Reports that border czar Tom Homan allegedly accepted cash from a federal agent prior to his appointment raise important questions for government contractors about when a private citizen can be prosecuted as a public official under federal bribery laws, say Gregory Rosen at Rogers Joseph and Jason Manning at Levy Firestone.
Judges on a Seventh Circuit panel appeared doubtful Wednesday of a former attorney's contention that he never bribed ex-Chicago Alderman Ed Burke and was merely seeking to hire him for a legal matter.
Nearly two decades prosecuting scammers and elder fraud taught me that proactively educating the public about the risks they face and the rights they possess is essential to building trust within our communities, empowering otherwise vulnerable citizens and preventing wrongdoers from gaining a foothold, says Roger Handberg at GrayRobinson.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday requested additional briefing over the Trump administration's request to send hundreds of federalized National Guard troops into Chicago, deferring a ruling on an Illinois federal judge's order indefinitely blocking the deployment for at least a week.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday unveiled an interim final rule to end automatic extensions for expiring work permits for which renewal applications have been filed.
As previously announced, on Oct. 28, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will only accept electronic payments for paper-filed forms.
The Department of Homeland Security has announced an interim final rule ending the practice of automatically extending employment authorization documents for aliens filing renewal applications in certain employment authorization categories.
A D.C. federal judge Tuesday torched emergency filings seeking to reverse recent changes to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system, calling the documents "difficult to understand" and "messy," and signaling that she likely won't grant an emergency injunction ahead of state elections next week.