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Marriage Based Petition and Adjustment of Status Green Card Approval for Brazilian Client in Tallmadge Ohio

CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status NATIONALITY: Brazilian                                                                                                LOCATION: Tallmadge, OH Our client is from Brazil who came to the U.S. on a B-2 visitor’s visa in June 2018. In September 2018, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband.  She … Continue reading

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Castilho on The Press and Brazilian Narratives of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" @celso_thomas

ICYMI: Celso Thomas Castilho has published The Press and Brazilian Narratives of Uncle Tom's Cabin: Slavery and the Public Sphere in Rio de Janiero, ca. 1855, at 76 The Americas 77 (2019). Here is the abstract. In March 1855, a … Continue reading

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Latest Brazilian Dam Disaster Leads to Event-Driven Securities Suit

A big factor in the heightened levels of securities litigation filings in 2018 and one of the most important recent litigation trends has been the rise of event-driven securities litigation. These are securities lawsuits based not – as was the … Continue reading

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Dutch Court OKs Petrobras Claim Jurisdiction Despite Brazilian Arbitration Clause

In a development with significant implications both for Petrobras investor claims and for the global pursuit of investor claims generally, a Dutch court has accepted jurisdiction for a securities fraud action filed in the Netherlands against Petrobras, and also ruled … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: 16th Brazilian Congress of International Law

The Academia Brasileira de Direito Internacional has issued a call for papers for the 16th Brazilian Congress of International Law, to take place August 22-25, 2018, in Foz do Iguaçu, under the sponsorship of the Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana … Continue reading

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