A law firm recently accused of running a volume-driven immigration filing mill claimed in a new lawsuit in Ohio federal court that three attorneys and a TikTok personality orchestrated a social media campaign falsely accusing it of visa fraud as a way to poach its clients.
As the federal government continues its retreat from white collar enforcement, companies should expect False Claims Act risk to grow through private whistleblower suits and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act scrutiny to shift toward foreign prosecutors, requiring more adaptability as accountability becomes less centralized, says Temidayo Aganga-Williams at Selendy Gay.
The Trump administration said Thursday it is appealing a judge's finding that President Donald Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is an unlawful tax.
While courts commonly take judicial notice of data in government websites and reports, the Trump administration's recent modification or wholesale deletion of these sources means that litigants must look elsewhere to support trial admission of this information, says Jon Gryskiewicz at Lewis Baach.
A certified class of Guantánamo Bay detainees told a D.C. federal judge that the Immigration and Nationality Act does not allow the United States to detain noncitizens after they have been removed from the country.
Moving an unwilling 800-pound cow while riding a horse at high speed is exhilarating, a little unhinged and, at least for me, a surprisingly effective training ground for litigation — both demand focus, preparation over rigid planning and the willingness to act despite fear, says Ashley Zitrin at Glenn Agre.
A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday absolved former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander of a petty elevator-obstruction charge stemming from an incident last year when he was ticketed as he sought to monitor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for possible violations of migrants' rights at a government building.
Two state court clerks in Utah are facing criminal charges after federal prosecutors say they acted as "self-appointed anti-ICE vigilantes" by helping noncitizens leave the courthouse by a back door to evade arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the newly unsealed case.
Santa Clara County and the state of California sued the Trump administration in federal court Wednesday to stop it from building and operating an 18,700-square-foot short-term ICE detention holding facility on remote property that's been restricted to agricultural-related use for generations and is home to threatened and endangered species.
Private prison operator The GEO Group Inc. on Tuesday urged a federal judge to throw out counterclaims from Washington state officials who allege they were wrongfully denied access to an immigration processing center, arguing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, not The GEO Group, controls entry to the facility.