The US Supreme Court upheld the third, re-engineered version of President Trump's travel ban by a vote of 5 to 4. This decision will add another brick to the invisible wall creating negative disruption to businesses, families, and our country’s prosperity. We already...
Year: 2018
It Looks Like a Duck, It Quacks Like a Duck, But It… Might Not Be a Duck?
Crystal Broughan is grateful that E. Paul Cuffe, our summer guest blogger and a summer law clerk at Marks Gray, P.A., co-authored this article. Many are familiar with the duck test. It’s a popular reasoning exercise where habitual characteristics are used to identify...
Can I Travel While My Petition Is Pending?
The answer depends on a number of factors. What type of petition have you filed? Is your current visa expired? Are you changing employers? Download this FAQs PDF to learn more.
Giselle Carson’s journey to become a United States Citizen is featured on genwnow.com
Shareholder Giselle Carson shared her personal journey in escaping the authoritarian Castro regime to Montreal, Canada then immigrating to the United States where she settled with her husband, Jeff, and became an attorney. Her experience provides a unique skill set to...
WHOIS Using Your Website Content in Bad Faith? It’s Now Harder to Find Out
Crystal Broughan is grateful that E. Paul Cuffe, a summer law clerk at Marks Gray, P.A., co-authored this article. You may have heard of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and for good reason. The regulation, effective May 25, 2018, applies...
I-9 Audits Continue to Surge This Summer
Before the summer began, the number of worksite immigration-enforcement investigations had already doubled last year’s. And employers’ risk is only rising, as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) moves forwards with a nationwide increase of Form I-9 audits...
What Is a Letter of Intent?
Co-authored by Sharon L. Palmer, ACP, FRP A Letter of Intent is a non-legal document that is quickly becoming a popular way to summarize and/or supplement your estate plan for those you leave behind. Essentially, it’s a letter from you to your personal...
Supreme Court: Our Right to Criticize and Petition the Government Remains Fundamental
From the earliest days of our Nation, criticizing government officials without retribution has been a hallmark of the freedoms our Founders determined as essential to our democracy. At the same time, those who serve in public office deserve respect and must be able to...