Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court's preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship in a legal challenge by four states, ruling in a published opinion that Trump's order contradicts the "plain language" of the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause.
More than 100 nationals of countries hit by President Donald Trump's latest travel ban filed suit Tuesday in D.C. federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully suspending visa processing under a program aimed at diversifying the immigrant community of the United States.
Fourteen Vietnamese nationals have sued a Virginia law firm and its head attorney, seeking to cancel their $500,000 investments in a hotel redevelopment project after the federal government said it was denying their petitions for conditional permanent residency.
The owner of a small Massachusetts construction business who is being held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody may not be moved out of the state while a federal judge considers if the government is violating a January settlement by trying to deport him, according to a Wednesday court order.
The Administrative Procedure Act’s avenue for universal preliminary relief seems to hold the most promise for neutralizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA to limit federal district courts' nationally applicable orders, say attorneys at Crowell.
Another one of the several Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys unions that went on strike in New York City last week announced on Tuesday that it has reached a tentative agreement with its managers.
A Tennessee federal judge ruled Wednesday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is facing human smuggling charges after he was mistakenly deported and then returned, can be released, following which a Maryland judge quickly barred him from being taken into immigration custody.
Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
The State Department said Wednesday it is opening an investigation into Harvard University's eligibility to host international students and professors on visas, the Trump administration's latest salvo in its legal battle with the elite school.