International Insights November 2025: Issue 2

November 2025 // Issue 2

International markets move fast, and so do the rules that govern them. Global business now unfolds at the intersection of innovation, regulation, and mobility, where emerging AI laws, cross-border investigations, and shifting immigration policies are redefining how multinational employers hire, manage, and protect their teams.

From new compliance challenges to strategic opportunities, PLG’s International Practice brings clarity to complexity and a practical view of what’s next for companies operating across borders.

From Convenience to Compliance Crisis: When Staff Feed Personal Data into AI

Dr. Axel Spies

As AI systems proliferate across business operations, employers face a growing but often overlooked compliance risk: employees feeding personal data... Read more »

Efficiency to Exposure: The Global Compliance Challenge of AI Recruiting

Christine Zebrowski & Lisa Zolidis

Corporations on both sides of the Atlantic are increasingly utilizing a broad range of artificial intelligence tools to streamline hiring processes, including... Read more »

U.S. Immigration Crosswinds: New Rules, Rising Risks, and Emerging Opportunities

Peter Asaad & Lori Geisinger

The U.S. immigration environment is undergoing rapid change. We partner with HR professionals, legal departments and business leaders to protect existing talent pipelines, expand talent pipelines beyond the H-1B, and... Read more »

Fairness Without Borders: A Practical Guide to Cross-Border Investigations

Bonnie Levine

In an era of distributed and remote work, matrix reporting, and multinational account territories, workplace concerns increasingly have a cross-border component. Multijurisdictional dilemmas can overwhelm... Read more »

Schedule A Under Fire: Courts and Defendants Push Back On Overreach

William "Skip" Fisher

This article supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, my previous article “Schedule A Litigation Targeting Foreign Sellers is Changing Online IP Enforcement but Not Without Controversy.” As noted...

We’re pleased to feature three 2025 partner additions whose practices expand PLG’s global reach, bringing sophisticated expertise in international immigration, privacy and cybersecurity, and cross-border regulatory strategy.

Lori Bean Geisinger, deepening the Immigration bench as Partner, works with growth-stage and global companies to design U.S. immigration and talent-mobility strategies that align with business objectives—her practical, business-minded approach strengthens our international practice and helps clients build truly global workforces.

Dr. Axel Spies, Partner in the Privacy & Cybersecurity and International groups, counsels businesses and organizations on GDPR, EU-US Data Privacy Framework transfers, and AI-Act readiness—leveraging his deep European regulatory experience and hands-on approach to structure compliance programs and help clients scale internationally.

Lisa Zolidis, Partner in Privacy & Cybersecurity, advises on privacy programs designed to meet global requirements, cross-border data-transfer frameworks, privacy-by-design for AI and emerging technologies, and privacy considerations in mergers and divestitures—bringing two decades of hands-on in-house experience at Fortune 500 firms to support clients in scaling internationally.

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For questions, comments or inquiries, please e-mail the International Practice Group.