Aline Barros, VOA, June 3, 2024 "Despite years of debate and numerous proposals, the United States has accomplished next to nothing on immigration reform. In recent years, attempts to modernize U.S. immigration law have been made through a series of legislative...
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 "This final rule adopts and replaces regulations relating to key aspects of the placement, care, and services provided to unaccompanied children referred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement ...
MALDEF, May 3, 2024 "A Latino civil rights organization filed a class-action lawsuit today against a Southern California credit union for unlawfully denying a loan to a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient on the basis of his immigration...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 04/15/2024 "On February 14, 2024, President Joseph Biden issued a memorandum to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) determining that it was in the...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 04/30/2024 "This final rule adopts and replaces regulations relating to key aspects of the placement, care, and services provided to unaccompanied children referred to the Office of Refugee...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 04/15/2024 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is suspending certain regulatory requirements for certain Palestinian F-1 nonimmigrant students who are experiencing severe economic...
FWAF v. Moody, May 23, 2024 "On May 23, 2024, we entered a Supplemental Order on the Scope of the Preliminary Injunction (the “Supplemental Order”) [ECF No. 100]. In that Supplemental Order, we clarified that the preliminary injunction in this...
Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code provides a broad tax exemption for Political Action Committees (PACs) involved only in campaign activity. Section 527 applies only to "political organizations." For a PAC to qualify, it must be organized and operated...
By Geoffrey D. Ivnik, Esq. | Director of Large Markets, LexisNexis Corporate counsel have made it clear they are expecting their outside counsel to become more efficient in their operations by leveraging the power of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI...
In the era of self checkouts and automated systems directing and answering customer questions, Lex Machina continues to bridge the communication gap between their customers and prospects with live agents that hold JDs. This strategy has paid off–our customer...
Suate-Orellana v. Garland "Although the IJ and BIA addressed her argument that her NTA was deficient on the merits, the legal landscape has changed significantly since the BIA’s decision dismissing her appeal. See, e.g., Niz-Chavez v. Garland, 593...
Tulung v. Garland "[I]n reviewing the motion to reopen, the BIA discarded evidence -- without considering its merits -- on legally unjustifiable bases. The BIA retains wide latitude to weigh such evidence but may not ignore it based on legal error. Resultingly...
In the recent climate of large language models being introduced and implemented into the fiber of legal technology products, Lex Machina continues to keep its finger on the pulse and listen to influential voices in the technology industry, such as participating...
Fortune magazine and Great Place To Work® have selected Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company, as one of this year’s Best Workplaces in the Bay Area. This is Lex Machina’s first time being named to this prestigious list, coming in at No. 64 . In order...
Does section 5 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1987 apply to the sale of a majority shareholding in a Company who's only asset is a Freehold Reversion?
Chris Brouwer, Cornell Law, Apr. 22, 2024 "Professors Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer and Stephen Yale-Loehr have secured a $1.5 million grant from Crankstart for their groundbreaking initiative, the Path2Papers project. Housed at Cornell Law School, this new nonprofit...
L’interview de Marie-Aimée de Dampierre, Chair, Hogan Lovells la vision et la culture du #cabinet, #diversité et #inclusion, la #fidélisation et le recrutement des talents au-delà de l’expertise et de la technicité...
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By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Among the varied duties of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) is the determination of the competency of an injured...
By Hon. Colleen Casey, Former Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board It has been over a decade since the 2nd DCA (District Court of Appeal) denied writ in the case of Athens Administrators v. W.C.A.B. (Kite) (2013) 78 Cal. Comp. Cases...
The emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) tools presents a transformational opportunity for companies to achieve greater efficiencies in their workflows, but it also presents new headaches for in-house counsel who are tasked with mitigating risk...
By Thomas A. Robinson, co-author, Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law Editorial Note: All section references below are to Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, unless otherwise indicated. Employee Fraud. While the vast majority of workers’...
By William Tappin, Esq., Law Offices of Tappin & Associates, Sierra Madre, CA There has been a lot of confusion with respect to whether ERISA preempts state laws regarding numerous programs, including mandatory workers’ compensation coverage by employers...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 04/23/2024 "On March 28, 2023, the U.S. Department of State (Department of State) published in the Federal Register an interim final rule with request for comment (2023 Interim Final Rule...