Immigration

  • August 07, 2024

    Texas Flags Judge's Comments In Barrier Fight To 5th Circ.

    The state of Texas has raised concern to the Fifth Circuit about comments attributed to U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra that question whether the appeals court's recent opinion vacating his preliminary injunction requiring the state to relocate its 1,000-foot antimigrant buoy barrier in the Rio Grande is precedential.

  • August 07, 2024

    DOL's Legacy Online Labor Certification System To Sunset Dec. 1

    The federal government's legacy online system for providing public access to permanent labor certification applications and final determinations will retire in December and migrate users to a newer system that rolled out in 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday.

  • August 07, 2024

    7th Circ. Says Atty Inadequacy ID'ed Too Late In Asylum Case

    The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday refused to reopen a Mexican family's asylum proceedings despite finding that the family's attorney cost them their case by arriving unprepared at their immigration hearing, saying the family should have flagged the lawyer's ineffectiveness earlier.

  • August 06, 2024

    Wash. Again Sues GEO Group Over ICE Detention Inspections

    Washington state's health department has again sued The GEO Group, alleging that the private prison contractor has illegally blocked health officials from entering an ICE facility to investigate a rash of suicide attempts and hundreds of reports of unhealthy conditions.

  • August 06, 2024

    NYC Prof Found Guilty Of Acting As A Secret Chinese Spy

    A Brooklyn federal jury on Tuesday unanimously convicted an academic and author of secretly acting as an agent of the Chinese government by feeding information about Chinese dissidents and pro-democracy activists to China's intel service, following a weeklong jury trial, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.

  • August 06, 2024

    1st Circ. Denies Removal Relief Over Bank Fraud Guilty Plea

    A Massachusetts resident facing deportation after pleading guilty to bank fraud couldn't convince the First Circuit to revive his efforts to stay in the country, after the circuit court ruled that the crime rendered him ineligible for removal relief.

  • August 06, 2024

    Ex-Pfizer Worker Who Traded On Paxlovid Secrets Gets 9 Mos.

    A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a former Pfizer Inc. statistician from New Jersey to nine months in prison Tuesday after a jury convicted him of insider trading on secrets about his former company's COVID-19 therapy trials for an illegal $272,000 profit.

  • August 06, 2024

    NC Farming Business Wants H-2A Forced Labor Claims Cut

    Farming companies accused of human trafficking, forced labor and underpaying H-2A foreign temporary workers have urged a Virginia federal judge to dismiss the workers' suit, saying they failed to show the companies brought them to the U.S. for "involuntary servitude."

  • August 06, 2024

    Ga. Judge Pauses ICE Doctor's Podcast Defamation Suit

    A Georgia federal judge agreed Monday to put the brakes on a former immigration facility doctor's defamation suit against Amazon and podcast publisher Wondery until the judge can decide whether the two media companies can be let out of the suit.

  • August 05, 2024

    Marriott Says NYC Hotels' Housing Of Migrants Violated Deal

    Marriott International Inc. has accused a hotel company in Jamaica, Queens, of breaching a contract by repurposing two properties for migrant housing while refusing to "de-identify" itself with the global hotel brand.

  • August 05, 2024

    Migrant Farmworker Contractor Must Face Trafficking Claims

    A Michigan federal judge has declined to dismiss claims from migrant farm laborers against a recruitment agency for human trafficking and seizing the passports of workers it brought to the U.S. through the H-2A program, saying the case should go to trial.

  • August 05, 2024

    High Court Rulings Doom Texas Suit Over DHS Asylum Limits

    A federal judge has dismissed Texas' challenge to a May 2023 rule limiting asylum at the southern border, finding that the Lone Star State has no standing to sue over the policy in light of several recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

  • August 05, 2024

    Feds, Immigration Orgs Say Texas Can't Join Asylum Suit

    The U.S. government and immigration advocacy groups are pushing back on Texas' bid to participate in litigation over a new Biden administration policy restricting asylum at the southern border, telling a D.C. federal judge the state lacks both standing and a "legally protectable interest" in the lawsuit.

