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Last Fall, we wrote about a proposed regulation issued by the Department of Homeland Security that involved one of our favorite topics: the intersection of immigration and health care law.

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Greenwire reported today that the White House blocked testimony by Dr. Rod Schoonover of the State Department to the House Intelligence Committee on "The National Security Implications of Climate Change."

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On October 10, 2018, the Department of the Treasury, which oversees the CFIUS, released interim regulations to implement portions of the FIRRMA, which was enacted in August.

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n January, FERC rejected Secretary Perry's proposal to compensate generators who maintain a 90-day supply of fuel on-site – a proposal widely seen as an attempt to prop up struggling coal and nuclear generators.

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On July 12, 2017, the State Department promulgated new vetting standards for visa applicants, as required by President Trump's March 6, 2017 Executive Order entitled " Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States" ("EO-2").

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On Monday, April 3, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by plaintiffs in Jesner v. Arab Bank, No. 16-499.

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The United States government has reported that border searches of electronic devices in the U.S. increased from 4,764 in 2015 to 23,877 in 2016.

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On August 24, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of plaintiffs' claims in a case filed against Lebanese Canadian Bank pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS").

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On December 8, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of plaintiffs' claims in five consolidated cases against Arab Bank, PLC.

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After the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo in January 2015, the French Trademark Office received so many applications for "JE SUIS CHARLIE" that the Office issued a statement in which it warned that it would not register any of these marks.

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Today, the Article 29 Working Party (the advisory body on data protection and privacy composed of representatives from the national data protection authorities of all EU Member States

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The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers’ Association recently published its Charter.

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U.S. domestic counterterrorism measures are a critical component of the U.S. national security framework.

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The announcement by Twitter last month that it is deploying the ability to block tweets on a country-by-country basis in response to government demand for content restrictions has generated an enormous amount of controversy.

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On June 3, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida declined to dismiss certain claims brought by Colombian plaintiffs against Chiquita Brands International ("Chiquita") alleging that the company knew, or should have known, that its material support for the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia ("AUC"), a paramilitary organization, would lead to the death or torture of their family members.

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Effective January 15, 2009, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will require federal contractors to use its E-Verify system.