A biofuel business' holding company's inability to hire a domestic worker to manage an executive's new South Dakota estate doesn't demonstrate a "one-time" or "temporary need" allowing it to tap a foreign worker, a U.S. Department of Labor appeals board judge ruled.
A National Labor Relations Board judge has approved a $225,000 settlement in a case accusing a nonprofit immigration legal services agency of illegally discharging an attorney, bringing an end to a year-old challenge to the lawyer's December 2023 firing.
WilmerHale became the fifth large law firm to be on the receiving end of an executive order restricting its ability to practice law, with President Donald Trump on Thursday targeting the firm over its ties to former special counsel Robert Mueller as well as its immigration pro bono work and diversity practices.
The U.S. Department of Justice is digging its heels in defending the government's deportation of Venezuelans under a 1798 wartime law, telling U.S. District Judge James Boasberg late Tuesday that his injunction blocking the deportations doesn't require the government to undo removal flights that have already taken off.
Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.
A Tufts University graduate student taken into custody by U.S. immigration officers on Tuesday evening may not be moved out of the state without permission while the court hears her petition for review, a Massachusetts federal judge has ruled.
The New York attorney general has asked a federal judge to dismiss a case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice challenging a state law that safeguards DMVs from turning over drivers' information to federal immigration officials, saying the law is an exercise of the state's traditional police powers.
The Tenth Circuit dismissed Oklahoma's appeal of a district court ruling enjoining a state law barring unauthorized immigrants from residing in the state, saying the matter is moot after the Trump administration dismissed the underlying suit.
The Trump administration responded to an injunction compelling it to rehire over 15,000 fired probationary employees by placing them on leave, not bringing them back to work, a coalition of advocates for the workers told a California federal judge Wednesday, saying the administration hasn't complied with the injunction.
Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil called on a New Jersey federal judge to release him from immigration detention and halt the Trump administration's policy targeting noncitizens who criticize Israel and its military actions in Gaza for detention and removal.