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Immigration

  • April 03, 2025

    DC Judge Skeptical White House Heeded Deportation Order

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday told a Justice Department lawyer there was a "fair likelihood" the Trump administration defied a court order blocking the use of a 1798 wartime law to deport Venezuelans.

  • April 03, 2025

    Detained Tufts Student Pushes To Keep Suit In Mass.

    Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student who was arrested by immigration officials and quickly transported out of Massachusetts urged a federal judge on Thursday to keep a suit challenging her detention in the state, accusing the government of improper forum shopping.

  • April 03, 2025

    Georgia Credit Union Hit With DACA-Recipient Bias Suit

    The Credit Union of Georgia was hit with a proposed class action in federal court on Thursday by a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient who claims the credit union uses immigration status as a basis to reject potential customers.

  • April 03, 2025

    Groups Sue Over Ariz. Migrant Arrest And Removal Measure

    Immigrant advocacy groups sued Arizona in an effort to block the implementation of a measure allowing state and local law enforcement authorities to arrest noncitizens crossing the southern border without authorization, saying it violates Arizona's constitution by redefining probable cause.

  • April 03, 2025

    Newark Says New ICE Facility Lacks Proper Permits

    The city of Newark has sued the company behind a new immigrant detention center in New Jersey state court, claiming it failed to obtain construction permits and refused to submit to local inspections in violation of city and state laws.

  • April 03, 2025

    'No Serious Question' Federal Firings Broke Law, Justices Told

    Federal employee unions and advocacy groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's bid to pause a California court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary workers fired from six agencies, arguing the government can't escape self-inflicted harms brought on by its allegedly unlawful actions.

  • April 03, 2025

    Loan Fraud Plea Adds 6 Mos. To Pizzeria Owner's Prison Term

    The owner of a Boston-area pizzeria chain who was sentenced to 8½ years in prison in October for an alleged forced-labor scheme will spend an additional six months behind bars after pleading guilty to submitting false information to the U.S. Small Business Administration to obtain a loan.

  • April 02, 2025

    Immigration Officials Restrict Sex Recognition To The Binary

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Wednesday that it will recognize only two biological sexes — male and female — ending the Biden administration's short-lived policy of allowing nonbinary immigrants to select an "X" gender marker on some forms.

  • April 02, 2025

    Florida Sued Over New Criminal Penalties For Migrants

    Advocates for immigrant and farmworker rights lodged a putative class action Wednesday challenging a Florida law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized migrants into the state, saying the law gives state officials unprecedented power to prosecute noncitizens and no defense to asylum seekers.

  • April 02, 2025

    DOJ Fights Bid To End Suit Over Ill. Sanctuary Laws

    The U.S. Department of Justice responded Tuesday to a bid by Illinois and other sanctuary jurisdictions within the state to dismiss the Trump administration's suit challenging their policies toward immigrants, casting them as an "extraordinary assault" on the federal government's attempt to enforce federal immigration laws.

  • April 02, 2025

    Feds Claim Immunity For ICE Agent Who Made Midtrial Arrest

    Lawyers with the U.S. attorney's office in Boston asked a federal judge Wednesday to toss a state court judge's contempt finding against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who detained a defendant midtrial, calling the decision a "damaging state intrusion into federal functions."

  • April 02, 2025

    Judge Won't Let Feds Cut Legal Funding For Migrant Kids Yet

    A California federal judge said the federal government can't cut funding for groups that provide legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children, finding that the public interest strongly weighs in favor of maintaining the status quo. 

  • April 02, 2025

    No Grounds To Block Wartime Law Deportations, DOJ Says

    The Trump administration urged a D.C. federal judge not to extend his temporary block on deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a wartime statute, saying that the removals are lawful and out of the court's jurisdiction.

  • April 01, 2025

    Columbia Activist's Detention Fight To Remain In New Jersey

    A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday denied the federal government's bid to make Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil fight his U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Louisiana federal court, saying jurisdiction the New Jersey court obtained from New York wasn't lost when ICE brought Khalil to Louisiana.

