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Posted on 5/5/2010 - Hispanic Leader Criticizes Arizona Law
Posted on 5/5/2010 - Backing Up On Highway Ramp, Driver Is Charged With DUI
Posted on 5/5/2010 - Starbucks Sued Over Hot Tea Alleged To Cause Burns
Posted on 5/4/2010 - Baseball Players Begin to Speak Out against Arizona Immigration Law
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- Learn How To Choose The Right Lawyer For Your EB-1 Petition
- Learn How A New Rule Allows U.S. Employers To Recruit Highly Desirable F-1 Students
- Learn what the United States Supreme Court Decided About Deportation Consequences of criminal convictions.
- Family Based Immigrants Information
- Limited Family-Based Immigrants
- What Does the National Visa Center Do?
- Read More About How To Become A U.S. Citizen.
- Use this chart to help determine if you can become a Naturalized United States citizen
- Learn how a U.S. Citizen can petiton for his/her parents to be come Lawful permanent Residents of the United States
- Learn why the H-2B visa program is vital to America’s small businesses and thus to America’s economic recovery.
- Learn About Employment Based Preference Categories
- OBTAINING A P-1 ATHLETIC VISA
- OBTAINING A GREEN CARD THROUGH MARRIAGE TO A UNITED STATES CITIZEN
- FORM I-9 EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION
- Eligibility For A Green Card As A “PREFERENCE RELATIVE”
- Eligibility For A Green Card As An “IMMEDIATE RELATIVE”
- Why The Federal No-Match Rule May Hurt Innocent Immigrants
- Newport may be scrambling for summer help
- Non-Immigrant Visas
- About Our Immigration Group
- Immigrant Visas For Permanent Employment
- Business Immigration
- Family Immigration
- Consular Processing
- U.S. Citizenship
- Employer Compliance
- Areas of Immigration Law Expertise
DUI
- A New Bill Proposed To Revamp Rhode Island Expungements
- Did You Know? Facts About DUIs.
- Driving Under the Influence in Rhode Island
- Learn About Standardized Field Sobriety Tests.
- Penalties For Refusing A Chemical Test in Rhode Island
- DUI Alcohol Impairment Chart
- What to Do If The Police Stop You For DUI
Personal Injury
- An Overview of Rhode Island's Seat Belt Laws
- An Overview of Rhode Island's Dog Bite Liability Statute
- What Damages Are Available in a Wrongful Death Suit?
- Tips for Raising Safe Teen Drivers
Estate Planning
Real Estate And Property Law
- Everything you always wanted to know . . . and more about Rhode Island Landlord/Tenant Law
- Purchasing at a Foreclosure Sale
- Inspect Before Inspections
- Out-of-State Landlord Registration Requirements
- Radon Alert
- Should Time Be of the Essence?
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- Did You Know? Facts About Divorce.
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Admiralty/Maritime Law
- Large Boat-Slip Marina Unit Owners Prevail in Dispute Over Assessement of Dockominium Fees.
Awarded: Awarded: Attorney Peter Brent Regan Wins On Summary Judgment & Is Awarded Over $26,000 in Attorney's Fees For His Clients
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- Immigration
- Conceptual Proposal for Immigration Reform: Interior Enforcement
- Conceptual Proposal for Immigration Reform: Border Enforcement
- Thinking About Applying For Naturalization?
- Practice Pointers for Successful EB-1 Extraordinary Ability Petitions
- USCIS Continues to Accept FY 2011 H-1B Petitions
- Extension of Optional Practical Training Program for Qualified Students
- Is Immigration Reform On The Horizon? Or Right In front Of U.S.?
- Supreme Court Decision Protects Right to Immigration Advice
- DUI
- To Take The “Preliminary" Breath Test Or Not? That Is The Question!
