Elizabeth, NJ- The Amazon Echo is a voice-activated virtual assistant aimed at helping people with their daily tasks, but law enforcement in Benton, Arkansas thinks data collected on one man’s Echo could solve a murder case. In addition to garnering national attention, the case has ignited the debate about privacy...

Elizabeth, NJ- Public employees are held to a higher standard than employees of private companies. When these employees act inappropriately or break a law while on the job, they face official misconduct charges. Sometimes there is confusion about who is considered a public employee. In a recent New Jersey Supreme...

Newark, NJ- Applying for asylum in the U.S. is an arduous process, and immigrants must overcome numerous challenges and must prevail in immigration court to be granted the status.  Ultimately, approval of asylum is up to an immigration judge. A recent study from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)...

Newark, NJ- Young undocumented immigrants who applied for Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals face a lot of uncertainty about their status and are in danger of being deported if the program is eliminated with a new administration. The risks DREAMers face was more apparent this week after immigration advocates warned DACA...

Newark, NJ- Since 2012, millions of young immigrants, known as DREAMers, have applied for deportation relief under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a temporary reprieve from deportation. But there is a possibility that DACA recipients will no longer have protections and are facing deportation under a new presidential administration....