Legal News

May 8, 2008 Islamic Divorce Ruled Not Valid in Maryland
After his wife of more than two decades filed for divorce, Irfan Aleem went to the Pakistani Embassy where he executed a written document that asserted he was divorcing his wife. He performed "talaq," exercising a provision of Islamic religious law that allows husbands to divorce their wives by declaring "I divorce thee" three times.
March 26, 2008 Do We really need Affirmative Action
A Recent Conflict Over Affirmative Action Underscores The Problem with State Initiatives and Other Forms of Direct Democracy
March 26, 2008 Are Bars Responsible for Drunk Drivers
A Remarkable New Jersey Decision Holds a Bar Broadly Responsible For Protecting Passengers of Drunk Drivers Whom the Bar Never Served, and Who Did Not Seem Drunk
March 26, 2008 With the Supreme Court Poised to Redefine the Right to Bear Arms, Far-Reaching Questions Loom
The Second Amendment provides as follows: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
March 19, 2008 USCIS Announces Interim Rule on H-1B Visas
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) transmitted an interim final rule to the Federal Register today that prohibits employers from filing multiple H-1B petitions for the same employee.
March 7, 2008 Immigration Proposals Across the United States
State lawmakers have already proposed more than 350 immigration-related bills in the first two months of this year. States with the largest number of proposals include California, Virginia, South Carolina, Arizona and Rhode Island.
February 17, 2008 Immigration Lawyer Michael A. Maggio, 60
Michael A. Maggio, 60, a well-known immigration lawyer in Washington whose Dupont Circle law firm has one of the area's biggest immigration practices, died Feb. 10 of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at his Washington home.
November 28, 2007 USCIS Application and Receipting Update
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) advises customers that processing of fee payments and entry of cases into our tracking system remains behind schedule due to the tremendous increase in the number of applications filed.
November 28, 2007 Processing Times and Case Status
Applications are processed in the order they are received by application type. The average processing times for all applications are posted on our website.
November 28, 2007 Immigration Delays
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) advises customers that, due to a tremendous increase in the number of applications filed, processing of fee payments and entry of cases into our tracking system is behind schedule.