Immigration

  • January 14, 2025

    Vt. Judge Upends Visa Denial For José Andrés Ham Carver

    A Vermont federal judge has said the federal government's denial of celebrity chef José Andrés' restaurant group's petition to classify a Spanish national, who works as a "master ham carver," as an individual "of extraordinary ability" was arbitrary and capricious.

  • January 14, 2025

    Wynne Transportation Can Tap Some Of $6M DIP In Ch. 11

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Tuesday she will allow transportation service provider Wynne Transportation to borrow $2 million in initial debtor-in-possession financing on an interim basis, clearing the way to fund a Chapter 11 case the company launched in the wake of a nearly $33 million arbitration judgment.

  • January 14, 2025

    Fleeing-Or-Eluding Not Grounds For Removal, 3rd Circ. Says

    A Kenyan man allowed to enter the U.S. on a diversity visa can't be subject to deportation based on two felony convictions for vehicular fleeing or attempting to elude police in Pennsylvania, the Third Circuit said in a precedential opinion on Monday.

  • January 14, 2025

    Wage Violations Get NC Farmers Kicked Out Of H-2A Program

    A North Carolina father and daughter must pay $166,000 in fines and face a three-year debarment from the H-2A seasonal worker program for various violations, including underpaying farmworkers, the U.S. Department of Labor said Tuesday.

  • January 13, 2025

    5th Circ. Keeps Trans Immigrant's Removal Fight Alive

    The Fifth Circuit found that a transgender woman fighting deportation can stay in the country for the time being after the U.S. Supreme Court remanded a panel's previous decision, saying in a Monday opinion the Board of Immigration Appeals got it wrong because it engaged in factfinding.

  • January 13, 2025

    Bannon Must Explain Atty Swap As NY Wall Fraud Trial Looms

    A New York state judge on Monday ordered Steve Bannon to appear in court to explain why he switched counsel a month before he faces trial on charges of defrauding donors to a fundraiser to build a U.S. southern border wall.

  • January 13, 2025

    Texas Justices Probe State's Bid To Shutter Refugee Nonprofit

    The Texas Supreme Court appeared skeptical Monday that the state's attorney general has broad power under an anti-harboring law to shut down a religious nonprofit it claims illegally shelters unauthorized immigrants, with the justices probing how far that power extends.

  • January 13, 2025

    Dissuading A Witness Is Grounds For Removal, 9th Circ. Says

    Immigration courts correctly ruled that an El Salvador citizen's conviction for dissuading a witness by force or threat in California qualified as an aggravated felony and grounds for removal, a Ninth Circuit panel said Monday.

  • January 13, 2025

    Wynne Transportation Files Ch. 11 After $32M Arbitration Loss

    Transportation services company Wynne Transportation Holdings LLC filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware after an arbitrator said it must pay a former subcontractor $32.8 million because it severed their partnership after the state of Texas required it to bus migrants to Democratic-controlled areas.

  • January 13, 2025

    Justices Remand 'Beyond Doubt' Green Card Applicant Rule

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sent a case back to the Fourth Circuit to reconsider whether previously admitted noncitizens must meet a higher standard of proof when applying for a green card from within the U.S. as a form of removal protection.

  • January 10, 2025

    1st Circ. Questions Reach Of Anti-Torture Law In Civil Cases

    The First Circuit on Friday hinted it may be considering limits on the jurisdiction of the Torture Victims Protection Act, during a hearing where former Justice Stephen Breyer recalled concerns he first raised on the Supreme Court that an overly broad reading could pave the way for other nations to arrest Americans for incidents on U.S. soil.

  • January 10, 2025

    Feds To Return $55M In Fees For Axed Immigration Program

    U.S. immigration officials will refund some $55 million in fees tens of thousands of unauthorized immigrants in the country paid to apply for relief through a parole-in-place process that courts struck down.