- Rhode Island Attorney General Favors Expungement Of Criminal Records
- Personal Injury
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- Providence, Rhode Island Personal Injury Attorney and Washington County, RI Car Accident Lawyer
- Newport, Rhode Island Divorce Lawyer and Newport Family Law
- Rhode Island and Massachusetts Worker’s Compensation Attorney, Providence, RI, Newport, RI, Fall River, MA, New Bedford, Massachusetts and Bristol County, MA Worker’s Compensation Lawyer
- Washington County, RI Estate Planning Attorney and Portsmouth, Rhode Island Asset Protection Lawyer
- Newport, RI, Rhode Island Property Estate Lawyers and Attorneys
- Newport, RI Admiralty Law Attorney and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Maritime Law Lawyer
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- The Globalization of the Summer Job
- Mexico Opens California Office to Provide ID for Illegals
- Immigrant Crossings Into Arizona On The Rise
- Five Rhode Island Immigrants Arrested For Fraud
- Hispanic Leader Criticizes Arizona Law
- Backing Up On Highway Ramp, Driver Is Charged With DUI
- Starbucks Sued Over Hot Tea Alleged To Cause Burns
- Baseball Players Begin to Speak Out against Arizona Immigration Law
- 2 Teens Hurt, 1 Charged With DUI In Route 146 Crash
- Estate Tax Could Come Back With Sharp Bite
- Vinny Paz Victim of Drunken Driver
- New Immigration Bill Puts Police On Front Line Of Border Battle
- Arizona Clears Strict Immigration Bill
- Hispanics Skeptical That Democrats Will Deliver Immigration Overhaul
- Drunk Driver Accused Of Causing Crash Faces Deportation
- Immigration Reform Activists Keep The Pressure On
- Rhode Island Attorney General Favors Expungement For Some Criminals
- RI Reps Push for In-State Tuition Rates for Immigrants
- RI Lawmakers Continue To Push For In-State Tuition Rates For Immigran
- Panel Hears Two Bills On E-Verify Program
- Tens of Thousands Rally for Immigration Reform
- USCIS Issues Fact Sheet on DHS E-Verify Initiatives
- Sheriff Launches Immigration Sweep
- Obama Backs Plan To Legalize Illegal Aliens
- White House Won't Rule Out Immigration Reform Not Put to Yea or Nay Vo
- DHS Announces New E-Verify Initiatives
- New Immigrants Avoiding Big Cities
- Anxious Time for Liberians in U.S.
- USCIS to Accept H-1B Petitions for FY 2011 Beginning April 1, 2010
- Immigration Status Inquiry During Traffic Stop
- H-1B Compliance Review Report
- ID Card for Workers Is at Center of Immigration Plan
- Driver Nearing Troopers on Highway Charged with DUI
- Obama Looking to Give New Life to Immigration Reform
- ICE Serves 180 Audit Notices to Businesses in 5 States
- Homeschooling: German Family Gets Political Asylum in U.S.
- Study: E-Verify Failure Rate Over 50%
- Central Falls Councilwoman Pleads No Contest To DUI
- DOL Final Rule On Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Aliens In
- ILLINOIS WOMAN TOLD SHE IS NO LONGER AN AMERICAN
- Richmond Woman Faces Drunken Driving Charges After Route 95 Crash
- Police Get Warrant To Test Driver's Blood In Fatal Crash
- Gillette Detainees Speak Out For Reform
- DOS Annual Report of Immigrant Visa Applicants
- Secretary Napolitano Announces Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request
- How Did Dozens Of Illegal Immigrants Shovel Snow At Gillette Stadium?
