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Arizona’s Alternative Business Structure Program Improved Access To Justice For Tort Victims And Possibly Large Companies

Above The Law

It is unlikely they will expand into new practice areas such as immigration, family law, criminal defense, debt collection, and eviction matters. While it was designed to improve access to justice for low-income people with legal problems, it seems to have increased access to justice for car accident or tort victims.

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US Supreme Court announces January oral argument schedule, will hear issues of privilege, preemption and administrative procedure

JURIST

Here the question is one of tort law–the court must consider whether the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) preempts state law. If so, the tort claim must be litigated before the National Labor Relations Board, not a state court. In Santos-Zacaria, the court will examine the appeals process for administrative immigration proceedings.

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Filevine Unveils AI-Driven Immigration Forms, Accounting Integration with Oracle NetSuite, and A Broad Vision for AI

LawSites

The first of the two product announcements is a feature that uses artificial intelligence to translate client documents and then extract and label data from those documents which can then be used to auto-populate immigration forms. is then stored in Filevine and can be used to auto-populate immigration forms.

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Second chance to evaluate ban on encouraging unlawful immigration

SCOTUSBlog

Helaman Hansen ran an immigration-advising service called Americans Helping America Chamber of Commerce. The encourage-or-induce ban is unconstitutionally overbroad, the 9th Circuit reasoned in that case, because it penalizes general, benign immigration advocacy on behalf of people in the country without authorization.

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US Supreme Court will consider liability shields for online platforms, seven additional new cases

JURIST

Garland the court is again asked to examine administrative procedure, this time in the context of an immigration proceeding. Leon Santos-Zacaria is an immigrant who was removed from the US but later reentered the country. That holding was later upheld by the Board of Immigration Appeals, an administrative body.

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Practice Area Switcharoo: Become An Expert in Anything

Attorney at Work

That could be anything from an immigration petition to a blue sky filing. For example, an interest in big pharma could lead you to sources about health law, antitrust, mass torts, consumer protection, and science and technology. Have you positively decided on a niche?

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Border agents, the First Amendment, and the continued vitality of Bivens

SCOTUSBlog

Boule considers whether to “extend” the Bivens cause of action to First Amendment retaliation claims and Fourth Amendment claims arising from immigration enforcement near the U.S.-Canada Similar special factors counsel hesitation, particularly the national-security concerns arising from claims challenging enforcement of immigration laws.