NASDAQ CEO Robert Griefeld appeared in a Senate hearing this week to discuss immigration reform. The NASDAQ chief told lawmakers that studies indicate that for every employee hired under an H-1B visa technology companies in the United States increase overall...
Month: July 2011
Florida family can move forward with wrongful death claim
When a loved one's death could have been prevented, family and friends are searching for answers. Was someone negligent in preventing the accident from occurring? If so, can that individual be held accountable? Is there any way to stop a similar accident from...
U.S. Congressman arrested at White House deportation protest
A ten-term Democratic U.S. Congressman was arrested in front of the White House Tuesday. It is the second arrest in roughly 14 months for the U.S. Representative. Both arrests came while the Congressman was protesting near the White House regarding U.S. immigration...
Medical malpractice: what is the risk of a wrong-site surgery?
When patients go in for surgery, the last thing they typically think about is whether the surgeon will accidentally perform surgery in the wrong place. But this type of medical malpractice, referred to as wrong-site surgery, does occur and can cause serious injury or...
Two widows allowed to resume permanent residency applications, P.2
Yesterday this blog began a discussion of the so-called widow penalty under pre-2009 U.S. immigration law. The discussion was more theoretical in nature. Today the story continues with a discussion of two real-life applications of the law. Foreign nationals who may...
Investigation continues into car crash that killed Florida woman
Law enforcement is still investigating the initial cause of a multi-vehicle crash that occurred this past weekend. A Florida woman was killed in the crash and her husband and two others were hospitalized with injuries from the collision. Because of some construction...
Two widows allowed to resume permanent residency applications, P.1
The road to permanent residency in the United States can take some time. Federal laws allow for United States citizens who are related to foreign nationals to apply for family members to become permanent residents in this country and eventually move toward becoming...
Dangerous alcohol wipes product may still be in stores
When a little boy was killed by contaminated alcohol wipes, the Food and Drug Administration launched an investigation which eventually led to a worldwide recall of the potentially dangerous product. Though the recall occurred more than half a year ago, some of the...
Federal judge dismisses Diversity Visa lawsuit
A federal judge Thursday threw out a class-action lawsuit filed by a group of people who were told they had won a chance to obtain a United States green card only to learn later that the Diversity Visa lottery was invalidated because of a computer glitch. Florida...
Wrongful death lawsuit to proceed in Florida plane crash
The family of a man killed in a Florida plane crash has finally overcome a lower court's ruling that their wrongful death lawsuit could not move forward. This week, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that federal aviation law did not protect the airplane company from...