Law Offices of Borhani & Pejman

03/15/2017

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple.

01/30/2017

They still need attorneys at LAX today if anyone is available:
(From persons on the ground)
LAX UPDATE - 1.30.17 10 AM PST
Need a new shift to arrive at 12:30/1pm. A flight from Abu Dubai arrives at 1:30PM and Istanbul at 4:45pm - based on experience over the weekend, expect there will be numerous individuals detained on these flights. Still meeting by Pinkberry at Tom Bradley Terminal.
NEW CHECK IN LOCATION: Volunteer check in on departure level, across from CBP at departures. If anyone has name tags, sharpies, intake sheets, please bring. All our materials and supplies from last night have disappeared.
Coordinator will be there until 1:00pm and then needs someone to take over that shift.
Mickey Donavan - current site coordinator until 1 pm
ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR LA:
Who has a contact at US Attorney’s Office? We need their assistance to advise US Marshall of their job and duties. We have 3 orders that we wish to be handed to Port Director with instruction from US Marshall to CBP to Comply with Court Order
Also looking for Armenian attorney in Armenia. We are trying to coordinate assistance to an immigrant deportee who was unlawfully deported on Sat. I need people in Armenia who could meet up our guy at airport and take him to board a plane to US Preferably to LAX or Logan airport where Port Director is complying until Trump removes him/her
Supplies Needed:
Intake forms
Sharpies/Large Markers
Pens
Name tags
Posterboards for Signs
Manila folders
Surge protectors

01/28/2017

We are getting a lot of questions about applying for U.S. Citizenship, since the EO the last few days. We are advising that anyone eligible for U.S. Citizenship apply as soon as possible. Feel free to FB message us or email us at [email protected] for information or with any questions you may have. We want to help as many people as possible to become U.S. Citizens in order to protect them.

12/18/2015

How sanctions laws affect publishing: OFAC provides new guidance https://t.co/5EBEpmOVjN via elsevierconnect

Elsevier has encouraged “freedom of expression” for scientific authors in sanctioned countries such as Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Burma and Syria

12/18/2015

After half a century, U.S. and Cuba to resume scheduled flights https://t.co/GAycyjAFsX via Reuters

The United States and Cuba have agreed to restore scheduled commercial airline service for the first time in more than five decades in a deal allowing 110 round-trip flights a day between the former Cold War foes.

10/29/2015

Deutsche Bank Is Expected to Settle Sanctions Violation Case for at Least $200 Million https://t.co/X1FohwY3Ec

The banking giant, which has struggled since the financial crisis, is expected to announce soon it will pay at least $200 million to resolve investigations into dealings with blacklisted countries.

10/20/2015

Credit Agricole fined $787 mn for breaking US sanctions https://t.co/o1yPZ3OXPP

French bank Credit Agricole will pay a $787 million fine and install an independent monitor to resolve charges it violated US sanctions on Iran and other countries, US regulators announced Tuesday. Regulators charged Credit Agricole with intentionally mis-labelling thousands of transactions during 2…

10/20/2015

Many people who committed minor offenses are blocked from employment and other basic rights for years afterward.

09/10/2015

Bankruptcy Blog - The way out from debt.

Everyone is entitled to a fresh start.



Events occur in people’s lives that can’t be expected. You may have had a

sudden loss in income
a family medical catastrophe
a work injury
a foreclosure action against your house
a repossession of your car
a garnishment of your paycheck or a levy of your bank

or any one of numerous other difficulties that would have been almost impossible for which to plan. More than one million people are filing bankruptcy to stop credit card collections, phone calls, save their home, stop garnishments etc. A lot of people are even filing chapter 7 bankruptcy to discharge business debts, the guarantees they signed, the vendors and the landlords that suing them.





The moment a bankruptcy petition is filed there is an Automatic stay. An automatic stay is an injunction that automatically stops lawsuits, foreclosure, garnishments and most collection activity against the debtor.



California Exemptions

When you file bankruptcy certain property that you own may not be seized by the creditors or a chapter 7 trustee, this is called exempt property.



In California, a debtor may choose between two lists of exemptions. 1. Federal list ( Section 703) , and 2. State list (Section 703). For instance under section 704, a homestead in primary residence is exempt up to $75000 for a married person or a head of household. If you have any doubt about which set of exemptions may apply to you, you should consult an attorney.

08/11/2015

OFAC Warns Financial and International Trade Sectors on Evasion of Crimean Sanctions | JDSupra http://t.co/4okpBH6o9D

08/10/2015

Under Scrutiny Standard Chartered Beefs Up Compliance - http://t.co/kgfoKOpnKJ

08/08/2015

Sanctions violations have cost billions of dollars to companies worldwide. via LexisNexis. http://t.co/jV2i0Nn0oZ