In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The administration of President Joe Biden announced Monday that it will grant temporary protected status, better known as TPS, to Venezuelans who fled the humanitarian crisis and are already residing in the country.

Associated Press

Maria Ortiz left Venezuela almost four years ago when she realized her job opportunities were nonexistent. Freshly graduated from college with a degree in petroleum engineering, she boarded a plane and traded her dream of a professional career for a better quality of life in the U.S.

Truthout

New reporting has found that Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) traded stocks for the first time as a member of Congress during March 2020, while Congress was negotiating and voting on the CARES Act.

El Tiempo

Attorneys working to recover money for victims of arrested attorney Robert Graham want more than half of the funds the trustee has on hand for legal fees, records show.

Las Vegas Review Journal

President Joe Biden is urging Democrats to send nominees for federal district judgeships, and Nevada’s senators are moving quickly to fill two spots considered to be emergency vacancies.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Lawyers working to recover money for the victims of disgraced attorney Robert Graham want more than half of the funds the trustee has on hand for legal fees, records show.

Pissed Consumer

Many taxpayers don’t waste time and file income tax returns before the deadline. While doing so, some complain that the filing process gets painful because the IRS is not responsive to their concerns, or they somehow missed the IRS notice and now face penalties. So, how does the IRS work and what should you do when dealing with them?

Pissed Consumer

For millions of US consumers, this tax filing season might bring some hassle. As a taxpayer, you want to save more money on your tax bills while also benefit from your tax returns. PissedConsumer has interviewed tax experts, CPAs, and financial advisors, to get the best answers to the most important questions about tax filing 2021.

American Bar Association

Americans have long suffered decades of increasing income and wealth disparity resulting from failed economic policies and systemic racial discrimination. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed and exacerbated the depth and breadth of these gaps.

Public News Service

Human-rights advocates are applauding a new Biden administration policy to allow children who remain in U.S. custody after being separated from their parents at the border to reunite with them in the U.S. or in their country of origin.

Pissed Consumer

In this video interview with PissedConsumer, professor of law, Francine J. Lipman shares her tips on tax season and talks about the IRS system, how IRS performs audit, gives tips on how to file taxes for free and electronically.

Documented

The Biden administration has filed notice to appeal a Manhattan federal judge’s groundbreaking order that limited immigrant detentions by instructing the government to provide court hearings for immigration detainees within 10 days of their arrest.