If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.
A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to temporarily restore student visa status for four more international students in Washington state, on the same day the Trump administration said it would restore thousands of foreign students' visa records that had been abruptly terminated.
A group of Chinese investors have filed a proposed class action accusing a Washington-based migration agency and a real estate investment group manager of fraudulently raising $100 million from overseas investors pursuing permanent U.S. residence via the EB-5 program with property that has now been auctioned off.
A California federal judge deciding whether to issue a nationwide injunction in multiple cases challenging the government's termination of foreign students' F-1 visa records expressed frustration with the Trump administration's abrupt policy changes Friday, saying "it's a new world order every day — it's like whack-a-mole."
Stories of foreign travelers getting stuck in prolonged immigration detention while trying to enter the U.S. has other potential visitors spooked, leading to a predicted downturn for the hospitality industry and an economic hit for local businesses that rely on tourists.
The Trump administration has hit the city of Rochester, New York, with a lawsuit seeking to prohibit its "sanctuary city" policies, saying the policies interfere with the federal government's enforcement of immigration law in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.
The federal government unleashed sharp criticism against the city of Newark, New Jersey, lambasting its lawsuit to block GEO Group Inc.'s plans for an immigration detention facility and calling it an "admitted, aggressive, and legally unjustified" maneuver.
The Trump administration has asked the Tenth Circuit to quickly stay a Colorado federal judge's halt on removals of detained Venezuelan migrants accused of gang membership while it challenges the court's ability to "interfere with the president's core authority to protect the nation."
A Michigan federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must restore the F-1 compliance records for 10 international students, finding that they have demonstrated a likelihood of success on their claim that the action violated the Administrative Procedure Act.