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Immigration

  • April 23, 2025

    DOJ, Legal Groups Spar Over Migrant Kids Counsel Funding

    Attorneys representing groups that provide legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children and a government attorney sparred Wednesday over whether the government is legally obligated to fund such legal counsel during a hearing on the groups' motion for preliminary injunction in California federal court.

  • April 23, 2025

    Sanctuary Cities Near Block Of Trump Plan To Withhold Funds

    A California federal judge said Wednesday that he's inclined to block a Trump administration plan to withhold federal funding to "sanctuary jurisdictions," saying the cities and counties who sued have demonstrated a "well-founded fear" that the president's executive order and an attorney general directive will deprive them of critical funding.

  • April 23, 2025

    Fla. AG Tells Cops TRO Blocking Migrant Law Is Unlawful

    Florida's Attorney General on Wednesday informed law enforcement agencies of a federal judge's extension of a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized migrants but told them he could not stop them from enforcing the law because "no lawful, legitimate order" prevents them from doing so.

  • April 23, 2025

    4th Circ. Says Immigration Board Evidence Standard Too High

    The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday gave an Ethiopian man another chance to reopen his removal case following his marriage to an American woman, ruling that the Board of Immigration Appeals applied the wrong standard when it required that he provide "clear and convincing evidence" of his marriage's "bona fides."

  • April 23, 2025

    Judge To Consider Bond For Detained Palestinian Student

    A Vermont federal judge asked for more input on Wednesday from the government and a Palestinian green card holder fighting his detention and removal on foreign policy grounds, while scheduling a bond hearing for the Columbia University student for next week.

  • April 23, 2025

    Standing May Doom Academic Groups' Suit Over Removals

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday declined to consider a request by a group of academic organizations to immediately bar the government from deporting students and faculty over pro-Palestinian activity, and hinted that he may dismiss the complaint for lack of standing.

  • April 23, 2025

    Feds Ask 1st Circ. To Pause Block On '3rd Country' Removals

    The Trump administration has asked the First Circuit to lift an order restricting deportations to countries where migrants have no prior ties and may face safety risks, describing the Massachusetts federal judge's ruling as an "unlawful" overreach.

  • April 23, 2025

    Immigration Board Won't Halt Removal Of Ex-Gang Member

    The Board of Immigration Appeals said a former MS-13 gang member has not met his burden to show that he is more likely than not to be tortured in El Salvador, reversing an immigration judge's decision deferring his removal.

  • April 22, 2025

    Venezuelan Deportation Ban Extended Amid Due Process Fears

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday extended a temporary ban on the deportation of purported Venezuelan gang members targeted for removal by the Trump administration, saying the detainees must be provided with adequate notice and an opportunity to bring a legal challenge against their removals.

  • April 22, 2025

    Reporters Extend Block On Plan Threatening Voice Of America

    A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday extended an earlier order blocking the Trump administration from dismantling the agency that oversees Voice of America, saying the coalition of journalists, unions and a reporter advocacy group seeking the preliminary injunction demonstrated the likelihood of "irreparable harm" absent the relief.

  • April 22, 2025

    Judge Urged To Return Asylum Applicant Sent To El Salvador

    Lawyers representing a class of young asylum-seekers told a Baltimore federal judge Tuesday that the federal government wrongly deported a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum applicant to an El Salvador prison, arguing the Trump administration should be ordered to facilitate his return, just as it was in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's high-profile case.

  • April 22, 2025

    Calif. Judge In Migrant Kids' Funding Suit Keeps Aid Flowing

    A California federal judge denied Monday the Trump administration's request to dissolve a temporary restraining order blocking the government from cutting off migrant legal services programs for unaccompanied minors, rejecting the government's arguments that the stay runs afoul of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

  • April 22, 2025

    In Trump Standoff, Harvard Has Law And Money On Its Side

    With strong free-speech arguments and plenty of cash at its disposal, Harvard University appears better positioned than most Trump administration foes to win a high-stakes and closely watched showdown over threats to cut off funding, experts told Law360.

