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Brooklyn Jury Awards $11M to Struck Deliveryman, Though High-Low Caps Recovery

A Brooklyn Supreme Court jury has awarded $11.03 million in damages to a deliveryman who was struck from behind by a car as he carted Mexican food on his electric bike. But because of a “high-low agreement” between the parties, arrived … Continue reading

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Bill to Eliminate Per-Country Caps on Green Cards Re-Introduced

Prior to the government shutdown, it seemed that the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act might pass as an amendment to the spending package with strong bipartisan support. But that was not to be. Now members of the U.S. House and … Continue reading

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The South Carolina Court of Appeals has enforced a fee arbitration provision of a retainer agreement This is an appeal from a circuit court order compelling Lisa Moore (Client) to resolve a fee dispute through the Resolution of Fee Disputes… … Continue reading

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EPA May be Looking to Change Rules on Mercury Caps for Coal Plants

At a time when the government was partially shutdown and the EPA itself was running on borrowed time by using the last of its remaining funds for 2018 before generally shutting down itself over the last weekend of the year, … Continue reading

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U.S. May Eliminate Per-Country Caps on Employment Visas

A potentially significant bill eliminating the per-country caps on employment-based visas may become law. H.R. 392, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, first introduced in 2017, had 300 co-sponsors. It is now championed by outgoing Representative Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) as an … Continue reading

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