  • January 10, 2025

    Couple Sue Feds Over Family Reunification Delay

    A California woman urged a federal judge to direct U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to act on a pending petition to bring her husband to the country from Afghanistan, saying it has failed to resolve the petition for more than 13 months.

  • January 10, 2025

    DHS Adds Romania To Visa Waiver Program

    U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas on Friday designated Romania as a participant in the visa waiver program, allowing most Romanian citizens to travel to the U.S. for tourism or business for up to 90 days without having to obtain a visa. 

  • January 10, 2025

    DHS Extends Temporary Protections For 4 Countries

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security extended the temporary protected status for El Salvador, Venezuela, Sudan and Ukraine on Friday for 18 months, citing a wide array of humanitarian conditions in the countries that prevent individuals from safely returning.

  • January 09, 2025

    Senate Dems Help Push Sweeping Immigration Bill Toward Vote

    A majority of Senate Democrats joined Republicans Thursday to pave the way for a vote on a bill that would require detention for theft-related crimes by unauthorized immigrants, while bestowing broad powers on state attorneys general over federal immigration matters.

  • January 09, 2025

    Guards, ICE Detention Contractor Wage Deal Approved

    A detention officer's suit accusing the operator of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center of unpaid preshift work will come to an end after a Texas federal judge signed off Thursday on a sealed settlement.

  • January 09, 2025

    AFL-CIO, SEIU Promise Expanded Power With Reaffiliation

    The AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union announced that they are reaffiliating nearly 20 years after the service workers union split from the labor federation, with leaders of both groups promising the renewed partnership will help the labor movement reach more workers.

  • January 09, 2025

    9th Circ. To Vote On Rehearing Asylum 'Metering' Case

    A Ninth Circuit judge has called for a vote on whether the full court should rehear a split panel decision that border officials are required under federal immigration law to inspect asylum-seekers at the southern border.

  • January 09, 2025

    Ariz. Bill Seeks Tax Credits For Land Taken For Border Wall

    Arizona property owners would be entitled to income tax credits equal to the fair market value of land that is used by the federal government for construction of a border wall under a bill prefiled in the state House of Representatives.

  • January 09, 2025

    Trump's Return Brings 'Deeper Anxiety' To DOJ Fraud Attys

    White collar practitioners say they've heard from U.S. Department of Justice attorneys who are anxiously bracing for the possibility of working with fewer resources while confined to narrower enforcement priorities after Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office.

  • January 09, 2025

    BakerHostetler Adds 3 Attys In DC, Chicago Offices

    A trio of attorneys have moved to BakerHostetler, two of whom work with immigration-related labor and employment matters in Chicago, and another based in the nation's capital, who focuses on trademark and copyrighted intellectual property matters, the firm announced Wednesday.

  • January 08, 2025

    Unraveling Misconceptions About The H-1B Visa Program

    Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy recently defended the H-1B visa program for skilled foreign workers, sparking a fierce debate that has stirred up misconceptions that the program largely supplies cheap indentured labor and displaces American tech workers. Here, Law360 untangles some of those misconceptions.

  • January 08, 2025

    GAO Backs DHS Picking Low Bidder For $107M Support Deal

    A federal watchdog swatted down a company's challenge of a $107 million task order that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued to another business, rejecting arguments that the government failed to fairly evaluate its own proposal.

  • January 08, 2025

    ACLU Launches Media Campaign To Amplify Immigrant Voices

    The American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday that it is kicking off a new "Letters to America" multimedia campaign to amplify the voices of immigrants and asylum seekers speaking about their experiences traveling across the U.S.-Mexico border as the nation prepares itself for the second Trump administration's sweeping deportation plans.

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Expert Analysis

  • To Make Your Legal Writing Clear, Emulate A Master Chef

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    To deliver clear and effective written advocacy, lawyers should follow the model of a fine dining chef — seasoning a foundation of pure facts with punchy descriptors, spicing it up with analogies, refining the recipe and trimming the fat — thus catering to a sophisticated audience of decision-makers, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Circuit Judge Writes An Opinion, AI Helps: What Now?

