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...
The king is dead; long live the king! For much of the past century, manufacturing was king in America, and American manufacturing ruled world markets; but ever since the economic slowdowns of the 1970s, pundits have fretted about the deindustrialization of America, and conventional wisdom...
This week marks sixteen years since Attorney Sheela Murthy began her solo practice in U.S. immigration law and hung out her shingle on MurthyDotCom. In 1994, the newness of the Internet was both daunting and seductive. There was no manual for figuring out how to...
Tax day has come and gone, leaving some of us to anticipate a juicy refund, and others, still smarting from the check written to cover taxes still owed for 2009. Most of the media's attention focused on the protests by TEA party activists - whose...
Like their counterparts in the United States, students in India are learning to dream and innovate and solve problems creatively, using the language and techniques of science. At MurthyDotCom and the Murthy Law Firm, we are particularly proud of the students from the Agastya International...
Here is another healthy dose of reality for the anti-immigrant extremists who think immigration - somehow - is ruining our country. Regular readers of this blog are familiar with the spate of recent studies showing the economic benefits of immigration. All of these studies have...
Chile continues to dig out after being hit last month by an earthquake of staggering proportions. In view of the devastation, a posting on the USCIS WebSite reminds Chilean expats that they need not return home to a disaster area just yet, because several temporary...
The news from south of the border has been getting steadily worse, it seems. Violence is rampant, as drug lords compete for dominance of the highly-lucrative drug trade with the United States. Kidnappings are commonplace, and gruesome assassinations have become a fact of everyday life...
Last Thursday, President Obama signed into law the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, a measure designed to boost the U.S. economy and promote job creation by increasing international tourism to the United States. It is specifically aimed at reversing the long downward trend in the...
With spring training underway at ballparks all over the sunny south, baseball fans are champing at the bit, awaiting the first crack of the bat on Opening Day. With less than a month to go before the season opener, major leaguers are working hard to...
