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Although these are not the only aspects of student loan policy that will come up in the next legislative session, these issues will drive the discussion regarding student loans.

As the 12 members of the Joint Committee for Deficit Reduction begin another week of secret meetings, rumors abound regarding the progress or lack of progress being made towards reaching the basic goal of $1.2 trillion in deficit savings over the next 10 years.

Each month, the Visa Office at the Department of State subdivides the annual preference and foreign state limitations specified by the INA into monthly allotments based on totals of documentarily qualified immigrant visa applicants reported at consular posts and CIS Offices, grouped by foreign state chargeability, preference category, and priority date.

On October 29, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an interim final rule that will end automatic extensions of timely-filed employment authorization documents (EAD) for foreign nationals...

H.R.3012 passed the House on November 29, 2011, and was read in the Senate and placed on its calendar on December 17, 2011.

The USCIS recently made significant revisions to the Form I-129, which is used in employer-based petitions, such as H-1B and L-1 petitions.

On January 12, 2009, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) issued a statement that the effective date of the rule requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to use E-Verify has been delayed to February 20th, 2009.

If you’re hunting for a job, you’ll want to use every tool you can to ensure that you’re ready. Since we first launched Self Check less than a year ago, one of the most frequent questions we’ve heard is, "When can I use Self Check in my state?"

Form I-539 applicants who have already received a biometric services appointment notice should still attend their scheduled appointment.

On June 9, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued new policy updates to the USCIS Policy Manual that will clarify the criteria and circumstances for expedited processing...

Merrill v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 2013 WL 588515 (W.D.Pa., Feb 13, 2013),

On August 25, 2011, a New Jersey state senator introduced Senate Bill 3036, purportedly to reverse the New Jersey Supreme Court’s holding in Wood v. New Jersey Manufacturers Ins. Co., 206 N.J. 562, 21 A.3d 1131 (June 14, 2011).

The European Court of Justice recently rendered a decision holding that insurers are no longer permitted to apply different insurance rates according to the gender of their insured.

A prompt response is critical when disaster strikes, but as the Fifth Circuit recently ruled, delays may be excusable in certain circumstances.

We are pleased to announce that Cyberinquirer is among the group of initial nominees for the Top Insurance Law Blogs of 2011!

I've previously written about the ongoing trademark litigation between Facebook and Teachbook.

Under a recent decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Mattel won’t be able to register "Motown Metal" to identify its new line of Hot Wheels toy cars, which include a 1970 Chevrolet, 1965 Ford Mustang, and a 1969 Pontiac GTO.

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the "TTAB"), in a relatively rare decision that a trademark is "scandalous" has refused registration to a trademark for a bottle shaped like a hand with its middle finger extended upwards as pictured below.