Section Newsletters

Articles From Timothy B. White

Military Accessions Vital to National Interests (MAVNI): Does your client qualify for the U.S. government’s new pilot program and expedited naturalization? By Timothy B. White International and Immigration Law, June 2009 Since 1996, the Secretary of any Armed Force has had the power to authorize the enlistment of other aliens “if the Secretary determines that such enlistment is vital to the national interest.”
The 7th Circuit upholds application of the act-of-state doctrine By Timothy B. White International and Immigration Law, June 2008 In a relatively rare case involving the act-of-state doctrine, the Court of Appeals in the Seventh Circuit determined that the district court did not err in applying the act-of-state doctrine to the Plaintiff’s claim for the wrongful loss of his property when Polish police seized and subsequently “lost” his computers after Defendants filed a criminal complaint against his Polish corporation for alleged intellectual property infringement.

Spot an error in your article? Contact Celeste Niemann at cniemann@isba.org. For information on obtaining a copy of an article, visit the ISBA Newsletters page.

Select a Different Author