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Robert Collier sued his hospital employer in district court, claiming he was subjected to a hostile work environment, and was fired in retaliation when he complained about it.  Collier’s evidence of hostile work environment, included: (1) the N-word had been scratched into the work elevator wall and remained there for months despite Collier’s complaints to human resources; (2) swastikas were drawn on a wall in the hospital and were not painted over for months; and (3) a nurse called him “boy” (which Collier alleged was a common occurrence at the hospital).  The hospital moved for su...

Immigrants who have re-entered the U.S. after a prior deportation can secure asylum with proof of persecution, but federal law has conflicting rules on detaining these individuals. Immigrants seeking asylum walk at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center, in Dilley, Texas, in 2019. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) WASHINGTON (CN) — Immigration attorneys voiced cautious optimism Monday after the Trump administration’s deportation procedures drew sharp questioning at Supreme Court oral arguments. “A number of the justices seemed concerned with adopting an interpretation of the statutes tha...

Introduction On December 7, 2020, parties and practitioners in international commercial arbitration came one step closer to resolving the threshold question of the applicability of 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to international commercial tribunals. Section 1782 is a distinctive procedural device which potentially allows an applicant who is a party to an international commercial arbitration to petition a U.S. federal district court with competent jurisdiction to order the disclosure of documentary or deposition evidence for use in the foreign arbitration proceeding. Parties to international commercial a...