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

by Ronald Shapiro on 5/15/2013

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

EEOC’S Detroit Field Office Director and Mexican Consulate Sign Historic Outreach Agreement

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 11/30/2012

Pact Establishes Ongoing Collaborative Relationship Between the Two Entities DETROIT - The Detroit Field Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with...more

Orrick World: A Quarterly Report of Global Employment Law Issues for Multinationals - Fall 2012

by Orrick - Global Employment Law Group on 10/23/2012

In This Issue: - Asia Employment Law Update - France Employment Law Update - Germany Employment Law Update - South Africa Employment Law Update - UK Employment Law Update - United States...more

Practical Problems With Attempts To Change The Fourteenth Amendment Through An Interstate Birth Certificate Compact

by Lane Powell PC - Immigration Law on 5/2/2012

Originally published in 17 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin - May 1, 2012. Recently, many politicians have proposed changing the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause to exclude the U.S.-born children of persons who do...more

Nigeria Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2011

by Oserogho & Associates on 1/29/2012

Introduction – Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2011 Terrorism has continued to threaten global peace and prosperity. To address this criminal activity, governments all over the world, including the Nigerian government, have...more

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Torture Suit Against Former Somali Official

by Michael Diaz Jr. - Diaz Reus International... on 6/29/2010

In an unanimous decision issued on June 1, 2010, by the Supreme Court of the United States, it was decided that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not protect an individual acting in his official capacity on behalf of...more

Turning a Blind Eye: the Tragedy of Convenient Human Rights

by Cougle Law, L.L.C. on 4/4/2007

“One death is a tragedy; one million, a statistic.” These were the words of Joseph Stalin, who, as the leader of the Soviet Union's Communist Party, was responsible for the killing of millions upon millions of Russian...more