I am always bothered when looking at my Facebook “newsfeed” when I see a client of mine talking about an accident that they were recently in. The best advice I can give to anybody injured in an automobile accident or any other accident is not to post at all, and if you have already posted, […]
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One of the interesting changes which has occurred in recent years in the practice of law is the widespread use of social media. There is probably no area of the law which is completely untouched by the advent of social media and the tendency of people on social media to broadcast many, and in some
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I have had two clients call me this morning saying that they received phone calls from people claiming to be IRS agents. They were told that they owed the IRS money, and that they needed to provide their bank account information and pay this now, or they would be arrested. Of course, this is a
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I am very proud of the way our community has come together to support the victims of this tragedy. I am in Thailand heading for Cambodia, but want to be part of the effort. I have seen that any number of people have donated services and whatnot where all proceeds go to the victims. I
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I had a client come in to talk about applying for citizenship. She told me that after she became a citizen, she wanted to sponsor her two (2) unmarried children. I advised her that there was no reason to wait until she became a citizen to sponsor her children. She could sponsor them now as
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I recently posted a blog about a problem we are having at the Phnom Penh Embassy where the Consular Officer is not content merely to deny the Visa Application, but instead is making a finding of “fraud or material misrepresentation” so as to make it much more difficult for the same applicant to apply in
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Non-citizens have an absolute right to be advised properly regarding the immigration consequences of their pleas, and if they don’t, they can have their convictions vacated. It was not so long ago that the courts of Massachusetts and throughout the country said that the immigration consequences of a plea are a “collateral matter,” and that
Commonwealth V. Dejesus (the SJC makes itself absolutely clear) Read More »
I was happy to receive today’s “Tax Professionals” email from the IRS. Not only does it deal with an interesting and timely tax issue, but it addresses an issue I had to deal with on a bankruptcy petition only yesterday. The bankruptcy “means test” allows the Debtor to deduct child care expenses. My client just
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I recently wrote a blog about cases in which people who have petitioned for their husband, wife or fiancé have been turned down on “fraud or material misrepresentation grounds”. A link to the following is here: Link While I usually charge $1,500.00 to do a petition for a husband, wife or fiancé, I have been
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