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    Last week's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Snell v. United Specialty Insurance, notable for a concurrence outlining the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate a term's common meaning, is hopefully the first step toward developing a coherent basis for the judiciary's generative AI use, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.

  • Perspectives

    Trauma-Informed Legal Approaches For Pro Bono Attorneys

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    As National Trauma Awareness Month ends, pro bono attorneys should nevertheless continue to acknowledge the mental and physical effects of trauma, allowing them to better represent clients, and protect themselves from compassion fatigue and burnout, say Katherine Cronin at Stinson and Katharine Manning at Blackbird.

  • Series

    Playing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My deep and passionate involvement in playing, writing and producing music equipped me with skills — like creativity, improvisation and problem-solving — that contribute to the success of my legal career, says attorney Kenneth Greene.

  • How Attys Can Avoid Pitfalls When Withdrawing From A Case

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    The Trump campaign's recent scuffle over its bid to replace its counsel in a pregnancy retaliation suit offers a chance to remind attorneys that many troubles inherent in withdrawing from a case can be mitigated or entirely avoided by communicating with clients openly and frequently, says Christopher Konneker at Orsinger Nelson.

  • Using A Children's Book Approach In Firm Marketing Content

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    From “The Giving Tree” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” most children’s books are easy to remember because they use simple words and numbers to tell stories with a human impact — a formula law firms should emulate in their marketing content to stay front of mind for potential clients, says Seema Desai Maglio at The Found Word.

  • Series

    Being An EMT Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While some of my experiences as an emergency medical technician have been unusually painful and searing, the skills I’ve learned — such as triage, empathy and preparedness — are just as useful in my work as a restructuring lawyer, says Marshall Huebner at Davis Polk.

  • Mitigating Incarceration's Impacts On Foreign Nationals

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    Sentencing arguments that highlighted the disparate impact incarceration would have on a British national recently sentenced for insider training by a New York district court, when compared to similarly situated U.S. citizens, provide an example of the advocacy needed to avoid or mitigate problems unique to noncitizen defendants, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert.

  • Exploring An Alternative Model Of Litigation Finance

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    A new model of litigation finance, most aptly described as insurance-backed litigation funding, differs from traditional funding in two key ways, and the process of securing it involves three primary steps, say Bob Koneck, Christopher Le Neve Foster and Richard Butters at Atlantic Global Risk LLC.

  • Series

    Teaching Yoga Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a yoga instructor has helped me develop my confidence and authenticity, as well as stress management and people skills — all of which have crossed over into my career as an attorney, says Laura Gongaware at Clyde & Co.

  • A Vision For Economic Clerkships In The Legal System

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    As courts handle increasingly complex damages analyses involving vast amounts of data, an economic clerkship program — integrating early-career economists into the judicial system — could improve legal outcomes and provide essential training to clerks, say Mona Birjandi at Data for Decisions and Matt Farber at Secretariat.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Text Message Data

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    Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

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    Swimming Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Years of participation in swimming events, especially in the open water, have proven to be ideal preparation for appellate arguments in court — just as you must put your trust in the ocean when competing in a swim event, you must do the same with the judicial process, says John Kulewicz at Vorys.

  • What 100 Federal Cases Suggest About Changes To Chevron

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    With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to overturn or narrow its 40-year-old doctrine of Chevron deference, a review of 100 recent federal district court decisions confirm that changes to the Chevron framework will have broad ramifications — but the magnitude of the impact will depend on the details of the high court's ruling, say Kali Schellenberg and Jon Cochran at LeVan Stapleton.

  • How EB-5 Regional Centers Can Prepare For USCIS Audits

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    In response to the recently announced U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services guidelines that require EB-5 regional center audits every five years to verify their compliance with immigration and securities laws, regional centers should take steps to facilitate a seamless audit process, say Jennifer Hermansky and Miriam Thompson at Greenberg Traurig.

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