On March 29, 1992, then candidate Bill Clinton admitted that he had tried smoking marijuana when he was in his 20’s while studying at the University of Oxford. “I’ve never broken a state law,” he said, “But when I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time...
The term “charge” can be used in many ways. In basketball, a “charge” is when an offensive player with the ball runs over, or rushes into, a (supposedly) stationary defensive player. In baseball, a batter may “charge” the mound when he’s hit by a pitch (or nearly...
I recently came across a great article on how COVID impacted our immigration system and its various processes, and it got me thinking about what some of my own clients were doing. It also occurred to me that for some of these clients, COVID has had an unintended...
Anyone who practices before the New York State Liquor Authority (“SLA”) knows how archaic New York’s Alcohol and Beverage Control Law (“ABC”) is, and with all due respect to the professionals who work at the SLA, how difficult it historically has been to get fair and...
To say that the last couple of years have been interesting would be an understatement, on so many levels. COVID, the presidency, foreign affairs and wars. The list goes on. We’ve all been impacted by the events of the last few years on some level. In my...
Unbelievable as it feels to type this, but July 4 is closer than you think. With that, perhaps a little conversation about the “American Dream” is in order. People come to the United States for a variety of reasons including to unite with their family members, to get...
Several months ago I wrote that I would start offering up some options to the almighty H-1B specialty occupation visa because not every employer will be able to sponsor a foreign national in that category for any number of reasons, not the least of which is because...
I added the “not” into the title of this piece. I was sitting at home over the weekend when I received an email from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) indicating that they had taken action on at least one of my cases. At this time of year,...
I remember handling my first application for an on-premises liquor license for a client (and now old friend) of mine many years ago. I remember pulling out the Alcohol Beverage Control Law (“ABC law”) along with its regulations in our “library” in my office. To say...
Not everyone who is a permanent resident becomes a U.S. citizen (i.e., naturalizes), nor is there any legal requirement that one must naturalize. However, permanent residents who naturalize gain important benefits, not the least of which (these days) is security from...