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A Firmwide Commitment: Pro Bono As Core Work Across Every Practice (Video)
Lowenstein lawyers and business services professionals discuss the firm's comprehensive pro bono program, demonstrating how attorneys across all practice areas—from white collar defense to real estate—contribute to matters serving individuals, nonprofits, and communities. The video explores how pro bono work provides meaningful opportunities for client interaction, hands-on responsibility, and professional development while receiving the same attention as billable client matters.
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Lowenstein Sandler
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Making An Impact: Pro Bono Cases That Have Stuck With Us (Video)
Lowenstein attorneys and business services professionals share powerful stories of pro bono work that transformed lives and communities. From representing transgender women in federal prisons to helping clients navigate immigration, civil rights, and domestic violence cases, these legal advocates reveal the profound personal and professional impact of providing access to justice for those who need it most.
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Lowenstein Sandler
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Forced Labor Import Bans
As forced labor import bans proliferate globally, traditional M&A due diligence methodologies are proving inadequate for identifying and pricing supply chain risks that can instantly freeze inventory at borders and destroy deal value. This analysis examines why conventional approaches fail to detect upstream vulnerabilities in multi-tier supply chains and proposes enhanced diligence frameworks that integrate customs enforcement priorities, origin-level traceability, and specialized contractual protections
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Steptoe LLP
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ACHP Proposes Sweeping Overhaul Of Section 106 Tribal Consultation Regulations
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has voted to approve a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would fundamentally restructure the Section 106 Tribal consultation process under the National Historic Preservation Act. The proposed revisions would replace the existing step-by-step consultation framework with an agency-prepared report system, narrow key definitions affecting historic property eligibility, and shift significant control over timelines and outcomes to federal agencies.
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Holland & Knight
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New U.S. Tariffs Replace Expiring Section 122 Tariffs
President Trump's administration has shifted from emergency tariffs to Section 301 tariffs targeting forced labor practices, imposing 10-12.5% duties on imports from over 60 trading partners. This comprehensive analysis examines the legal framework, country-specific rates, product exemptions, and the strategic pivot from constitutionally challenged emergency measures to established trade policy enforcement mechanisms.
Global International
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Fennemore
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Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship
The Supreme Court has issued a landmark ruling on birthright citizenship, striking down an executive order that sought to deny citizenship to children born on U.S. soil to undocumented or temporarily present parents. The 6-3 decision affirms that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to every child born in the United States, regardless of parental immigration status. This ruling resolves over a year of uncertainty for nonimmigrant visa holders, undocumented individuals, and employers sponsoring foreign
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Klasko
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Recent Developments In U.S. Immigration Policy: Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship
The U.S. Supreme Court has definitively ruled on the constitutional question of birthright citizenship, upholding the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee that children born on American soil acquire citizenship regardless of their parents' immigration status. This landmark decision strikes down an executive order that attempted to deny citizenship to certain U.S.-born children, reaffirming over a century of settled constitutional law.
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Moore & Van Allen
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What The Decision Means For Immigrant Families: Supreme Court Reaffirms Birthright Citizenship
The U.S. Supreme Court has reaffirmed birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment, striking down Executive Order 14160 that attempted to restrict automatic citizenship for children born in the United States. This landmark decision reinforces constitutional protections and clarifies the limits of executive authority in immigration matters, with far-reaching implications for immigrant families and the separation of powers.
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Akalan Law Firm
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