Immigration

  • January 22, 2025

    Trump's Birthright Order Faces Another Legal Challenge

    Five pregnant women and two immigrant advocacy organizations hit the Trump administration with yet another lawsuit, in Maryland federal court, challenging the president's executive order ending birthright citizenship in the United States.

  • January 22, 2025

    White House Shutters DEI Offices, Puts Workers On Leave

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management told federal agencies to close offices focused on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by Wednesday evening and lay off staffers by Jan. 31, part of President Donald Trump's larger efforts to combat workplace diversity programs.

  • January 22, 2025

    DOJ Aims To Prosecute Local Officials Who Impede Removals

    The U.S. Department of Justice instructed its staff to investigate and take enforcement actions against state and local officials who interfere with the Trump administration's plans to deport unlawfully present immigrants, according to an internal agency memo.

  • January 21, 2025

    What Gov't Contractors Must Know About Trump Exec Actions

    President Donald Trump's flood of executive orders following his inauguration included a number of measures targeted at or broadly affecting federal contractors, such as lifting Biden administration antidiscrimination and climate change-related requirements and restarting border wall construction.

  • January 21, 2025

    DHS Expands Quick Removals, Revokes 'Protected Areas'

    The Trump administration continued its flurry of immigration-related actions Tuesday, moving to expand expedited removals, revoking the Biden administration's limits on where noncitizens can be arrested and formally reviving the "Remain in Mexico" program.

  • January 21, 2025

    US Told To Justify Citizenship Screening Program And Delays

    A federal judge in Washington state has found a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' program for reviewing immigration applications with potential national security concerns to be "arbitrary and capricious," holding that the agency failed to justify the program's creation or ensure timely processing.

  • January 21, 2025

    Judge Wary Of Restoring All CBP One Appts Axed By Trump

    A D.C. federal judge seemed hesitant on Tuesday to grant a request by American Civil Liberties Union attorneys to order the Trump administration to reschedule all CBP One mobile app appointments the new administration canceled on inauguration day.

  • January 21, 2025

    Trump Installs New Prisons Chief, Revives Private Facilities

    President Donald Trump made sweeping changes to the criminal justice system in his first hours in office, including replacing the Federal Bureau of Prisons director brought in under the Biden administration and ending former President Joe Biden's plan to phase out privately run federal prisons.

  • January 21, 2025

    Don't Forget To Check Spam Folders, Immigration Board Says

    Electronic notices may land in spam folders, but that's no excuse to miss deadlines, a Board of Immigration Appeals panel has said, denying a reconsideration request by Colombia natives whose removal order appeal was tossed after they didn't file a brief on time.

  • January 21, 2025

    Harassment By Workers Upends Retaliation Suit, Farm Says

    A pork farm urged a Tennessee federal court to throw out a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Labor accusing it of retaliating against two workers who complained to the agency about unpaid wages, saying the workers were disciplined because they harassed their colleagues.

  • January 21, 2025

    Dem States Challenge Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

    Eighteen Democratic-led states, the District of Columbia and the city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court on Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

  • January 21, 2025

    Trump Orders Federal Workers Back To Office

    On his first day back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump ordered federal workers back to theirs.

  • January 21, 2025

    Immigrant Orgs Sue Trump Over Birthright Citizenship Order

    An expectant mother and two immigrant advocacy organizations hit the Donald Trump administration with a midnight lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court in a bid to halt the president's executive order ending birthright citizenship in the United States.

  • January 20, 2025

    Trump's Day 1 Immigration Actions: What You Need To Know

    President Donald Trump issued a flurry of immigration-related executive orders Monday, declaring a state of emergency on the southern U.S. border, limiting birthright citizenship and closing the border entirely to new asylum-seekers.

  • January 17, 2025

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 17, 2025

    Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

    Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • January 20, 2025

    Trump Names Immigration Official As Acting Attorney General

    President Donald Trump on Monday designated a longtime immigration official at the U.S. Department of Justice to be acting attorney general until his pick Pam Bondi, former Florida attorney general, can be confirmed.

  • January 17, 2025

    5th Circ. Finds DACA Unlawful, Limits Ruling To Texas

    The Fifth Circuit on Friday affirmed a Texas federal court's finding that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful but limited its ruling to Texas, saying the state was the only one to show it was injured due to DACA.

  • January 17, 2025

    Immigrant Military Members OK To Ax Time-In-Service Appeal

    Immigrant members of the military challenging a since-rescinded U.S. Department of Defense requirement to serve for one year before becoming eligible for citizenship told the D.C. Circuit on Thursday that they would not oppose the dismissal of the agency's appeal on its terms.

  • January 17, 2025

    DOJ Wants No Jail Time For Cross-Border Monopoly Member

    The U.S. Department of Justice has told a Texas federal judge that a woman who pled guilty to conspiring to monopolize cross-border sales of used vehicles should be sentenced to up to 14 months of home detention.

  • January 17, 2025

    NYC Mall Lenders, Developer Want Foreign Investor Suit Nixed

    Financial backers of a Staten Island mall project are asking a federal judge to toss a suit by foreign investors seeking damages, arguing that the investors are just trying to "claw back" whatever they can from others who lost even more money.