- North Kingstown Man Charged After Driving Car Onto Half-Frozen Pond
- Housing Recovery Could Take a Decade, Economists Warn - January 27, 20
- State Police: Ex-Lawyer Took Clients’ Money
- •DHS Designates New Countries for H-2A and H-2B Nonimmigrant Visa
- Home Sales Tank: What it Means for You
- Home Prices Rise For 6th Straight Month
- December Home Sales Down Nearly 17 %
- U.S. Says to Send Home Illegal Haitian Immigrants
- ICE Assists in Haiti Relief Effort
- Man Will Face Drunken Driving Charges In Hit-Run Crash
- Attorney General Candidate Vows To Get Tough On Drunken Driving
- Immigration Agents Stop Vans Taking Workers to Gillette Stadium
- USCIS Vacination Requirements
- Prosecutor Admits Refusing Breath Test
- DOJ and ICE Reach $4.5 Million Agreement with Pilgrim's Pride
- USCIS Fiscal Year 2008 Report on Characteristics of Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B)
- Drunken Driving Accidents, Arrests Plentiful In Rhode Island
- Assistant U.S. Attorney in R.I. Charged with Refusing a Breath Test
- CBP Press Release on FY 09 Data
- R.I. Officers Can Now Compel Blood-Alcohol Sampling
- Police & MADD Kick Off Program To Curb Holiday Drunken Driving
- Police Arrest Driver After House Crash
- October Home Sales Rise 10.1 % From September
- ICE Announces 1,000 New Workplace Audits
- ICE Form I-9 Inspection Overview and Civil Fine Guidance
- DHS Launches Campaign to Recognize Employers Using E-Verify
- 2 R.I. Businesses Being Audited By ICE
- 4 R.I. Troopers Receive ICE Training
- Sen. Kerry’s Daughter Alexandra Arrested On Suspicion of DUI
- Advance Copy of DHS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Establishment of Global Entry Program
- DHS News Release on Record Foreign Student Attendance
- Housing Slump May Worsen Next Year, Not Get Better
- United States Citizenship & Immigration Service Updates Fiscal Year 2010 H-1B and H-2B Count
- Grand Jury Indicts Motorcyclist For DUI, Death Resulting
- Remarks By Department of Homeland Security on Immigration Reform
- ICED OUT: How Immigration Enforcement Has Interfered with Workers' Rights Report
- Doctor Allegedly Faked Exams For Immigrants
- Driver Faces DUI Charges After Hitting House
- Without Notice Expungements Almost Expanded
- Tiverton Man Busted For Bomb Threat Against Boss
- Proposed Law Would Require Pay For Sick Workers
- ICE Launches Campaign to Raise Public Awareness of Trafficking Victims
- HHS Final Rule to Remove HIV Travel Ban
- Church Leaders Urging Welcome of Immigrants
- Pending Home Sales Rise For 8th Straight Month
- RI Lawmakers Adopt Indoor Prostitution Ban
- USCIS Issues Public Charge Fact Sheet
- DHS Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population in 2008
- USCIS Public Naturalization Information Sessions
- Realtor Data Shows Home Sales Continued to Climb in September
- Senate Close to Deal Replacing Homebuyer Tax Credit
- Customs and Border Patrol Creates Electronic Reading Room to Increase Public Access to Documents
- Person Detained by ICE Passes Away at Boston Hospital
- Death of Man in ICE Custody Leaves Questions
- ICE ANNOUNCES STANDARDIZED AGREEMENTS WITH 67 STATE AND
- RI Rep. Accused of DUI Pleads No Contest
- Man Faces Felony DUI After Two Arrests In A Week
- SECRETARY NAPOLITANO AND ICE ASSISTANT SECRETARY MORTON ANNOUNCE NEW IMMIGRATION DETENTION REFORM INITIATIVES
- Department of Homeland Security Rescission of Safe-Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a No-Match Letter
- USCIS Naturalization Test to Become Fully Implemented; All Citizenship Applicants to take the New Test Beginning Oct. 1
- Department of State Notice of Registration for the Diversity Immigrant (DV-2011) Visa Program
- Immigration & Customs Enforcement Report on Immigration Detention: Overview and Recommendations
- O'Hare Airport Temporary Staffing Employees Sentenced for Harboring Undocumented Aliens
- Senator Questions Fraud In The H-1B Program
- Attorney General Issues 30 More Subpoenas in Expanding Immigration Fraud Investigation
- Department Of Justice Awards Education Campaign Grants to Fight Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination
- 2011 Diversity Visa Lottery Program Registration
- House Passes Stopgap Bill; Four Immigration-Related Programs Extended
