The MurthyNAYAK Foundation board was in India over the Thanksgiving holidays, visiting some of the projects and institutions we are privileged to support. A few days after our site visit at the Chennakeshava School in Bangalore (See Update: MurthyNAYAK Foundation in India, Part I, MurthyBlog,...
As we reported recently on MurthyDotCom, during the week of Thanksgiving, the MurthyNAYAK Foundation and its board members were in India, visiting several of the organizations we support there. (See The MurthyNAYAK Foundation: From Baltimore to Bangalore, Each Life Matters!, MurthyDotCom, 26.Nov.2010.) Though we missed...
Didn't we just try this in Arizona? The president of the Florida State Senate, Mike Bennett, recently introduced state legislation modeled on the now-famous - or infamous, depending on one's viewpoint - Arizona immigration bill, commonly known as S.B. 1070. Like the Arizona measure, the...
Women's rights and women's education are among the key concerns of Attorney Sheela Murthy's philanthropic work. Preventing domestic violence is an important part of this effort, and for the past several years, Sheela Murthy and her husband, documentary filmmaker Vasant Nayak, have supported the work...
The Maryland Chamber of Commerce and the Baltimore Business Journal recently honored the Murthy Law Firm for its commitment to corporate philanthropy, presenting a Maryland Business Philanthropy Award to our firm and two other companies, "whose philanthropic efforts have made Maryland a better place to...
Murthy Law Firm founder and CEO, Attorney Sheela Murthy, was among a select few Baltimore lawyers named to the Legal Elite in SmartCEO magazine's 2010 Readers' Poll. (See Legal Elite: Readers Poll 2010, compiled by Dan Mills, SmartCEO Baltimore magazine, November 2010, available online by...
International travel is quite common in December and January each year. Many foreign nationals see the holiday season as a good time to visit family abroad. Some of the important matters that must be considered with regard to international travel are outlined here for the...
Amid the goodies President Obama sought to provide to his Indian hosts - such as his endorsement of a permanent Indian seat on the United Nations Security Council - the President was at pains to represent his trip as a trade mission that will benefit...
It's no secret. Work visas are getting harder to come by for thousands of H1B and L-1 visa applicants, who now face stiff new fees of $2,000 (for H1B visas) or $2,250 (for L-1 visas), if their prospective employers employ 50 or more workers in...
Many of our readers participate in the popular, weekly MurthyChat, one of the free online services offered by the Murthy Law Firm. They may also search past chat transcripts for answers to their own questions. The chat reflects questions that are on the minds of...