  • January 17, 2025

    DHS Sec. Nominee Faces Senators Ahead Of Inauguration

    Appearing before senators on Friday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, previewed the incoming Trump administration's crackdown on immigration and fielded questions on distribution of disaster aid in wake of the Los Angeles wildfires.

  • January 16, 2025

    DHS Unit Clarifies EB-2 National Interest Waiver Eligibility

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have unveiled new guidance clarifying the eligibility criteria for EB-2 employment-based immigration petitions for applicants with advanced degrees or exceptional ability in the sciences, arts or business to get national interest waivers.

  • January 16, 2025

    9th Circ. Affirms $23.2M Judgment In ICE Detainee Wage Trial

    A split Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday upheld a $23.2 million district court judgment in favor of a class of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees and Washington state, ruling that the GEO Group isn't immune from paying the detainees the state minimum wage for their involvement in a work program.

  • January 16, 2025

    Deal Ends Suit Over Deportation Of US Citizens' Spouses

    A federal judge signed off Thursday on a settlement in a long-running class action brought by New England-based immigrants and their U.S. citizen spouses, ending a suit that challenged the first Trump Administration's policy of separating families pursuing legal status for a spouse at risk of deportation.

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Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Teaching Scuba Diving Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    As a master scuba instructor, I’ve learned how to prepare for the unexpected, overcome fears and practice patience, and each of these skills – among the many others I’ve developed – has profoundly enhanced my work as a lawyer, says Ron Raether at Troutman Pepper.

  • Lawyers Can Take Action To Honor The Voting Rights Act

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    As the Voting Rights Act reaches its 59th anniversary Tuesday, it must urgently be reinforced against recent efforts to dismantle voter protections, and lawyers can pitch in immediately by volunteering and taking on pro bono work to directly help safeguard the right to vote, says Anna Chu at We The Action.

  • Opinion

    Dreamer Green Card Updates Offer Too Little For Too Few

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    Despite the Biden administration’s good intentions in announcing a new pathway for college-educated Dreamers to receive green cards, the initiative ultimately does little to improve the status quo for most beneficiaries, and could even leave applicants in a worse position, says Adam Moses at Harris Beach.

  • How To Grow Marketing, Biz Dev Teams In A Tight Market

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    Faced with fierce competition and rising operating costs, firms are feeling the pressure to build a well-oiled marketing and business development team that supports strategic priorities, but they’ll need to be flexible and creative given a tight talent market, says Ben Curle at Ambition.

  • Series

    Rock Climbing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Rock climbing requires problem-solving, focus, risk management and resilience, skills that are also invaluable assets in my role as a finance lawyer, says Mei Zhang at Haynes and Boone.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Dance The Legal Standard Two-Step

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    From rookie brief writers to Chief Justice John Roberts, lawyers should master the legal standard two-step — framing the governing standard at the outset, and clarifying why they meet that standard — which has benefits for both the drafter and reader, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Recent Settlement Shows 'China Initiative' Has Life After Death

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    Though the U.S. Department of Justice shuttered its controversial China Initiative two years ago, its recent False Claims Act settlement with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation demonstrates that prosecutors are more than willing to civilly pursue research institutions whose employees were previously targeted, say attorneys at Benesch.

  • Series

    Being A Luthier Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    When I’m not working as an appellate lawyer, I spend my spare time building guitars — a craft known as luthiery — which has helped to enhance the discipline, patience and resilience needed to write better briefs, says Rob Carty at Nichols Brar.

  • Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity

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    The Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • Biden Policy Gives Employers New Ways To Help Dreamers

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    A new Biden administration immigration policy makes the process more predictable for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients to seek employment visas, and, given uncertainties surrounding DACA’s future, employers should immediately determine which of their employees may be eligible, says Jennifer Kim at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Opinion

    H-2 Visas Offer Humane, Economic Solution To Border Crisis

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    Congress should leverage the H-2 agricultural and temporary worker visa programs to match qualified migrants with employers facing shortages of workers — a nonpolitical solution to a highly divisive humanitarian issue, say Ashley Dees and Jeffrey Joseph at BAL.

  • Opinion

    Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism

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    As society becomes increasingly fractured and workplace incivility is on the rise, attorneys must champion professionalism and lead by example, demonstrating how lawyers can respectfully disagree without being disagreeable, says Edward Casmere at Norton Rose.

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    Serving In The National Guard Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My ongoing military experience as a judge advocate general in the National Guard has shaped me as a person and a lawyer, teaching me the importance of embracing confidence, balance and teamwork in both my Army and civilian roles, says Danielle Aymond at Baker Donelson.

  • A Midyear Forecast: Tailwinds Expected For Atty Hourly Rates

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    Hourly rates for partners, associates and support staff continued to rise in the first half of this year, and this growth shows no signs of slowing for the rest of 2024 and into next year, driven in part by the return of mergers and acquisitions and the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, says Chuck Chandler at Valeo Partners.

  • Opinion

    States Should Loosen Law Firm Ownership Restrictions

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    Despite growing buzz, normalized nonlawyer ownership of law firms is a distant prospect, so the legal community should focus first on liberalizing state restrictions on attorney and firm purchases of practices, which would bolster succession planning and improve access to justice, says Michael Di Gennaro at The Law Practice Exchange.

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