- I-751 Filing and Adjudicating Procedures for Parties Separated but Not Yet Divorced
- 72 Year Old Woman Sentenced To Nearly 4 Years For Leading A Visa Fraud Scheme
- Maryland District Court Strikes Down The Widow Penalty
- Florida District Court Strikes Down Widow Penalty
- Immigration Reform: Congress’s Perennial Pothole
- Missouri Poultry Processing Plant Pays $450,000 Fine For Hiring Illegal Aliens
- Proxy Wedding Means U.S. Marine's Alien Widow And Baby Unwelcome
- E-Verify Federal Contractor Rule Effective 9/8/09
- Vendors to the Federal Government Face E-Verify Mandate
- United States and Mexico Announce Agreements For Cross Border Public Security Administration
- Technical Changes and Corrections to H-2B Labor Certification Process
- R.I. Advisory Panel On Immigrants Questions Carcieri’s Order
- RI State Police To Enforce Immigration Law
- Toyota Developing Anti-Drunk Driving Gadget
- Central Falls Councilwoman Pleads Not Guilty To DUI
- Driver In Fatal Crash Faces DUI Homicide Charges
- Councilwoman arrested for DUI Cops: Son Asleep In Backseat When Car Stopped
- Man Killed And Two Injured In Block Island DUI Crash
- Immigration Agency Says Backlog Virtually Gone
- Mom Accused Of Driving Drunk With Child In Car
- Democrats Face Crucial Immigration Test
- Firms Protest Bill Barring Hiring Bias
- Supporters Urge Speedier Erasure of Criminal Records
- RI Senators Introduce Bills for Changes in DUI, Driving Laws
- DUI Suspect, “Surrender your license!”
- New Legislation Would Avail Search Warrants For DUI Stops
- NTSB Says Rhode Island Doesn’t Meet Standards On Drunken Driving
- Drunken Driver Gets Jail Term For Warwick Crash
- Judge Uses Vulgar Language As She Is Charged
- Rhode Island Court Rules Appeal In Drunken-Driving Case Is Moot
- Immigration Panel: Order Created Fear
- High Court Stays Inmate’s Drunk Driving Release
- Rhode Island Lawmaker Pursues Tougher DUI Rules
- RI Cops Arrest Man With .491 Blood Alcohol Level
- Rhode Island Court Ignores Green Card Status
- Cranston Man Is Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of Neighbor
- Rhode Island House OKs Bill To Expunge/Destroy Criminal Records
- Rhode Island State Police Won’t Conduct Dragnets On Immigrant Drivers
- Questions Halt Rhode Island House’s Vote On Expungment Bill
- Court Rules Rhode Island Need Not Hear Cases On Asbestos
- House Mulls Change In Criminal Sentencing Rules
- Breathalyzer Challenge
- Police On Alert For Young Drinkers
- RI Senate Panel Considers E-Verify Bill
- Fatal Attraction: How Kids, Cars and Drinking Are Tearing Barrington Apart
- Teen Tells Board Of Licenses Details Of Buying Beer That Resulted In A Conviction For DUI Death Resulting
- Expect Stalemate On Immigration Reform To Continue
- Woman Facing Drunk-Driving Charges Fails Drug Test
- Remarks On Immigrants Raise Concerns
- Grand Jury Indicts Drunk Driver In Death Crash
- R.I. Employers Face Possible Mandate On E-Verify
- Immigration Rally Has Fewer Voices
- Sandra Bullock Hit in A Massachusetts Drunk Driving Accident
- House OKs Bill Requiring Employers To Verify Citizenship of New Hires
- Rhode Island House Panel OKs Bill That Would Erase Many R.I. Criminal Records
- Clinton Aide Accepts Deal In DWI Case Fined $900, Had License Revoked For 10 Months
- $4.1 Million Awarded In Sex Assault
- Immigration Lawyer Frank Flanagan Comments to the Providence Journal on H-2B Seasonal Workers
- Immigration Protesters Had Gig Down Cold
- Rhode Island Bill Would Require Verification Of New Hires’ Immigration Status
- Immigrants Aren't Cause of All Woes
- Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee To Consider Touger DUI Laws
- School Found Negligent In Booze Party Crash
- Former Congressional candidate arrested on drunk driving charge
- Woman Pleads Not Guilty To DUI Charges
- The Dog Did It: Woman Gets $300K Deal
- Recent Study Proves Tort Reform Doesn't Work
- Rhode Island Cracks Down On Illegal Immigrants
- Teen Impaired Driver Sentenced To Training School
- Landlords Can Check Potential Renters' Credit
- Attorney Peter Brent Regan convinces the Rhode Island Supreme Court and saves his client “hundreds of thousands of dollars”
- The ICE age is here
- Large Boat-Slip Marina Unit Owners Prevail in Dispute Over Assessement of Dockominium Fees.
