By Marcia Coyle | October 19, 2020
The high court's action marks the third time in as many days that the justices granted review in a challenge to a major and controversial Trump administration policy.
By Charles Toutant | October 16, 2020
Lawyers wanted the court to take a more active role in the implementation of videoconferencing, but the judge said they had not shown entitlement to such relief.
By Andrew Maloney | October 9, 2020
Boston-based Chin & Curtis and Santa Monica-headquartered Wolfsdorf Rosenthal join a growing trend of law firm mergers in the second half of 2020.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew J. Zeltner | October 8, 2020
We have seen USCIS announcements to increase expedited processing fees, while the agency's request to substantially increase filing fees was temporarily halted in federal court. In addition, the administration's H-1B and L visa ban was stopped by a federal judge in California (although that ruling appears limited to the plaintiffs in the case.)
By Frank Ready | October 7, 2020
The USCIS released a new October visa bulletin that shortens the green card waiting period employment-based adjustment of status applicants, but legal departments may need to move quickly if they want to take advantage of what could amount to a very brief window of opportunity.
By Jonathan Erway | October 7, 2020
Hunterdon Bar Swears in New Officers Peter Marra, the new president of the Hunterdon County Bar Association, was sworn in at the organization's…
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins | October 1, 2020
In their Labor Relations column this month, David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins review decisions implicating employment of individuals participating in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, whether states may use information contained in federal I-9 forms to prosecute undocumented workers, and the applicable burden of proof in race discrimination claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Section 1981).
By Marcia Coyle | September 29, 2020
"Today's policy change rights one of the wrongs this administration has committed against immigrants in detention," the ACLU's Brigitte Amiri, who represented the minors in the case, said in a statement.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | September 25, 2020
"Petitioners allege over 30 conditions in their suggested class definition, which could well mean that we may be required to certify over 90 subclasses—without even considering those petitioners with multiple conditions," U.S. District Chief Judge John Jones of the Middle District of Pennsylvania said.
By Marcia Coyle | September 22, 2020
The case is the second 2020 census count dispute to reach the Supreme Court. In June of last year, the justices, in a 5-4 decision from Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., rejected an attempt by the Trump administration to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
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