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June 13, 2025
Judge Blocks Trump Voting Order Requiring Citizenship Proof
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday blocked enforcement of what she called a likely unconstitutional Trump administration executive order requiring physical proof of citizenship to vote and invalidating ballots received after Election Day, saying the president lacks authority to override existing voting laws.
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June 12, 2025
Feds Urge 1st Circ. To Allow End Of Immigrant Parole Program
The Trump administration Wednesday urged the First Circuit to lift a district court's block on the federal government from rescinding temporary Biden-era removal protections from more than 500,000 Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan immigrants, saying the U.S. Supreme Court already hinted that the order was a mistake.
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June 12, 2025
Judge Won't Halt Immigration Registration Rule During Appeal
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday denied advocacy groups' request for an injunction as they appeal a ruling that upholds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's new registration form for unauthorized immigrants, finding that they have not shown that they will suffer irreparable harm without the injunction.
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June 12, 2025
Trump's Deployment Of National Guard Illegal, Judge Says
A California federal judge on Thursday granted California's request for a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump's order sending the National Guard into Los Angeles, calling the president's actions "illegal" and unconstitutional, but the decision was quickly paused by the Ninth Circuit.
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June 12, 2025
DHS Begins Sending Termination Notices To Parolees
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday said it has started sending termination notices to people granted temporary residency and work authorizations through a parole program the Biden administration launched for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.
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June 12, 2025
Texas Man Gets 11 Years In Cross-Border Transport Case
A Texas federal court has sentenced a man to 11 years in prison for helping lead a violent conspiracy to monopolize the transport of used vehicles and other goods from the U.S. through Mexico for resale in Central America.
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June 12, 2025
DHS Tightens Rules On Info Disclosure, Medical Exam Validity
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued two policy updates this week, one changing how the agency will disclose derogatory information when it intends to issue an adverse decision, and another reversing course on how long medical exams are valid.
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June 12, 2025
Stranded Asylum-Seekers Sue Trump Over Border Closure
A proposed class of asylum-seekers stranded in Mexico has sued the Trump administration, arguing there is no legal basis to shut down the southern U.S. border to people who are entitled under U.S. law to apply for asylum when they arrive in the U.S. or at the border.
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June 12, 2025
9th Circ. Says Brazilian Didn't Get Fair Shake In Asylum Request
The Ninth Circuit has revived a Brazilian woman's asylum claim, saying neither the Board of Immigration Appeals nor an immigration judge appropriately considered how the danger she faced in her home country stopped her from practicing her religion freely.
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June 12, 2025
Harvard Researcher Held By ICE Over Specimens Released
A Harvard Medical School researcher and Russian national who has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities since February, when frog embryo specimens were found in her luggage at Logan Airport, was released from custody Thursday while she awaits trial on a smuggling charge.
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June 12, 2025
Mass. Judge, On Stand, Denies Helping Immigrant Evade ICE
A Massachusetts judge accused of approving a plan to let a man elude immigration officers by letting him leave the court through a back door seven years ago testified Thursday that was not her intent when she granted a request to let him speak with an attorney in a courthouse lockup.
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June 12, 2025
DOJ Sues NY Over Law Blocking ICE Arrests At Courthouses
The federal government slapped New York with a lawsuit Thursday challenging the state's policies that block immigration officials from arresting individuals near its state courthouses.
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June 12, 2025
DOJ Picks Proceed Despite Worry Over Honoring Court Orders
Two nominations for top positions in the U.S. Department of Justice were voted out of committee on party lines on Thursday.
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June 11, 2025
Feds Can't Detain Khalil Or Seek His Deportation, Judge Rules
A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday barred the Trump administration from detaining and trying to deport Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, citing damage to Khalil's career and reputation and a "chilling effect" on Khalil's First Amendment right to free speech.
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June 11, 2025
Judge Unlikely To Add Migrant Orgs. To Sanctuary Cities Suit
A California federal judge Wednesday said he wasn't inclined to allow three Los Angeles-based immigrant organizations to intervene in a lawsuit brought by U.S. cities and counties challenging the Trump administration's targeting of sanctuary jurisdictions, saying it could "impede and complicate the case without any real benefit."
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June 11, 2025
EB-5 Investor Suit Belongs In Arbitration, Fla. Court Hears
The developers of a mixed-use real estate project in Boca Raton have asked a Florida federal judge to send to arbitration a proposed class action by foreign investors seeking EB-5 immigrant visas, who claim their money was reinvested without their consent.
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June 11, 2025
DC Circ. Pauses Habeas Order In Alien Enemies Act Case
The D.C. Circuit has agreed to briefly pause a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to give due process to Venezuelan immigrants deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison under the Alien Enemies Act.
