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National Law Journal

Feds' MDL Bid May Further Delay Info on Travel Ban Detentions

The ACLU's legal efforts in obtaining records of everyone detained or removed under President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration might have to wait a bit longer after the U.S. Department of Justice moved last month to coordinate the organization's 13 lawsuits into multidistrict litigation.
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Daily Report Online

Feds Look to Bar Public Access to Immigration Policy Manual

The Justice Department submitted the manual under a provisional seal because there may be privileged or sensitive information in it.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

How Donald Verrilli Confronted Questions About Presidential Comments

Donald Verrilli Jr., the former U.S. solicitor general, was twice confronted by the justices over how presidential statements affected the government's litigation positions. What about President Donald Trump's comments on his travel-ban orders? The challengers have made "a reasonably strong" case that Trump's tweets and comments are legally fair game, Verrilli says.
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Daily Report Online

Georgia Court Weighs In-State Tuition Policy

At the Georgia Court of Appeals Thursday, state attorneys argued on behalf of the Board of Regents that a Fulton County judge got their ruling on a controversial policy wrong last year.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Preparing for I-9 Audits Under the Trump Administration

Immigration Law columnist Lisa M. Koenig writes: Given the renewed enforcement focus by both ICE and DOJ on immigration compliance, the nearly doubled civil fines available to both agencies, and the potential criminal liability for employment verification misconduct, employers are well advised to establish or strengthen their immigration compliance programs, and to ensure that regular I-9 audits are a feature of such programs.
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Daily Business Review

Fowler White Burnett Adds Three Lawyers in Miami

Fowler White Burnett has hired three lawyers to different groups within its Miami office.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Intercountry Adopted Americans in Fear of Deportation

The purpose of adoption is to act in the best interests of the child and to find a permanent, secure ­placement for their life. Preserving and honoring the promise of adoption is a ­critical family ­values issue. However, for an estimated 35,000 adult adoptees, because of a gap in the law, this ideal has not been 
fulfilled.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump's Tweets Are 'Authority' in Advocates' New Travel Ban Filings

In what may be a first at the U.S. Supreme Court, President Donald Trump's Twitter account was identified Monday as an "authority" along with the cases, law review articles and news citations that lawyers typically use to bolster their arguments.
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The Recorder

State of Hawaii v. Trump

9th Cir.; 17-15589 The court of appeals affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded a district court order with instructions. The court held that…
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The Recorder

Sessions v. Morales-Santana

U.S. Sup. Ct.; 15–1191 The Immigration and Nationality Act provides the framework for acquisition of U. S. citizenship from birth by a child born…
17 minute read

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