  • August 05, 2024

    Carnival Agrees To Pay $72K To End Wage Fight With DOL

    A Michigan-based carnival agreed to pay $72,200 to the seasonal workers who built and operated rides and staffed games and food stands to resolve the U.S. Department of Labor's claims of underpaying them.

  • August 05, 2024

    Judge Nixes Camp's H-2B Application Over Late Submission

    A U.S. Department of Labor judge refused to revive a Christian camp's request to hire eight temporary food service workers, after the camp failed to report its efforts to fill those jobs with U.S. workers on time.

  • August 02, 2024

    Nonprofit Presses 5th Circ. To Keep 'Life-Saving' Parole Policy

    A Massachusetts community group called on the Fifth Circuit Friday to maintain an embattled immigration program allowing Haitian nationals to be paroled into the U.S., arguing the policy's critics haven't shown the program harms them.

  • August 02, 2024

    9th Circ. Revives Indian's Asylum Bid To Flee Persecution

    A split Ninth Circuit panel on Friday ruled the Board of Immigration Appeals wrongly denied an Indian national's asylum petition, saying the past threats and a beating he received from political opponents in India amounted to persecution.

  • August 02, 2024

    Improper Data Format Dooms Masonry Biz's H-2B Request

    A judge on the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals denied a masonry business' request to hire six brick masons on temporary visas, saying the company had failed to submit payroll data in the proper format as part of its request.

  • August 02, 2024

    Family Separation Trial Paused For Settlement

    A California federal court has paused a lawsuit from three families separated at the southwestern border under the Trump-era zero tolerance policy as they finalize a settlement with the Biden administration to resolve the suit.

  • August 02, 2024

    DC Circ. Says Precedent Allows H-1B Spousal Work Permits

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday upheld an Obama-era program authorizing some spouses of highly skilled foreign workers to get work permits, rejecting a challenge from an organization of former IT workers who say they are being displaced by temporary visa holders.

  • August 02, 2024

    Onion Packer To Pay Nearly $270K In Withheld OT Wages

    The U.S. Department of Labor said it recovered nearly $270,000 in back wages and damages for 76 onion farm laborers after the agency found an Idaho business had put them up in substandard housing and had not paid overtime wages.

  • August 02, 2024

    3 Candidates In Running To Replace Washington AG

    Washington voters on Tuesday will narrow the candidates aspiring to become the state's next attorney general, choosing from among a former U.S. attorney, a state lawmaker who was a county prosecutor, as well as a mayor and attorney who is a gun rights advocate.

  • August 01, 2024

    Feds Want Full Sentence Kept In Fla. Illegal Employment Case

    The U.S. urged a Florida federal court on Thursday to uphold the three-year prison sentence of a labor staffing company operator convicted in a conspiracy to hire migrants not authorized to work in the U.S., saying he's ineligible for a reduction because of his admitted role in the scheme.

  • August 01, 2024

    Sidley Launches New San Diego Office With Five Partners

    Sidley Austin LLP has opened a new office in San Diego, with five partners specializing in a range of areas including mergers and acquisition, venture capital and global finance, marking the global law firm's fifth office in the Golden State, the firm announced Thursday.

  • August 01, 2024

    Feds Say Farmworkers Should Have Sued State Over Wages

    The U.S. Department of Labor has urged a Washington federal court to toss a farmworker union's challenge to policies governing the prevailing wage, saying the union's issues actually stem from how state officials interpreted federal rules governing the wage rate.

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Expert Analysis

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    Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    A lifetime of skiing has helped me develop important professional skills, and taught me that embracing challenges with a spirit of adventure can allow lawyers to push boundaries, expand their capabilities and ultimately excel in their careers, says Andrea Przybysz at Tucker Ellis.

