The U.S. Supreme Court, in overruling its prior Chevron decision, seems to allow lower courts to independently evaluate statutory text. Many regulations, promulgated by agencies like the IRS and the DOL, have previously been upheld using the deferential framework...
The Bank Service Company Act (BSCA), enacted in response to the technological and expertise challenges faced by banks during the 1960s, permits banks to acquire and utilize bank service companies. The BSCA also authorizes U.S. banking agencies to examine and regulate...
DHS, July 19, 2024 "Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension and redesignation of Somalia for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months, from September 18, 2024, to March 17, 2026, due to conditions in Somalia that...
In April 2024, FinCEN updated and expanded the Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule. Updates relate to pass-through entities, homeowners associations, trusts, and more...
By: Ronald J. Hedges, Esq. (FORMER U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE (D.N.J.)), RONALD J. HEDGES LLC This article provides a judge’s insights into the use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in civil litigation and covers topics such as potential uses of GAI...
In-house counsel are faced with a dizzying array of labor and employment law issues on a regular basis, but one of them stands out by far as the source of the biggest headaches that keep them up at night. Employee discrimination complaints are the matters most...
Identical DHS and DOS media notes are here and here . Media coverage here , here , here , here , here and here . The intent is to curtail irregular migration through the Darién Gap . [I have not yet obtained the MOU. If you have it, please send me...
ACLU, June 12, 2024 "Immigrants’ rights groups today sued the Biden administration over the president’s proclamation and a new rule that severely restricts asylum and puts thousands of lives at risk. The American Civil Liberties Union, National...
DHS OIG, July 3, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) did not adjudicate affirmative asylum applications in a timely manner to meet statutory timelines and to reduce its existing backlog. At the end of fiscal year 2023, USCIS had more...
Rivera v. Garland "The BIA and IJ both failed to conduct the required careful examination of the record to determine whether religion may have been one of multiple central reasons for the gang members’ persecution of Rivera. ... Neither the BIA nor...