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June 11, 2025
DOJ Says Newsom Can't Ask Court To Halt Guard Deployment
The Trump administration is telling a California federal judge its decision to federalize the National Guard is unreviewable in court, calling California Gov. Gavin Newsom's effort to stop the takeover "a crass political stunt" in a new filing Wednesday.
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June 11, 2025
DOJ Says Abrego Garcia's Return Moots His Removal Suit
U.S. Department of Justice attorneys told a Maryland federal judge they will soon ask the court to dismiss Kilmar Abrego Garcia's suit challenging his erroneous removal to El Salvador, saying his return to the U.S. to face criminal charges moots the matter.
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June 11, 2025
ACLU Seeks To Halt Quick Removals After Courthouse Arrests
The American Civil Liberties Union asked a D.C. federal judge to postpone implementation of a rule and guidance expanding expedited removals of noncitizens to the interior U.S., after immigration officials started detaining immigrants at courthouses.
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June 11, 2025
Disney's Hiring Is Biased Toward Immigrants, Calif. Court Told
The Walt Disney Co. illegally fired a human resources specialist because she raised concerns about what she saw as the company's practices of primarily hiring immigrant workers while disproportionately firing African American employees, she told a California state court.
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June 10, 2025
Tech Recruiter Settles DOJ Claims It Favored Visa Workers
A San Francisco Bay Area-based technology recruiting company agreed Tuesday to pay civil penalties and change its recruiting practices to resolve allegations it illegally preferred H-1B visa holders over U.S. workers, marking the government's renewed push under the Trump administration to enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act against companies favoring foreign workers.
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June 10, 2025
NJ Rep. LaMonica McIver Indicted Over ICE Facility Incident
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver has been charged with forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers during her inspection of a Newark, New Jersey, immigration detention facility last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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June 10, 2025
Calif. Gets Hearing On Bid To Stop Trump's Troop Deployment
A California federal judge Tuesday gave the Trump administration until Wednesday morning to respond to Gov. Gavin Newsom's request to immediately block the federal government's takeover of the state's National Guard unit in response to protests in Los Angeles sparked by federal immigration raids, and set a hearing for Thursday.
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June 10, 2025
US Judge Tells Some Agents To Disarm In Connecticut Courts
Connecticut's chief federal judge issued a standing order Monday updating the weapons policy for the state's federal courthouses, including limiting some law enforcement officers' ability to carry weapons in certain areas without permission, a step he took not long after banning most arrests and detentions in the courthouses.
Expert Analysis
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Adapting To Private Practice: From SEC To BigLaw
As I adjusted to the multifaceted workflow of a BigLaw firm after leaving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, working side by side with new colleagues on complex matters proved the fastest way to build a deep rapport and demonstrate my value, says Jennifer Lee at Jenner & Block.
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Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession
For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.
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4 Ways Women Attorneys Can Build A Legal Legacy
This Women’s History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.
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A Judge's Pointers For Adding Spice To Dry Legal Writing
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery shares a few key lessons about how to go against the grain of the legal writing tradition by adding color to bland judicial opinions, such as by telling a human story and injecting literary devices where possible.
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Implementation, Constitutional Issues With Birthright Order
President Donald Trump's executive order reinterpreting the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship clause presents unavoidable administrative problems and raises serious constitutional concerns about the validity of many existing federal laws and regulations, says Eric Schnapper at the University of Washington School of Law.
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6th Circ. Ruling Paves Path Out Of Loper Bright 'Twilight Zone'
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright ruling created a twilight zone between express statutory delegations that trigger agency deference and implicit ones that do not, but the Sixth Circuit’s recent ruling in Moctezuma-Reyes v. Garland crafted a two-part test for resolving cases within this gray area, say attorneys at Wiley.
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Cos. Should Prepare For Mexican Payments Surveillance Tool
The recent designation of six Mexican cartels as "specially designated global terrorists" will allow the Treasury Department to scrutinize nearly any Mexico-related payment through its Terrorist Finance Tracking Program — a rigorous evaluation for which even sophisticated sanctions compliance programs are not prepared, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.
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Steps For Federal Grantees Affected By Stop-Work Orders
Broad changes in federal financial assistance programs are on the horizon, and organizations that may receive a stop-work order from a federal agency must prepare to be vigilant and nimble in a highly uncertain legal landscape, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.
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Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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What SDNY Judge Can And Can't Do In Adams Case
The federal judge in the Southern District of New York overseeing the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams deferred making a decision on the government's motion to dismiss the indictment, and while he does have limited authority to deny the motion, that would ultimately be a futile gesture, says Ethan Greenberg at Anderson Kill.
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Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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The Political Branches Can't Redefine The Citizenship Clause
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Wong Kim Ark opinion and subsequent decisions, and the 14th Amendment’s legislative history, establish that the citizenship clause precludes the political branches from narrowing the definition of citizen based on how a parent’s U.S. presence is categorized, says federal public defender Geremy Kamens.