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Daily Business Review

Florida House Members Back Proposal for More Migrant Flights

The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis used $615,000 to pay a company to transport two planeloads of migrants last September from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha's Vineyard, with a stop in the Northwest Florida community of Crestview.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The O-1B Nonimmigrant Visa: A Creative Alternative to the H-1B Lottery

One alternative that many skip over is the O-1B nonimmigrant visa for individuals of extraordinary ability in the arts, which may be the best option for foreign nationals working in creative fields.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Judge Dismisses Migrant Public Records Request Case

The nonprofit Florida Center for Government Accountability contended that the Florida Department of Transportation and Vertol Systems Co. violated the state's public-records law by not fully providing requested documents about the September flights of about 50 migrants from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha's Vineyard.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Haitian Lawyers Association Recognized for Advancing Aksè ak Lajistis

The group is the recipient of the 2023 Voluntary Bar Association Pro Bono Award, which is scheduled to be presented by Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz in a Jan. 26 ceremony.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

US Immigration Law Limits International 'Digital Nomads'

It remains to be seen how popular the digital nomadic lifestyle will remain over time as employers, workers, and governments continue to adjust to the sudden expansion of remote work policies resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic response.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Immigration Lawyer's License Suspended for 1 Year After Never Informing Five Asylum-Seeking Clients About Removal-Proceedings Risk

One clients ended up being ordered deported, and three others had removal proceedings initiated against them before they ended their relationships with the lawyer, said the Appellate Division, First Department court.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Push to Codify Immigrants' Right to Counsel Taken to NY Capitol

An immigration-rights group is asking for a $100 million allocation in the fiscal 2024 state budget. This would include a $55 million investment in launching the first year of the Access to Representation Act.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Tuesdays Are the Worst Days': Lawyers Say They Wait an Hour in Cold to Enter Courthouse

"Attorneys must allow an additional hour or more in their schedules to ensure they will be able to enter the building in time for their scheduled court or administrative hearings," New Jersey State Bar President Jeralyn Lawrence wrote.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Paxton Attacks Texas Bar Foundation: AG Now Demands Nonprofits' Finance Records

Paxton claims to be investigating whether funds are being used to "exacerbate the current crisis at the border and to thwart the efforts of federal and state law enforcement."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

What's New in the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program?

Enacted on March 15, 2022, the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA) reauthorized the expired regional center program through Sept. 30, 2027, providing a five-year reauthorization of the program with substantial changes, marking an achievement long-waited by the regional center industry.
6 minute read

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