When you are really good at what you do, others try to figure out how you do it, in hopes that mimicry will also bring them success. After all, as the old adage says, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." [Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon,1820.]...
Baseball has a unique hold on the American imagination: sacrosanct in its way, and just short of being a national religion, it is the National Pastime and the Quintessentially American Game. Pundits of the Left and Right, arguing as they might about politics, will get...
Some weeks ago, when we still expected Senators Schumer and Graham to introduce a bipartisan immigration reform proposal, Senator Schumer quipped that all he needed was a second Republican to begin moving on a CIR bill. Then Senator Graham backed out, leaving not a single...
I am honored and delighted that a colleague and friend whom I respect and admire has been nominated by President Obama for a position in the nation's highest court, as U.S. Supreme Court Justice. I have had the opportunity to get to know Dean Kagan...
Appearing on the Sunday news program, NBC's Meet the Press, Attorney General Eric Holder said the federal government may sue to challenge a new Arizona law that requires state and local police to question people about their immigration status whenever they have a "reasonable suspicion"...
Many MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers avail themselves of the provisions known as AC21 "green card" portability. Under these provisions of the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act (AC21), it is possible to continue an employment-based, permanent residence (green card) case based on a new,...
High-technology companies depend heavily on the H1B visa program to secure the science, technology, engineering, and math specialists they need to keep their firms on the cutting edge. The stakes are high for these companies, in the ongoing debate over comprehensive immigration reform; they are...
The U.S. Consulate at Hyderabad, India has posted a list of suggested documents for H1B and L-1 visa applicants. This list is extensive, and differs in many respects from the standard list provided by other U.S. consulates around the world. This article is intended only...
There has been no shortage of rhetorical excess in the national debate on immigration reform, and in recent months, spurious claims and tendentious spin-mongering have come to seem like just another part of the process, par for the course. So much of the debate has...
Attorney Sheela Murthy is not only one of Maryland's leading entrepreneurs, she also is among its leading philanthropists. Murthy's uncommon success in integrating smart and purposeful philanthropy with a thriving law practice has been recognized once again, this time by Baltimore SmartCEO magazine, required reading...
