents 21.1% of Mexico’s GDP. The main source of income continues to be tax revenues, whose collection represents 13.2% of the GDP, and oil revenues will represent 19.8% of the total budgetary revenues in the country.

Federal attorney Samantha Chantal Dobrowolski from the Third Regional Prosecutor's Office has assumed, until 2020, the position of member of the Federal Prosecutors at the Administrative Council for Economic Defense ("CADE").

Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency associate Tyler Ferguson (Chicago) is contributing author of this book.

With the worrying prospect of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without an agreement on March 30, 2019, this Legal Update explores what that might mean in practical terms for the administrator of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), ICE Benchmark Administration and the use of LIBOR in the international capital markets.

This week the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced two significant changes to US sanctions with consequences for the global aluminum and oil markets: sanctions lifted on UC Rusal plc, the world’s second largest aluminum producer, and two related companies; and expanded sanctions against Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela. This Legal Update discusses both of these actions and their implications for business.

The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has posted a final rule regarding the H-1B cap selection process. The rule will be published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2019, and will go into effect on April 1, 2019.

On 30 December 2018, China's SAMR imposed a total fine of CNY 10.04 million on Hunan Er-Kang Medical Operation and Henan Jiushi Pharmaceutical for unfair pricing and other abuses of dominance in the supply of chlorpheniramine active pharmaceutical ingredients in China. This update explores how prices are considered to be unfair in China, and also comments on the finding of collective dominance.