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Matter of B-Z-R-, 28 I&N Dec. 563 (A.G. 2022) (1) Matter of G-G-S-, 26 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2014) , is overruled. (2) Immigration adjudicators may consider a respondent’s mental health in determining whether an individual, “having...

Panel decision in Matter of B-Z-R-, Dec. 3, 2020 [Now on referral to the A.G. ]

Bob Libal, Grassroots Leadership, Mar. 9, 2016 - "A new report released today by Grassroots Leadership details the strategic expansion by private prison corporations to fill profit gaps from efforts to reduce mass incarceration through an emerging...

BIA, June 21, 2016 - "Amicus Invitation No. 16-06-21 AMICUS INVITATION (COMMITMENT TO MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY), DUE JULY 21, 2016 The Board of Immigration Appeals welcomes interested members of the public to file amicus curiae briefs discussing...

" The Immigration Advocates Network invites you to join a free webinar, "Mental Health and Capacity in Immigration Court," on Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 at 2:00 pm Eastern / 1:00 pm Central /12:00 pm Mountain / 11:00 am Pacific. This webinar...

AIC, Aug. 16, 2017 - "The parties in Dilley Pro Bono Project v. ICE have reached a settlement that ensures access to mental health evaluations for certain detained mothers and children seeking asylum. The case was filed after Immigration and Customs...

Drugs aren’t the only solution This is a hard pill to swallow for “pill mill” doctors and pharmaceutical companies that provide their supply, but alternative workers’ compensation approaches to managing chronic pain are increasingly...

A recent webinar discussed mental health and well-being in the workplace and looked at some of the impacts on workers’ compensation Concerns with workplace safety and worker health are obviously not new among workers’ compensation system...

My Daddy, who I lost the week before I started law school, always used to say "Jack of all trades, master of none." Maybe that's why my practice has been limited to work comp and that alone these last 30 plus years. Today's post...

By Karen C. Yotis, Esq. and Robin E. Kobayashi, J.D. It’s a no brainer that when the economy takes a deep dive, our collective psychological well-being also ends up under water. Just reading about mass layoffs, homeless families, and bankruptcies—much...

My Daddy, who I lost the week before I started law school, always used to say "Jack of all trades, master of none." Maybe that's why my practice has been limited to work comp and that alone these last 30 plus years. Today's post...

Drugs aren’t the only solution This is a hard pill to swallow for “pill mill” doctors and pharmaceutical companies that provide their supply, but alternative workers’ compensation approaches to managing chronic pain are increasingly...

I just received the monthly newsletter of the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board. Not Fun and Games: Lawyer with Video Game Addiction Suspended This month's most interesting disciplinary decision is the case of Office of Disciplinary Counsel...

LOS ANGELES - (AP) It started as a routine police encounter after officers spotted a shadowy figure lying under a balcony behind a Hollywood apartment building. The man, Mohammad Usman Chaudhry, was cordial at first. He handed over his ID and chatted...

By Allison Bell, SENIOR EDITOR/WEB EDITOR, National Underwriter Life & Health Federal agencies are using temporary regulations to implement the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008. ...