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El “parole in place” podría permitir que los familiares de militares soliciten una tarjeta verde sin salir de los Estados Unidos

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
Muchos asumen que si ingresaron ilegalmente a los Estados Unidos, no hay opciones de inmigración disponibles. Sin embargo, quedan varias formas para solicitar una tarjeta de residencia (green card), como probar un "wave through" o presentar una dispensa de presencia ilegal (waiver of unlawful presence). Aquí hablaremos de una sola opción: el parole in place a favor de los militares y sus familias. Como regla general, uno debe haber sido inspeccionado y admitido o paroled en los Estados Unidos Read more [...]

South Dakota’s data breach notification statute

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On March 21, 2018, South Dakota adopted a data breach notification statute. According to the South Dakota Statute, any “information holder” must comply. An “Information holder” is any person or business that conducts business in South Dakota and owns or licenses “personal information” or “protected information” of residents of South Dakota. The statute is added as a new section to SD Codified Laws Chapter 22-40 and it became effective July 1, 2018. 2018 South Dakota Read more [...]

Virginia Supreme Court found that a lawyer’s blogs containing public information about cases handled by the lawyer is entitled to First Amendment protection

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On February 28, 2013, the Supreme Court of Virginia found that a lawyer's blog can be considered potentially misleading commercial speech – and thus lawyer advertising - and be regulated by the Virginia State Bar. The posts predominately described cases handled by the lawyer himself where he had received a favorable result for his client. However, the blogs only contained public information and were entitled to First Amendment protection. The Supreme Court agreed with the Circuit Court when Read more [...]

Working document on Adequacy Referential (wp254)

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On February 9, 2018, Working Party 29 (WP29) published the Working document on Adequacy Referential (wp254). The paper provides guidance to the European Commission and the WP29 for the assessment of the level of data protection in third countries and international organizations by “establishing the core data protection principles that have to be present in a third country legal framework or an international organization in order to ensure essential equivalence with the EU framework. In addition, Read more [...]

Guidelines on Automated individual decision-making and Profiling for the purposes of Regulation 2016/679

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On February 6, 2018, Working Party 29 (WP29) adopted the Guidelines on Automated individual decision-making and Profiling for the purposes of Regulation 2016/679 (wp251rev.01). Advances in the capabilities of big data analytics, as well as the widespread availability of personal data on the internet and from Internet of Things (IoT) devices can allow aspects of an individual’s interests to be analyzed and predicted. Regulation 2016/679, the s.c. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) addresses Read more [...]