- Lawmaker Promises To Protect Immigrants
- Teenage drunk driver will serve two years at training school
- Glocester Man Hit By Drunk Driver
- $18.3 million wrongful death automobile accident settlement
- Hospital fined in wrong-site surgery
- Immigration Attorney Francis Flanagan Comments On The Department Of Homeland Security "No Match" Rule
- No Charges Filed in Bus Accident
- Rhode Island to Step up Drunk Driving Enforcement for the Holidays
- Judge Sends 3 Teens to Drug & Alcohol Program Following Fatal Crash
- Drunk Driver Sentenced to 10 Years in Fatal Crash
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- Admiralty/Maritime Law
- Large Boat-Slip Marina Unit Owners Prevail in Dispute Over Assessement of Dockominium Fees.
Awarded: Awarded: Attorney Peter Brent Regan Wins On Summary Judgment & Is Awarded Over $26,000 in Attorney's Fees For His Clients
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- Learn How To Choose The Right Lawyer For Your EB-1 Petition
- Learn How A New Rule Allows U.S. Employers To Recruit Highly Desirable F-1 Students
- Learn what the United States Supreme Court Decided About Deportation Consequences of criminal convictions.
- Family Based Immigrants Information
- Limited Family-Based Immigrants
- What Does the National Visa Center Do?
- Read More About How To Become A U.S. Citizen.
- Use this chart to help determine if you can become a Naturalized United States citizen
- Learn how a U.S. Citizen can petiton for his/her parents to be come Lawful permanent Residents of the United States
- Learn why the H-2B visa program is vital to America’s small businesses and thus to America’s economic recovery.
- Learn About Employment Based Preference Categories
- OBTAINING A P-1 ATHLETIC VISA
- OBTAINING A GREEN CARD THROUGH MARRIAGE TO A UNITED STATES CITIZEN
- FORM I-9 EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION
- Eligibility For A Green Card As A “PREFERENCE RELATIVE”
- Eligibility For A Green Card As An “IMMEDIATE RELATIVE”
- Why The Federal No-Match Rule May Hurt Innocent Immigrants
- Newport may be scrambling for summer help
- Non-Immigrant Visas
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- Consular Processing
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- Employer Compliance
- Areas of Immigration Law Expertise
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- A New Bill Proposed To Revamp Rhode Island Expungements
- Did You Know? Facts About DUIs.
- Driving Under the Influence in Rhode Island
- Learn About Standardized Field Sobriety Tests.
- Penalties For Refusing A Chemical Test in Rhode Island
- DUI Alcohol Impairment Chart
- What to Do If The Police Stop You For DUI
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- An Overview of Rhode Island's Seat Belt Laws
- An Overview of Rhode Island's Dog Bite Liability Statute
- What Damages Are Available in a Wrongful Death Suit?
- Tips for Raising Safe Teen Drivers
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- Everything you always wanted to know . . . and more about Rhode Island Landlord/Tenant Law
- Purchasing at a Foreclosure Sale
- Inspect Before Inspections
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- Should Time Be of the Essence?
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- Conceptual Proposal for Immigration Reform: Interior Enforcement
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- Thinking About Applying For Naturalization?
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- To Take The “Preliminary" Breath Test Or Not? That Is The Question!
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