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Texas Lawyer

Replacement or Renewal? Some Thoughts on Legal History

"I want us to think about the historical fact of conquest and immigration and what this has meant for social constructs and institutions, especially the law. Language and literature will be our guides."
7 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Practice Group Chair: 'My Talent for Developing Strategic Vision and Understanding of Practice Infrastructure and Management,' Says Najia Sheikh Khalid of Wiggin and Dana

"Listen, care, be intentional about interactions, be proactive, and exceed expectations of service. Also, be sure to integrate business development activities into your daily/weekly regular work routine."
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Year After Fall of Kabul, Paul Hastings Rallies Big Law to Finish Asylum Applications for Afghan Female Tactical Platoon

The law firm collaborated with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, McGuireWoods, and Vedder Price to file more than 50 asylum applications just before the one-year deadline.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Employers Beware: Prioritize I-9 Compliance Post-COVID

The pandemic also prompted temporary changes to many government policies, including process and verification changes related to USCIS' employment eligibility verification form (Form I-9, which in the immigration field is fondly referred to as the I-9).
6 minute read

The Recorder

Trump Appointee Says Colleagues 'Should Be Embarrassed' by 9th Circuit's Immigration Precedent

Judge Lawrence VanDyke said the panel members should be concerned about the California-based appeals courts' "jaw-dropping, always-increasing, epic collection of immigration gaffes."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Feels Like Family: Our Clients Feel Heard. Do Yours?

We have heard time and time again from clients that they feel EILS handled their case with the care and attention one typically affords a family member. Turning an introspective eye to who we are and what we do, I distilled what I believe are the core factors that have created this environment of belonging.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Suspended NYC Attorney Gets Prison Time for Immigration Fraud Scheme, DA Says

The lawyer was sentenced to a prison term of one to three years after pleading guilty in New York Supreme Court to a felony scheme to defraud in the first degree and practicing law while suspended, a misdemeanor.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Hogan Lovells, Migrant Families Sue Government Over Trump-Era Family Separation Policy

Citing Trump himself, migrant families impacted by the former president's border separation policy hope to make the government pay for the "unconstitutional" treatment they faced. 
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Will Hear Challenge to Biden's Immigration Enforcement Priorities

The divided court, however, refused to stay an injunction against the policy pending the outcome of the justices' review.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Texas Accused of Blatant Judge Shopping in Lawsuits Challenging Biden Policies

The amicus brief accuses Texas of specifically filing lawsuits in divisions entirely, or almost entirely, staffed by Republican-appointed judges.
6 minute read

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