Immigration Law, Conflict of Laws

What Gay Couples Can Expect If DOMA Falls

by Ronald Shapiro on 5/15/2013

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

U.S. Government Remains Firm on “Deferred Action” Despite Suit to Shut It Down

by Ronald Shapiro on 4/19/2013

On Monday of this week, U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor held a hearing on a Complaint filed by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (“ICE”) agents who are challenging the federal “deferred action” program...more

Appeals Court Rules on State Immigration Laws in Alabama and Georgia

by Justin S. Coffey, Andrew W. Merrills | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/19/2012

In three separate decisions issued on August 20, 2012, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, applying the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Arizona v. United States, held that key provisions of state immigration laws passed...more

Supreme Court Bars Arizona, Other States From Criminalizing Alien Employment

by FordHarrison on 6/27/2012

The key takeaway for employers from the Supreme Court's ruling yesterday on Arizona's controversial Senate Bill (SB) 1070 law is that states cannot make criminals out of those in their jurisdiction who work or seek employment...more

Ariz. Immigration Ruling May Save Cos. From State Law Hassles

by Mintz Levin - Immigration on 6/27/2012

Originally published in Law360, New York (June 25, 2012, 8:49 PM ET) The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that several portions of Arizona's controversial immigration law were preempted by federal law will likely stanch the...more

The U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Most of Arizona’s Immigration Law

by Miller & Martin PLLC on 6/26/2012

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision on the 2010 Arizona statute that created new criminal penalties and police procedures for addressing the problem of illegal immigration in that state. The Court ruled that...more

Supreme Court Arizona Decision: Better than Expected but Federal Action Still Needed

by Davis Brown Law Firm on 6/26/2012

While both sides claim victory, the reality of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling is this: Immigration is a federal issue, but states can cooperate with the feds in law enforcement so long as they do not violate peoples' rights...more

Arizona's Attempt To Crackdown On Immigration (Mostly) Rejected By Supreme Court

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 6/26/2012

On June 25, 2012, the Supreme Court held that certain provisions of Arizona's immigration statute (signed into law in 2010) were preempted by federal immigration law. The preempted provisions include those making it a...more

Justices Seem Open To Upholding Ariz. Immigration Law

by Mintz Levin - Immigration on 5/1/2012

Originally published in Law360, New York (April 25, 2012, 4:53 PM ET) The federal government appeared to find little support at the U.S Supreme Court on Wednesday for its arguments that one key provision of Arizona's...more

Illinois at Odds With Feds on Immigration Enforcement

by Ronald Shapiro on 10/27/2011

Last month, Gov. Pat Quinn’s General Counsel, John Morton, said that the “Secure Communities” program of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (“ICE”) would not make communities safer, but would instead cause...more

Alabama Immigration Law Upheld – Mostly

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 10/3/2011

On September 28, 2011, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn upheld the key provisions of Alabama's immigration law, the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act. Alabama's immigration law is...more

Same Sex Marriage and DOMA - Immigration and Divorce Issues

by Law Office of Seth Schraier on 9/14/2011

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

Judge Enjoins Georgia Immigration Law

by Ronald Shapiro on 7/11/2011

Federal Judge Thomas Thrash has reportedly enjoined parts of a Georgia law that was due to take effect on July 1, 2011. In granting a temporary injunction to complainants, he ruled that they were likely to prevail at trial on...more

Get Ready For E-Verify

by Sands Anderson PC on 7/6/2011

Increasingly, states have become lightning rods for controversial employment issues. Last winter, Wisconsin became a battleground over public employee unions. Then Arizona attracted national attention when it adopted strict...more

Is E-Verify Requirement Coming to Pennsylvania Employers?

by Duane Morris LLP on 7/1/2011

On May 26, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Legal Arizona Workers Act Against a federal pre-emption challenge. Signed into law by the then-Gov. Janet Napolitano in 2007, the law mandates that all Arizona employers use...more

Rejecting rights and responsibility as the basis of the rule of law

by Martin Callan on 6/18/2011

Rejecting rights and responsibility as the basis of the rule of law With an ever-increasingly complex democracy which not only delivers more and more “layers” of representation to consumers already bombarded...more

Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Legal Workers Act

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 5/31/2011

n May 26, 2011, the United States Supreme Court issued a 5-3 decision in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting upholding the Arizona Legal Workers Act (“the Act”). The Act provides that the business licenses of employers who...more

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law Sanctioning Employers for Hiring Unauthorized (Illegal) Aliens

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/28/2011

Alaskan and other Pacific Region employers should brace for potential fallout In Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, a case closely watched by businesses, state and local chambers of commerce, and immigration policymakers, the...more

Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law On Illegal Immigration

by Foley Hoag LLP on 5/27/2011

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting that the controversial Arizona law on illegal immigration–the Legal Arizona Workers Act of 2007–was not preempted by federal immigration laws. The federal...more

Immigration Alert: Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against the Most Controversial Sections of Arizona Immigration Law

by Mintz Levin - Immigration on 7/30/2010

In April 2010, the Arizona State Legislature passed and Governor Janice K. Brewer signed into law Arizona Senate Bill 1070 in an effort to deal with illegal immigration, escalating drug and human trafficking, and other public...more

Universal Jurisdiction over slave trafficking under the Law of Nations as compared to the Law of the Sea Convention

by Charla Lenz on 4/30/2008

While the law of nations and the Law of the Sea are in accord regarding the unacceptability of allowing slave trafficking on the high seas, the questions remain: who is capable of enforcing the law of nations and the Law of...more

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