A U.S. Department of Labor appellate board backed the department's decision denying a North Carolina landscaping company's request for 12 temporary landscapers to prepare for a golf tournament, saying the employer failed to address deficiencies in its application.
A D.C. federal court has denied Nigeria's attempt to escape paying a $70 million arbitral award to a Chinese investment company that accused the country of forcing it out of a free trade zone, rejecting Nigeria's defense of sovereign immunity.
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday sent a Guatemalan women's asylum bid back to the Board of Immigration Appeals for review, saying the decision it affirmed was fraught with errors concerning the woman's fear of persecution over her perceived sexual orientation.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday undid a Court of Federal Claims refusal to let a Vietnam veteran change his military records for retirement purposes, saying the court misunderstood what the veteran was challenging.
An Afghan couple accusing a U.S. Marine and his wife of kidnapping their niece wants the American couple sanctioned after images of the child appeared on national television in an alleged violation of a court order meant to protect her identity from the Taliban.