Legal News

Canadian Employers Hiring Immigrant Workers
CIC is moving towards a system where many immigrants will have to find a Canadian employer as part of the immigration process...

Report: AZ illegal immigrants are more afraid of police than crooks
Because they're afraid they'll get deported. They're especially skittish in Arizona, which launched a pretty successful piece of legislation that, basically, made hiring illegal immigrants illegal...

Employers Fight Tough Measures On Immigration
Today's New York Times has an excellent article about employers fighting tougher immigration laws...

Government To Increase Fines For Hiring Illegal Immigrants
The Associated Press is reporting today that the government  will increase the fines levied against employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants...

Illegal Immigrants Often Take Abuse in Silence
Dallas, Texas has more than its share of human trafficking in illegal aliens smuggled into this country against their will...

Bush Administration Wants To Renew Crackdown On Employers Of Illegal Immigrants
Yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced that the Bush administration will renew its efforts to crack down on U...

Boozman Comments on Center for Immigration Studies Report
A drop in the number of illegal immigrants is a reflection on our stricter laws and enforcement that is going on around the country, but we must do more to hold illegal immigrants and employers who hire them accountable for breaking our laws...

Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of Idaho county's racketeering lawsuit against agricultural companies accused of hiring illegal immigrants
Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of Idaho county's racketeering lawsuit against agricultural companies accused of hiring illegal immigrants: According to today's ruling, in the lawsuit the county sought to recoup the money it claims to have expended on public health care and law enforcement services for undocumented immigrants...

KENTUCKY HOUSE CONSIDERING BUSINESS LICENSE LAW
The bill is actually pretty broad. It would - allow immigrants to be charged with identity - require employers to use E-Verify - allow the state to suspend business licenses of employers hiring unauthorized workers

Illegal Immigrant Responsibility and Reform Act of 1996
Explanation of the controversial illegal immigration law

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

How can i sue for a straw purchase?
Anyone can co-sign. A straw purchase would be if you has someone buy the car for...

My father died and left my mother $200,000 (life insurance) My Mother died 2 years later leaving my sister and I with both about $75,000 each. (including house/vehicles/belongings which I never got). We were supposed to
File a police report. Two police reports, one for you and one for your sister. G...

Personal information/online harassment?
Quit talking with people on message boards that support these activities. The se...

Is it possible to terminate a contract with a real estate brokerage?
First, the Realtor cannot force you to reduce your price. It probably does dissu...

How can traffic laws for loud car stereo sound system be enforced (California traffic ticket)?
i just got one of those tickets today and its about 50$ which is really gay beca...

Amazon Kindle
Class Action Filed over Cracking Defect

American State Bank
$225,000 settlement reached in hiring discrimination lawsuit.

Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Division of Immigration Health Services
allegedly drugged deported immigrants with sedatives.

Forest Laboratories Potentially Illegal Marketing
Forest Laboratories Potentially Illegal Marketing

American State Bank Discrimination
$225,000 settlement reached in hiring discrimination lawsuit.

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.