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AIC and AILA, Apr. 3, 2019 "The American Immigration Council (“Council”) and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”) jointly file this complaint on behalf of immigration practitioners and their detained clients...

Bryan S. Johnson, Dec. 22, 2017 - "The following complaint was filed today against Chief Immigration Judge, MaryBeth Keller for ordering immigration judges to disregard special legal protections for unaccompanied children as mandated by 8 USC 1232...

AIC, June 4, 2018 - "Two immigrants have died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora, Colorado in the last six years. This is in addition to many more detainees who report dangerously...

SPLC SIFI, Mar. 7, 2018 - "We write now to lodge a complaint based on observations of Atlanta Immigration Court hearings for persons detained at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC), a privately-operated facility where at any given time, nearly...

Jeffrey S. Chase, Dec. 28, 2017 - "On December 22, New York attorney Bryan S. Johnson filed a complaint with the Assistant Chief Immigration Judge for Conduct and Professionalism against Chief Immigration Judge MaryBeth Keller. The basis for the...

By Raymond F. Correio, Esq. A recent decision from the Fourth District Court of Appeal, King v. CompPartners, Inc., et al. 243 Cal.App.4th 685, 80 Cal. Comp. Cases 10 , certified for publication, raises a number of provocative issues which will no...

In Braden P’ship, LP v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co. , the Northern District of California found that, under a general partners liability policy, a sealed and unserved complaint was not “first-made” against insured partner during the policy...

By Thomas F. Bush When an insurer is sued in a state where it is not authorized to conduct its insurance business, it frequently faces an immediate demand from its opponent to post a bond or other security with the court in the full amount of the opponent's...

Greg Siskind, Jan. 15, 2016 - "There have been a number of important changes and expansions from the original complaint filed in September. The following summarizes them..." Link to amended complaint filed Jan. 15, 2016 here .

"Ten mothers came forward to lodge formal complaints about the substandard medical care they and their children received while detained by the Department of Homeland of Security (DHS). The complaints describe the severe suffering families have endured...

"We write to share our collective concerns regarding the challenges that indigenous language-speaking mothers and children in family detention centers face in procuring access to justice. These challenges include: (1) inadequate screening at the...

SPLC, July 27, 2016 - "Foreign college students who paid thousands of dollars to spend their summer living and working in the United States as part of a federal cultural exchange program were exploited by a labor broker who used the program as a...

A common dispute between carriers and insureds involves the scope of information that may be considered when determining whether a duty to defend exists. Under California law, an insurer’s duty to defend is determined by facts – both facts...

By William T. Barker & Ronald D. Kent, Partners, SNR Denton An insurer's duty to defend is usually determined based on the facts alleged within the four corners of the complaint against the insured. Various jurisdictions allow or require consideration...

From Kerry Bretz : "Dear Mr. Bretz: In a letter to the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) dated June 20, 2013, you alleged that Immigration Judge (IJ) Philip J. Montante, Jr. demonstrated bias and prejudice while presiding over Malter of...