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What Gay Couples Can Expect If DOMA Falls

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) before its summer recess, and legal experts are already in disarray over what the ruling could mean for same-sex...more

DOMA Project Explains Green Card “Basics” for Same-Sex Couples

The DOMA Project, a non-profit group fighting to stop deportations and separations of same-sex bi-national couples who are immigration casualties of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), has created a video about “green card...more

Judge Rules for Same-Sex Marriage Partner Who Was Denied Immigration Benefits

On Friday, April 19, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge Consuelo Marshall in Los Angeles, CA, ruled that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (the “USCIS”) denied Jane Deleon equal protection of the law when it refused...more

ICE Defines Same-Sex “Family Relationships”

On October 5, 2012, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (“ICE”) published criteria for determining when individuals in committed, long-term, same-sex partnerships may avoid removal (i.e., deportation) from...more

First Circuit Holds DOMA Unconstitutional

The First Circuit, in a recent landmark decision, Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) violates the Equal Protection Clause of the...more

Johnson v. Whitehead, et. al

Equal Protection challenge to Citizenship Law w/ Classifications based on Illegitimacy & Sex

Today, the UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic at American University Washington College of Law filed a petition for Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging, on Equal Protection grounds, a federal...more

Same Sex Marriage and DOMA - Immigration and Divorce Issues

This article reviews the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and how state law legalizing same sex marriage conflicts with the federal law. It examines two areas specifically: immigration and divorce. This is becoming a legal...more

cittadina nigeriana

art. 31 T.U. Immigrazione autorizzazione al soggiorno nell'interesse dei minori

Secondo la suprema corte infatti tra i "gravi motivi" che devono legittimare la permanenza del genitori straniero in Italia sono da comprendere tutte le situazioni che possano provocare qualsiasi danno effettivo, concreto,...more

Seijfula / Ministero Interno

permesso ex art. 31 permesso CE per soggiornanti lungo periodo

Secondo il Tribunale Amministrativo della Lombardia, i titolari di permesso di soggiorno per assistenza minore, ex art. 31 T.U. Immigrazione, possono ottenere il rilascio del permesso CE per soggiornanti di lungo periodo in...more

Employment Law Update 2010

It’s that time of year again. In this newsletter edition, Manatt summarizes the new legislation enacted in 2009 that will impact employers in the coming year. Please see full newsletter below for more information....more