By Shah Peerally, Esq is principal in Shah Peerally Law Group, a pre-eminent immigration law firm with offices in Newark and San Francisco. The H4 work permit authorization was one of the most daunting fight of my life and the lives of thousands of H4 visa holders. For years, people on H4 visa […]
The attorney for the acquitted Cleveland police officer, Pat D’Angelo, says that the decision was absolutely correct. Mr D’Angelo angrily denounced “so called civil rights lawyers” who had never brought a case to a verdict, saying the case had seen top level lawyering in the face of “ruthless prosecution”. In a statement, D’Angelo said “the
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mark Hamlet, Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations Division of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, today announced that FABIO PORFIRIO LOBO was arrested in the Republic of Haiti and brought to the United States on charges that he
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Stealing IP is bad enough, but when its at law school – no, make that HARVARD Law School, then the theft becomes something altogether more serious. And so when AbovetheLaw reported on this “peculiar thief” roaming the halls of Harvard it struck a particular chord with those concerned about the sheer sweat and even artistry
“Breaking Bad” created waves in the legal and ‘non-legal’ community, but now a law student has addressed the issue of just how its characters might have fared if a real-life legal system was imposed. The New Mexico Law Review has released an edition that examinees a range of issues relating to Walter White, attorney Saul
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Does making partner make you happy? According to new research the answer appears to be “No”, and it’s a somewhat resounding answer, too. While the rewards of partnership in a major law firm are well known – the money, power, status and so forth – the actual correlation between them and happiness are totally misaligned,
Law firm specialisation is the key to success for many lawyers, but having a men-only divorce firm reflects the strong feelings of anti-male discrimination many men feel over divorces. The trend towards men-only divorce originated in America, but now Britain and other jurisdictions are embracing the move, particularly since the 1990s when men have felt
Death on the street of America is becoming all too commonplace, but in the case of Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the death sentence imposed upon him has actually created issues for Bostonians, who oppose putting him to death. A poll conducted by the Boston Globe indicated an overwhelming opposition to killing Tsarnaev with 15 percent
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Do White supremacists pose a threat to America? The issue may seem far-fetched but it has reached a higher level of concern with the spate of killings involving white police officers and black victims. The concerns arise from an FBI report in October 2006 which reported that “White supremacist infiltration of law enforcement” represented a
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It’s a question many non-lawyers may have known for a long time. There are simply too many lawyers, according to a survey conducted that showed lawyers are simply not busy enough. Ttanslated: too many of them. The Altman Weil survey released on Tuesday was conducted among 320 managing partners and law firm chairmen and probably
