Pamela D. Nieto, Counsel, Baker & Hostetler LLP to Speak at Knowledge Congress Event

New York, NY, June 30, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Pamela D. Nieto, Counsel, Baker & Hostetler LLP, will speak at a 2-hour webcast entitled “Immigration and Compliance in 2013: What You Need To Know LIVE Webcast.” This event is scheduled for July 17, 2013 @ 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (ET).

About Pamela D. Nieto

Pamela (Pam) Nieto’s practice is focused on handling business immigration matters. Ms. Nieto has extensive experience helping clients meet their business immigration needs, whether a company desires to transfer an employee from an office abroad, needs to hire a foreign national to fill a vacant position or is interested in obtaining a work visa in connection with opening an office or starting a new venture in the United States. She handles the full range of temporary (nonimmigrant) visa matters, including H-1Bs (specialty occupation), L-1s (intracompany transfer), including Blanket Ls for very large operations, E-1s (treaty trader), E-2s (treaty investor), TNs (Treaty NAFTA), O-1s (extraordinary ability), among others. She also handles the full range of permanent (“green card” or “immigrant”) visa matters, including permanent labor certifications (PERM), multinational manager petitions, EB-5 investor petitions, extraordinary ability petitions, etc. Ms. Nieto works with clients in arranging for J-1 (exchange visitor) visas, as well as in securing J-1 waivers of the two-year home residency requirement. She provides assistance in setting up compliance programs for and performing audits on I-9 Employment Verification programs and H-1B Labor Condition Application/Public Access File programs. She also works with clients to assess and address export control certification requirements related to hiring foreign nationals. Ms. Nieto counsels clients in connection with programs such as E-Verify and IMAGE, as well as in connection with preparing for inspections and site visits. She is also assists in the due diligence review process by assessing the impact a proposed action, such as a merger or acquisition, might have on existing foreign national employees' authorization to continue their employment.

About Baker & Hostetler LLP

BakerHostetler, one of the nation’s largest law firms, represents clients around the globe. With offices coast to coast and more than 800 lawyers, clients count on BakerHostetler to help them grow and protect their businesses in a complex business and regulatory environment.

BakerHostetler has five core practice groups: Litigation, Business, Employment, Intellectual Property and Tax. Within these groups are several large specialty practices, including antitrust, bankruptcy, healthcare, energy, middle-market M&A, complex commercial litigation, data privacy and security, patent prosecution and international tax. Our attorneys have broad knowledge and experience in many industries, including energy, media, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services and insurance, consumer products and hospitality.

For more information about Pamela Niety and Baker & Hostetler LLP, please visit: www.bakerlaw.com

Event Synopsis:

As the administration continues to step up enforcement activities on companies violating immigration law, the need for your company to review your I-9 compliance program intensifies. This would include: (1) ensuring that I-9s of every employee are properly and correctly filled-out, (2) reviewing and training employees/managers on compliance policies and issues, and (3) preparing for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) audits. Aside from that, an effective compliance program must include keeping in the know with respect to recent developments that are equally significant to the current rules to avoid serious and costly errors.

The Knowledge Group is assembling a panel of distinguished professionals and key thought leaders to help understand the most critical issues in immigration law. They will address the following key issues:

- Proposed new i-9 form - Important Changes and Considerations when filling-out - Employment
Compliance Inspection Center - It’s Role in Identifying Who to Audit
- Issues and Updates in E-Verify Law
- Penalties for Non - Compliance
- Mitigating Potential Pitfalls that could lead to Audits
- Best Practices in Immigration Law Compliance and in Handling Related Situations

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Congress is a series of live webcasts produced by The Knowledge Group, LLC, which examine trends, regulatory, and technology changes across a variety of industries. Its mission is to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webcasts that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format.

The organization brings together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour webcasts to study the impact of changes and emerging trends. Hear from leading government officials/regulators, key thought leaders, and industry experts objectively analyze the latest trends and issues and their impact on industries. For further details, please visit the organization’s website: www.knowledgecongress.org