  • April 22, 2025

    Colo. Judge Extends Halt On Removal Of Venezuelan Migrants

    A Colorado federal judge on Tuesday lengthened her temporary bar on the removal of Venezuelan migrants who are or will be detained in the state under a 1798 wartime law, writing in an order that her court "must follow suit" after high court justices issued a stay in a Texas case.

  • April 22, 2025

    Justices Say Self-Removal Deadlines Don't Include Weekends

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that individuals with a self-deportation deadline that falls on a weekend or federal holiday may move to reopen their removal cases the following business day.

  • April 21, 2025

    DHS Voids Order Ousting Canadian Cannabis Machinery CEO

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday urged a Washington federal judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing federal agents of illegally barring the Canadian CEO of a cannabis harvesting equipment company from entering the United States, citing the government's recent decision revoking a removal order against him.

  • April 21, 2025

    Harvard Sues Trump Admin Over $2B Funding Freeze

    Harvard University on Monday hit the Trump administration with a suit in Massachusetts federal court, escalating a high-profile battle after the government slashed more than $2 billion in funding amid allegations the elite school has failed to properly address antisemitism on its campus.

  • April 21, 2025

    Ga. Judge Orders DHS To Restore Int'l Students' Legal Status

    A Georgia federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to restore the legal status of more than 130 current and former international college students who said they faced "devastating immigration outcomes such as detention and deportation" after their files were purged from a federal database.

  • April 21, 2025

    U-Visa Seekers Push For Class Cert. In Processing Delays Suit

    U-visa petitioners suing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over alleged unreasonable delays of processing their work authorizations sought class certification Friday, a few months after a Michigan federal judge revived the claims.

  • April 21, 2025

    Colo. Judge Skeptical She Can't Hear 'Alien Enemies' Case

    A Colorado federal judge was dubious on Monday that her court lacks jurisdiction over habeas petitions from two Venezuelan men challenging their potential deportation under the Alien Enemies Act, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's early morning intervention in an "extremely similar" case seems to support extending a block on removing migrants. 

  • April 21, 2025

    Unions Score Block On Orders To Fire Probationary Workers

    A California federal judge blocked the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to fire probationary employees and stopped several agencies from heeding its directives, but he declined to order them to rehire the workers they've already let go.

  • April 21, 2025

    Feds Say Expanded Quick Removals Suit Should Be Axed

    The Trump administration urged a D.C. federal judge to throw out the American Civil Liberties Union's lawsuit over the government's dramatic expansion of rapid deportations that bypass the immigration court system, saying expedited removal has long been upheld by the courts.

  • April 20, 2025

    High Court's Pause Of Removals Was 'Premature,' Alito Says

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision early Saturday morning to prohibit the Trump administration from using a 1798 wartime law to remove alleged Venezuelan gang members detained in northern Texas to an El Salvadoran prison was hasty and premature, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a dissent joined by Justice Clarence Thomas.

  • April 19, 2025

    Justices Temporarily Block Removals Under Wartime Law

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to halt removals of alleged Venezuelan gang members detained in Texas under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, pending further input from the court.

  • April 18, 2025

    Tufts Student's ICE Detention Fight To Proceed In Vermont

    A Vermont federal judge ruled Friday that Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk can fight her U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in the state and not the Trump administration's choice of Louisiana, ordering the federal government to bring her back to Vermont no later than May 1.

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Expert Analysis

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

  • Series

    Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.

  • A Primer On Navigating The Conrad 30 Immigration Program

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    As the Conrad 30 program opens its annual window to help place immigrant physicians in medically underserved areas, employers and physicians engaged in the process must carefully understand the program's nuanced requirements, say Andrew Desposito and Greg Berk at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Opinion

    AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • A Class Action Trend Tests Limit Of Courts' Equity Powers

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    A troubling trend has developed in federal class action litigation as some counsel and judges attempt to push injunctive relief classes under Rule 23(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure beyond the traditional limits of federal courts' equitable powers, say attorneys at Jones Day.

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    Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.

  • 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.

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