Appeals and Review
Articles across the publication that deal with appeals and review.
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Immigration Law
Motions to Reopen or Reconsider in Immigration Proceedings
One motion asks a court to look at new facts; the other says the last decision got the law wrong. They have different deadlines, different content, and different odds.
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Immigration Law
Appealing an Immigration Judge Decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals
The Board of Immigration Appeals reviews immigration judge decisions on the written record. The appeal starts with a form, a hard 30-day receipt deadline, and a clear statement of what the judge got wrong.
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Courts & Civil Litigation
Appealing a Civil Judgment: Notice, Record, Standards, and Timing
An appeal is not a second trial. It is a review of what the trial court did with the record it had — governed by a short deadline and a standard of review that often decides the outcome.
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Courts & Civil Litigation
Jury Selection and Voir Dire in Civil Trials
Voir dire is the only part of a trial where the people deciding the case are questioned. Here is how the pool is built, how strikes work, and what a party may not do with them.
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Consumer & Personal Finance
Health Insurance Claim Denials: Internal Appeals and External Review
Federal rules give most health plan members an internal appeal and then a genuinely independent external review, with a faster track when the care is urgent.
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Estate Planning & Elder Law
Powers of Attorney: Scope, Revocation, and Third-Party Refusal to Accept
A power of attorney is only as useful as the institutions that accept it. This is what the document can authorize, how it ends, and what to do when a bank says no.
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Estate Planning & Elder Law
Veterans Aid and Attendance: Eligibility, Evidence, and Appeals
Aid and Attendance raises the VA pension rate for a veteran or surviving spouse who needs help with daily activities. Three separate tests have to be met, and each one fails claims for different reasons.
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Criminal Law & Civil Rights
Restitution and Court Fines: Ability to Pay, Payment Plans, and Consequences
A sentence often includes three separate money obligations. They are imposed differently, waived differently, and enforced differently, and treating them as one bill is how people end up back in court.
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