Top 10 Headlines from All Regions Last week, Charles Oppenheim, the man behind the mysterious Visa Bulletin curtain, also known as Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division of the Department of State, made some significant predictions regarding priority date movement in the coming months. HR 3012 passed the House on November 29th and was read in the Senate and placed on its calendar on December 17th. It is not clear when it will be debated and voted on in the Senate. As most California employers have learned by now, it is getting more and more difficult to own a business in California due to the ever-increasing employee-friendly laws that make "extortion" lawsuits convenient and perfunctory, even with the most justified of terminations. The Government is proposing fundamental reforms to taxation of the Living Away From Home Allowance . DOS Visa Bulletin includes forward movement of one year in the EB-2 category for China and India, and USCIS indicates that the rate of new applications for adjustment of status in recent months has been extremely low. Recent contract law cases have considered the enforceability of the phrase "reasonable endeavours". The High Court has recently reaffirmed that parties are bound bythe literal meaning of words in a contract. ECDLF is an Irish company which granted ICDL a licence of a computer training package in Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its January 2012 Visa Bulletin. This checklist may assist to identify if the PPSA will impact on your business and how you can prepare for its effect. | 