Thomas R. Newman and Steven J. Ahmuty, Jr. Thomas R. Newman and Steven J. Ahmuty Jr. Before addressing this month’s topic, we want to note that 2025 will mark the 50th anniversary of Tom Newman taking ...

On May 21, 2026, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new Policy Memorandum – PM-602-0199 (“Memo”) ...

The phrase “no good deed goes unpunished” represents the figurative irony that results when one seeking to help gets penalized instead. United States v. Moore, a recent decision from the 11 th Circuit ...

On May 21, 2026, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum, sending shockwaves within the US and around the world, as it implies that people in the US should ...

Variation in assessor stringency in awarding benefits leaves applicants exposed to uninsured risk that could be systematic if discretion were exercised selectively. We test for this using ...

The filling of the Post with the ultimately-successful candidate cannot be characterized as a “transfer”, be it lateral or not. The ultimately-successful candidate was therefore rather selected for ...

Jul. 9—California's top oil regulator, acting ahead of a proposed statewide ban on fracking, this week denied a series of applications to use the controversial oilfield technique in western Kern — a ...

From the Governor’s role in the Madras assembly in 1952 to government formation in Tamil Nadu this month, the exercise of discretionary power has always triggered sharp debate ...

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