September 21, 2015
Pennsylvania’s highest court on Monday ordered the temporary suspension of state Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s law license, a step that could trigger efforts to remove her from office as she fights criminal charges. The unanimous order by the state Supreme Court’s five justices also could prompt a legal challenge from the first-term Democrat. In the…
July 30, 2015
The Blawgosphere was abuzz early today with news that Google “has quietly added state and federal case law and patent search to its Google Scholar search service,” as well as a “How Cited” citator service. The quote’s from Et Seq., the Harvard law School Library Blog. (See also, TaxProf Blog and 3 Geeks and…
July 27, 2015
Since the 1990s, the EB-5 investment-based immigration visa program has made it possible for investors to immigrate to the United States by providing funds for a project or company that will result in the creation of permanent jobs within the country. The current EB-5 program expires in September of 2015, and there has been some…
July 19, 2015
Major banks agreed to pay $20 billion to settle mortgage-related legal disputes, in Wall Street’s latest bid to put alleged abuses of the home-lending process in the rearview mirror. Bank of America will pay $3.6 billion to Fannie Mae as well as repurchase certain mortgage loans made from 2000 through 2008 for $6.75 billion, a…
July 2, 2015
Donald Trump has announced a plan to sue the television station Univision for $500 million after Univision decided not to air the Miss Universe pageant as a result of controversial comments Mr. Trump made regarding immigrants. Trump is claiming that the contract with Univision is “iron-clad” and contains no exceptions that would allow the television…
July 1, 2015
The City’s recent decision to give federal authorities any illegal immigrant youths booked for a felony is coming under fire. San Francisco has long prized itself on being a sanctuary city, meaning illegal immigrants can access city services without fearing deportation. But last year, Mayor Gavin Newsom imposed a change in city policy after media…
May 6, 2015
In what is believed to be the first statute of its kind in the US, Madison has banned discrimination against atheists under which the non-religious will have the same protection afforded to those on the basis of race, sexual orientation or religion. Madison is an island of liberalism and is part of a state that…
April 21, 2015
Talk about a lineup of judicial giants: Scalia, Thomas, and Alito on tap. Very tasty. Justice Scalia gave some brief remarks about his early involvement in the Federalist Society, praised the society’s mission of seeking to preserve the original understanding of the Constitution, and stated (to wild applause) that he hoped to be around for…
April 18, 2015
District Court Judge Thomas Zilly of Seattle has rejected the federal Justice Department’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that was seeking to secure legal representation for undocumented children facing deportation. The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of a group of Salvadoran siblings who had illegally entered America to…
April 11, 2015
Holders of a St. Kitts and Nevis passport can now travel to Brazil without needing a visa. The Government announced Friday in a press release that visa waiver agreement was signed on January 20, 2015 and came into effect on March 7, 2015. The agreement states that citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis bearing national…