In the matter of Huashan Zhang, et al. v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, et al. (United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Nov. 30, 2018), plaintiffs challenged the decisions of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) to deny their EB-5 immigrant investor visa petitions based upon USCIS’ erroneous interpretation… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to GT Alert RSS FeedPresident Trump Issues Proclamation on Travel Ban
Posted in GT Alert, President Trump's Administration, TravelOn Sept. 24, 2017, President Trump issued a Proclamation imposing new limitations on visa issuance and travel to the United States for nationals of eight countries entitled “Presidential Proclamation Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats.” These countries include: Chad, Iran, Libya, North… Continue Reading
The Potential for Unprecedented Use of the Congressional Review Act to Roll Back Obama Administration Rules
Posted in GT AlertMuch attention has been focused of late on the impact that the incoming president will have on President Obama’s executive orders and rulemaking relative to a great number of issues where the president determined that he could not work with the Republican Congress. President-elect Trump has repeatedly promised to ’roll back’ virtually all of the… Continue Reading
The UK Votes to Leave the European Union
Posted in Brexit, GT AlertThe UK voted on June 23, 2016, to leave the European Union. The timetable for the UK’s exit, the terms of exit, and the UK’s post-exit relationship with the European Union (EU), are still to be determined, which will take time. Until these issues are clarified, firms with a UK presence, or UK customers, will have… Continue Reading