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Social Security “No Match” Letters: A Thing of the Past?
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Many employers are familiar with and may have received a “No Match” letter from the Social Security Administration. A “No Match” letter is a letter sent by the SSA notifying an employer that the combination of the employee’s name and Social Security number do not match SSA’s records. The last batch of these letters was sent in April 2011, and it is uncertain whether SSA will resume sending these letters again.
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Update on Deferred Action for Dreamers
By Angela D. Adams
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USCIS reports that nearly 4,600 applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals have been approved and almost 180,000 cases have been accepted for processing. USCIS is reporting that processing times are expected to be between four to six months. Deferred action recipients will receive a work permit good for two years, and with that can also obtain a Social Security number and Indiana driver’s license. DACA recipients will be authorized to work in the U.S. and will be subject to the same I-9 requirements as any other employee. Eligible applicants should seek legal advice from an experienced immigration attorney.
List of the DACA eligibility requirements
Dreamer article in IALF September newsletter
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US Supreme Court to hear Indiana “saved seed” case
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The United State Supreme Court has added the case of Bowman v. Monsanto to its calendar for the coming year. The lawsuit originated in Indiana.
The legal question before the Court is whether a patent protection for Monsanto’s Roundup Ready trait was exhausted once the harvested seed was sold to the grain elevator. In this case, the farmer purchased seed from the grain elevator to plant as a second crop. Given the prevalence of Roundup Ready seed in Indiana, the purchased soybeans were glyphosate resistant. Monsanto filed an action against the farmer alleging that his use of the seed purchased at the grain elevator violated the licensing agreement that he had signed for other seed soybeans he purchased. In addition, Monsanto argues that the farmer’s actions violated the patents Monsanto has on its seed because the glyphosate-resistant trait was the same in the saved seed as it was in the first generation seed.
The case has not yet been scheduled for oral argument. It will be updated in future issues of the IALF Spotlight.
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Over the next year, we will explore the various aspects of labor and employment law, but we hope to expand the scope over time.
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The IALF is a charitable organization established by Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc., to promote better understanding of legal issues facing the agricultural community.
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