Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act (LIFE Act)
SUMMARY (Based on drafts from Congressional offices) REAUTHORIZES SECTION 245(i) UNTIL APRIL 30, 2001 Under the LIFE Act, the “grandfather” clause of Section 245(i) is extended from January 14, 1998 until April 30, 2001. As a result, any beneficiary of an immigrant visa petition or labor certification application filed before April 30, 2001 will be […]
I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Compliance
Employers in the United States are under the obligation to complete and keep documentation about every employee hired after November 6, 1986. The employer must ensure that the proper documentation is provided by the employee to demonstrate his or her authorization to work in the US. Those records may be inspected by the Immigration and […]
Immigration Agencies
INS no longer. Now USCIS. As of March 1, 2003 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) does no longer exists and most of their services have merged into the Department of Homeland Security as the new Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS). All information on this website referring to the old INS can be […]
USCIS Premium Processing
15 Days Service For a $1,225 fee, USCIS will guarantee completion of a non-immigrant work-visa case within 15 calendar days, unless a Request for Further Evidence is sent. All non-immigrant work visa categories are included in this program, i.e. E, H, I, L, O, P cases can get approved significantly faster than through the regular processing procedures, […]
Is Avoidance Under CISG Art 64 a Powerful Remedy?
Comparison of the CISG Remedy with Third-Party Rights – October 2004 Please click here for the downloadable PDF. Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed, get it here.
Thoughts on Professionalism
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On The Case: Florida’s Jurisdiction Over Clonaid?
NYSBA, January 21, 2003.
The Concept of Fundamental Breach as an International Principle to Create Uniformity of Commercial Law
19 J.L. & Com. 221 (2000)
Recognition of Foreign Money Judgments
Foreign creditors who find that their debtors have absconded and found refuge in the USA are often faced with holding money judgments from foreign jurisdictions but lack the knowledge or capacity to enforce those judgments in the US. While the question of how to enforce foreign money judgments in the US is left for each […]
Zwangsvollstreckungsverteidigung
Die allgemeine Wirtschaftskrise und Krise am Immobilienmarkt ist insbesondere in Sued-Florida schmerzhaft spuerbar. Wurden im Jahre 2006 in Miami-Dade County insgesamt 9,814 Antraege auf Zwangsversteigerung von Immobilien gestellt, so waren es fuer das Jahr 2008 weit ueber 56,600 Antraege. Alleine im Januar 2009 wurden schon mehr als 6,000 neue Antraege gestellt und der Trend ist […]
