Category: Recent Announcements

The Department of State has released the June 2012 Visa Bulletin and can be found here: http://travel.state.gov/pdf/visabulletin/visabulletin_June2012.pdf .  If you have any questions, or think that your priority date is now or may be current in the near future, please contact one of the...

Case Commentary: Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly, 25 I&N Dec. 771 (BIA 2012) posted Apr 18, 2012, 7:39 AM by Michael Vosilla   [ updated Apr 18, 2012, 7:41 AM ] In this decision, the Board...

In this economy, it is not uncommon for general contractors to fail to pay their subcontractors, whether the general project was completed or not.   Pursuant to our general laws, subcontractors have a way to protect themselves from these unscrupulous acts, by filing a notice...

In recent months and during the last week in particular, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has denied several constitutional challenges to the Commonwealth's licensing requirements for guns and ammunition. These challenges have increased following recent decisions by the United States Supreme Court, which were favorable...

Earlier this week, the Supreme Judicial Court tackled a case that seems just as suitable for daytime television as it is for a courtroom, and signaled it may broaden the rights of same-sex and / or non-biological parents yet again. As briefly as possible, a...

Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, announced that Syrians, currently living in the United States, will soon be eligible to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).  Further guidance on qualifications and registration procedures will be forthcoming. If you are a Syrian national and think you could...

In January of 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a proposed changes which would allow for a stateside processing of unlawful presences bars for certain immediate relatives. Under the current law, many relatives of United States citizens...

Current Salvadoran TPS beneficiaries must file their re-registration applications with U.S.C.I.S. no later than March 12, 2012 in order to extend their TPS status until September 9, 2013.  To discuss this matter with an experienced immigration attorney, please contact LaFountain & Wollman, P.C

It is important to remember the distinctions between mortgages and promissory notes. Although they are often signed simultaneously and appear to go "hand in hand" with each other, there are important differences. Most notably, is that a promissory note is a promise to...

Today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that teens who host underage drinking parties in Massachusetts, but do not actually provide the alcohol, cannot be held civilly liable for the injuries of a partygoer.    The SJC was asked to...