  • What Attorneys Need To Know About H-1B Lottery Changes

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    The newly revamped H-1B lottery process opened Wednesday and promises to bring more fairness to securing highly competitive slots, giving more companies a chance to access highly skilled workers, say Renée Mueller Steinle and Elizabeth Chatham at Stinson.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Forget Everything You Know About IRAC

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    The mode of legal reasoning most students learn in law school, often called “Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion,” or IRAC, erroneously frames analysis as a separate, discrete step, resulting in disorganized briefs and untold obfuscation — but the fix is pretty simple, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • How Firms Can Ensure Associate Gender Parity Lasts

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    Among associates, women now outnumber men for the first time, but progress toward gender equality at the top of the legal profession remains glacially slow, and firms must implement time-tested solutions to ensure associates’ gender parity lasts throughout their careers, say Kelly Culhane and Nicole Joseph at Culhane Meadows.

  • 7 Common Myths About Lateral Partner Moves

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    As lateral recruiting remains a key factor for law firm growth, partners considering a lateral move should be aware of a few commonly held myths — some of which contain a kernel of truth, and some of which are flat out wrong, says Dave Maurer at Major Lindsey.

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    Cheering In The NFL Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Balancing my time between a BigLaw career and my role as an NFL cheerleader has taught me that pursuing your passions outside of work is not a distraction, but rather an opportunity to harness important skills that can positively affect how you approach work and view success in your career, says Rachel Schuster at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Args In APA Case Amplify Justices' Focus On Agency Power

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    In arguments last week in Corner Post v. Federal Reserve, the U.S. Supreme Court justices paid particular importance to the possible ripple effects of their decision, which will address when a facial challenge to long-standing federal rules under the Administrative Procedure Act first accrues and could thus unleash a flood of new lawsuits, say attorneys at Snell & Wilmer.

  • 6 Pointers For Attys To Build Trust, Credibility On Social Media

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    In an era of information overload, attorneys can use social media strategically — from making infographics to leveraging targeted advertising — to cut through the noise and establish a reputation among current and potential clients, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.

  • A Post-Mortem Analysis Of Stroock's Demise

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    After the dissolution of 147-year-old firm Stroock late last year shook up the legal world, a post-mortem analysis of the data reveals a long list of warning signs preceding the firm’s collapse — and provides some insight into how other firms might avoid the same disastrous fate, says Craig Savitzky at Leopard Solutions.

  • USCIS Fee Increases May Have Unintended Consequences

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    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ new fee schedule, intended to provide the agency with needed funds while minimizing the impact of higher fees on individual immigrants and their families, shifts too much of the burden onto employers, say Juan Steevens and William Coffman at Mintz.

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    Coaching High School Wrestling Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Coaching my son’s high school wrestling team has been great fun, but it’s also demonstrated how a legal career can benefit from certain experiences, such as embracing the unknown, studying the rules and engaging with new people, says Richard Davis at Maynard Nexsen.

  • SG's Office Is Case Study To Help Close Legal Gender Gap

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    As women continue to be underrepresented in the upper echelons of the legal profession, law firms could learn from the example set by the Office of the Solicitor General, where culture and workplace policies have helped foster greater gender equality, say attorneys at Ocean Tomo.

  • Reimagining Law Firm Culture To Break The Cycle Of Burnout

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    While attorney burnout remains a perennial issue in the legal profession, shifting post-pandemic expectations mean that law firms must adapt their office cultures to retain talent, say Kevin Henderson and Eric Pacifici at SMB Law Group.

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    Competing In Dressage Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My lifelong participation in the sport of dressage — often called ballet on horses — has proven that several skills developed through training and competition are transferable to legal work, especially the ability to harness focus, persistence and versatility when negotiating a deal, says Stephanie Coco at V&E.

  • The Legal Industry Needs A Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift

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    As law firms face ever-increasing risks of cyberattacks and ransomware incidents, the legal industry must implement robust cybersecurity measures and privacy-centric practices to preserve attorney-client privilege, safeguard client trust and uphold the profession’s integrity, says Ryan Paterson at Unplugged.

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