News & Updates

BREAKING NEWS - June 23, 2016: The Supreme Court came to a split decision, 4-4, over President Obama's executive action for immigrants, known as DAPA. Unfortunately, a split decision means that President Obama's Deferred action for parents of US Citizens or Legal Residents will not be enacted. "I have pushed to the limits of my executive authority. We now have to have Congress act" - said President Obama on addressing the question of what needs to happen now in order to move

BREAKING NEWS - June 20, 2016: The US Supreme Court decided today to hear a case which could have a major impact on the rights of detained immigrants. The Supreme Court will review the 9th Circuit’s holding in Jennings v. Rodriguez, which declared that immigrants are entitled to certain automatic bond hearings, following six months of detention. The right to such a bond hearing enables detained immigrants with the possibility of reuniting with their families, and guards again

The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”) was signed into law by President Obama on May 11, 2016, giving federal courts original jurisdiction to hear civil suits alleging trade secret misappropriation. Formerly, such civil trade secret causes of action were entirely within the purview of the State, leading to an assortment of common law doctrines, often varying significantly State to State. The new law provides a uniform, federal cause of action for trade secret mi sapp