All Entries — page 3
The full digest in part order. Use the A–Z index to look up a subject by name, or search.
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Immigration & Nationality
Section 245(i) Grandfathering: Who Can Still Adjust Status Inside the Country
Section 245(i) allows certain grandfathered beneficiaries to adjust status in the United States despite an unlawful entry or a lapse in status, if a qualifying petition or labor certification was filed in time.
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Immigration & Nationality
Security Advisory Opinions and Extended Administrative Review
A security advisory opinion is an interagency clearance a consular post requests before finishing a visa case. The application stays refused under INA 221(g) until the answer comes back.
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Immigration & Nationality
Stays of Removal and Administrative Closure Requests
A stay pauses the execution of a removal order. Administrative closure takes a pending case off the active docket without ending it. The two tools apply at different stages.
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Immigration & Nationality
Successor in Interest: Labor Certifications and Petitions After a Merger
A new employer may keep an existing labor certification and petition only if it assumed the predecessor's essential rights and obligations and the job opportunity is unchanged.
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Immigration & Nationality
The Adam Walsh Act: When a Petitioner's Record Blocks a Family Petition
A petitioner convicted of a specified offense against a minor cannot have a family petition approved unless the agency determines, in unreviewable discretion, that the petitioner poses no risk.
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Immigration & Nationality
The False Claim to Citizenship Bar and the Narrow Exceptions
A false representation of U.S. citizenship made for a purpose or benefit under federal or state law creates permanent inadmissibility, subject only to a narrow statutory exception.
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Contracts & Commercial
Battle of the Forms: Whose Terms Govern a Purchase Order
When a purchase order and a seller acknowledgement disagree, the state's version of UCC 2-207 decides which terms survive, and the answer is rarely one form winning outright.
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Contracts & Commercial
Choice of Law and Forum Selection: Drafting and Enforcement
Two clauses do different jobs: one picks the governing law, one picks the courthouse. Each is usually enforced, and each fails in a narrow set of situations worth knowing.
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Contracts & Commercial
Conditions Precedent and Closing Deliverables
Conditions precedent decide when a closing obligation comes due. Courts read them narrowly because forfeiture is disfavored, and ambiguous language is usually treated as a promise instead.
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Contracts & Commercial
Confidentiality Agreements: Scope, Term, and the Residuals Clause
What an NDA actually protects depends on the definition of confidential information, the carve-outs, the survival period, and whether a residuals clause lets memory win.
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Contracts & Commercial
Contract Interpretation: Plain Meaning, Ambiguity, and Parol Evidence
A court reading a disputed term begins with the writing itself. Extrinsic evidence enters only through ambiguity, and states disagree about how wide that door opens.
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Contracts & Commercial
Electronic Signatures and Record Retention Under ESIGN and UETA
Federal ESIGN and state UETA keep an electronic signature or record from being denied effect just for being electronic, provided the parties agreed and the deal is not excluded.
