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Immigration – El Salvadoran’s persecution based on family memberships merits asylum
An El Salvadoran petitioner’s repeated testimony that her family was being targeted for extortive threats, and that she was targeted because her parents were failing to comply, entitled her to […]
Immigration – State conviction no basis for removal
Where a man convicted under a Virginia statute for willful discharge of a firearm was removed to Jamaica, he was ordered returned to the United States because his Virginia conviction […]
Immigration – Conditions imposed were not required by statute
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, erred when it required a permanent custody order before it would allow an immigrant to qualify for special juvenile status because that […]
Immigration – Petitioner not afforded due process rights
Where the Board of Immigration Appeals instructed the Immigration Judge to allow a petitioner from Cameroon to explain inconsistencies in her prior testimony, her due process rights were violated […]
Immigration – Honduran man’s bid for asylum fails
Although a petitioner argued his status as a merchant in the formal Honduran economy was a “particular social group” that qualified for asylum, the Board of Immigration Appeals, or BIA, […]
Immigration – Petitioner not afforded due process rights
Where the Board of Immigration Appeals instructed the Immigration Judge to allow a petitioner from Cameroon to explain inconsistencies in her prior testimony, her due process rights were violated when […]
Immigration – Petitioner not afforded due process rights
Where the Board of Immigration Appeals instructed the Immigration Judge to allow a petitioner from Cameroon to explain inconsistencies in her prior testimony, her due process rights were violated when […]
Immigration – Appeal dismissed as premature
Where the Board of Immigration Appeals, or BIA, remands a case to the immigration judge for background checks, the court joins the majority of circuits in holding the BIA’s decision […]
Immigration Immigration petition properly rejected
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, application of the law that was in effect when an Alien Relative petition brought by an immigrant and his wife was adjudicated, rather […]
Immigration Noncitizens facing removal are entitled to bond hearing
Where noncitizens are awaiting the outcome of proceedings on their petitions to withhold removal based on a fear of persecution or torture in other countries, they are entitled to bond […]
Immigration Court does not defer to Attorney General’s opinion
Where an opinion issued by the Attorney General, holding that immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals, or BIA, lacks authority to administratively close a case, was contrary to […]
Immigration Removal not justified by conviction for participation in criminal street gang
A lawful permanent resident could not be removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act based on his conviction for participation in a criminal street gang under Virginia law because an […]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- When is a PIP an adverse employment action?
- Legally Speaking: What spring can teach us about active listening
- A useful patent management government notice
- The third option: Why your best employees are quietly losing their edge
- ‘AI won’t take your job’ and other things CEOs say before the layoffs
- When not to believe (your lyin’ eyes)
- Conduct a technology audit to improve law firm efficiency
- When the client brings ChatGPT to the consultation
- Where is she now, this model who was so beautiful?
- Content Marketing: Where law firms lose referrals and how to prevent it
- Your best people are not leaving for more money — they are leaving because you stopped paying attention
- Best at Work Insights: The choice we’re making about AI
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