  • April 01, 2025

    Trump Admin Pushes Back At Sanctuary City Funding Suit

    The Trump administration urged a California federal judge to deny cities and counties' attempt to block it from withholding funding to "sanctuary jurisdictions," saying their challenge is unripe for review because the federal government hasn't taken any actions against them.

  • April 01, 2025

    Trump Admin Fights Wash.'s Bid To Expand Layoff Injunction

    The Trump administration has urged a California federal judge to reject the state of Washington's request to expand an injunction blocking federal agencies from firing probationary employees, saying the bid to broaden the order to other agencies is unnecessary and based on unfounded speculation of harm. 

  • April 01, 2025

    Carnival Biz, H-2B Visa Workers To Settle Wage Suit

    A carnival business that tours the East Coast and two H-2B visa workers who alleged that it forced them to work long hours in sometimes dangerous conditions without overtime pay have agreed to settle a proposed class action, according to Virginia federal court records.

  • April 01, 2025

    Cornell Student Says He Left US Over ICE Detention Threat

    Cornell University doctoral student Momodou Taal said he left the United States just days after a New York federal judge declined to block U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining and deporting him for his Palestinian advocacy.

  • April 01, 2025

    Venezuelans Ask Justices To Keep Block On Removals

    Five detained Venezuelans urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to deny President Donald Trump's move to lift a D.C. federal judge's order prohibiting the removal of alleged gang members from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act, arguing the president's "staggering" assertion of authority under the wartime law is unsubstantiated.

  • March 31, 2025

    Venezuelans Can Keep DHS Removal Protections For Now

    A California federal judge on Monday temporarily halted U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's attempt to end temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, calling it an "unprecedented action" that is likely "unauthorized by law, arbitrary and capricious, and motivated by unconstitutional animus."

  • March 31, 2025

    Immigrant Groups Sue Over New DHS Registration Rule

    Immigrant rights groups sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in D.C. federal court Monday, seeking to challenge the agency's interim final rule requiring unauthorized immigrants to register with the federal government or face criminal prosecution.

  • March 31, 2025

    Minimum Wage Orders Blocked For H-2A Farmworkers In Wash.

    The U.S. Department of Labor may not approve minimum wage job orders for migrant farmworkers in Washington state, a federal judge has ruled, saying seasonal farmworkers with H-2A visas must receive paychecks that don't depress agricultural wages in the area.

  • March 31, 2025

    Migrants Can't Sue DeSantis In Mass., Judge Reaffirms

    A group of asylum-seeking Venezuelan migrants who say they were lured into boarding flights to Massachusetts by associates of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis more than two years ago still cannot pursue most of their claims in the Bay State, a federal judge ruled on Monday.

  • March 31, 2025

    DocGo Can't Nix Investor Suit Over 'Indisputably False' Claims

    A New York federal judge has trimmed a proposed class action alleging that mobile medical provider DocGo and its top brass misled stockholders before its $432 million migrant-services contract with New York City faced public scrutiny, but the judge found that claims stemming from the former CEO's "indisputably false" statements can proceed.

  • March 31, 2025

    Ex-Sen. Sinema Joins Hogan Lovells' Regulatory Group

    Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who made headlines by changing her party affiliation from Democrat to independent in 2022, will join Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C., as a senior adviser in its global regulatory and intellectual property practice groups, the firm announced Monday.

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Expert Analysis

  • Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Series

    After Chevron: Courts Will Still Defer To Feds On Nat'l Security

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    Agencies with trade responsibilities may be less affected by Chevron’s demise because of the special deference courts have shown when hearing international trade cases involving national security, foreign policy or the president’s constitutional authority to direct such matters, say attorneys at Venable.

  • What 7th Circ. Collective Actions Ruling Means For Employers

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    With the Seventh Circuit’s recent Fair Labor Standards Act ruling in Vanegas v. Signet Builders, a majority of federal appellate courts that have addressed the jurisdictional scope of employee collective actions now follow the U.S. Supreme Court's limiting precedent, bolstering an employer defense in circuits that have yet to weigh in, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.

  • A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President

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    For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

  • What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires

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    Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.

  • Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support

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    A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.

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