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Cyrus Mehta, June 29, 2019 "The Supreme Court announced on June 28, 2019 that it would consider the legality of President Trump’s ending of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. Although federal courts in New York , California...

Nio v. DHS, May 22, 2019 "The question before the Court is whether the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and its sub-agency U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) acted lawfully when they instituted...

Angelo A. Paparelli, Mar. 4, 2019 "Much digital ink has already been spilled reporting on the phantom tide of undocumented migrants supposedly breaching our Southern border. This article will address a different, but very-real immigration flood...

California Attorney General, Feb. 18, 2019 "California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Xavier Becerra, leading a 16-state coalition, today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging...

Hinojosa v. Horn - Majority - "Raquel Hinojosa and Denisse Villafranca (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) were denied passports by the Department of State (“DOS”) because they were deemed not to be United States citizens. They...

Hinojosa v. Horn - Majority - "Raquel Hinojosa and Denisse Villafranca (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) were denied passports by the Department of State (“DOS”) because they were deemed not to be United States citizens. They...

Judge Hanen's Feb. 16th injunction turns on the Administrative Procedure Act (APA.) Yesterday's unanimous Supreme Court decision in Perez v. Mtg. Bankers Assoc . could help Judge Hanen and the 5th Circuit answer the question: Did the November...

Mehta v. DOS, May 16, 2016 - "This matter comes before the Court on Defendants United States Department of State, et al. (collectively, “State Department”)’s Motion to Dismiss pursuant to FRCP 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), Dkt. #27. The...

On September 19, the George Washington University Law School, Society for Risk Analysis, USDA Risk Forum and Environmental Law Institute co-hosted a workshop on the role of adaptive management in government decision-making. Representatives from federal...

by Barry Shott, Richard Barrett, Elizabeth Sweigart and Shwetal Shah * Summary. Improved cooperation, collaboration, and transparency continue to be key themes of the message from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") for both its own practitioners...

The Massachusetts Oil Spill Prevention Act (OSPA) was enacted following an oil spill in Buzzards Bay. [As the appellate court notes, Buzzards Bay is a scenically beautiful body of water. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buzzards_Bay_map.png...

By: Amy M. Smith On March 21, 2012, the United States Supreme Court decided Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency , No. 10-1062. The Court held that individuals may bring a civil action under Chapter 7 of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on March 21 unanimously found that an Idaho couple could file a lawsuit challenging a compliance order issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act (CWA) because...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on April 18 rejected a call by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for stricter evidentiary rules and an elevated standard of review in challenges to adverse patentability rulings ( David...

Hosseini v. Johnson, June 17, 2016 - "Appellant Mehrdad Hosseini (“Hosseini”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim. Hosseini sought review of the United States Citizenship and Immigration...