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Posted on Jan 29, 2013 By Nicholas Tepper
US Senators Schumer, McCain, Durbin, Graham, Menendez, Rubio, Bennet and Flake all convened before the press yesterday and announced and then published their "four pillars" for immigration ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2013 By Nicholas Tepper
Immigration reform news is coming now fast and furious. As predicted here last week, everything is lining up for immigration reform to pass this year. The problem is more the how it is going to be ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2013 By Nicholas Tepper
What Is Immigration Reform? Most people don't like to make predictions. No one likes to be wrong. But making predictions is a fundamental part of legal representation. Every day we tell clients ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2011 By Nicholas Tepper
If you ever want to see what a melting pot Los Angeles is just go the the local poker casino and sit down at any table. You will instanteously be playing with people born in Mexico, Iran, the US, ...
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Posted on Sep 15, 2011 By Nicholas Tepper
FROM THE THINGS NEED TO CHANGE DEPARTMENT Right now I'm driving my first car with a backup camera. Have been for about six months. About two months ago I was backing out of our garage when flash ...
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Posted on Sep 14, 2011 By Nicholas Tepper
There is an old saying in the law: your right to extend your fist ends at the tip of my nose. In other words, the law recognizes that rights of the individual must be balanced against those of society ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2011 By Nicholas Tepper
I had the distinct pleasure of talking with Samanth Stone this past Friday. She is the co-host of the widely distributed and well regarded webcast called The Cyber Jungle. She was interested in ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2011 By Nicholas Tepper
I was driving to work today when I received a phone call from a reporter from Law360, an internet publication widely known throughout the legal profession. She was calling to find out my reaction to ...
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Posted on Aug 28, 2011 By Nicholas Tepper
Imagine one day you receive an email from someone you have never known, never met, never heard of before. They say they can't wait to see you again. They tell you they are on the way to your home ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2011 By Nicholas Tepper
Today I finished the second day of trial in a fraud case. I represented the three defendants accused by the plainitffs of defruading them out of money in a real esate deal. For two days the plaintiffs ...
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