What to Do After a Car Accident in Massachusetts: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide
A car accident can shake you up; even a small crash can leave you confused about what to do next. In Massachusetts, the steps you take right after an accident can directly affect your health, your insurance claim, and any legal case that may follow. Whether the accident happens on a busy road in Boston, […]
Understanding Workers’ Compensation in Massachusetts: Your Rights After a Workplace Injury
When an individual has been injured or develops an illness as a direct result of their job, oftenthe aggrieved person seeks financial assistance. He/she can attempt to receive such help through aworkers’ compensation claim. Such has proven successful in cases where they can prove that theywere injured or developed an illness in their normal place […]
Employment-based visa program
While some visas — like the employment-based visa program — are designed to facilitatelong-term residency in the United States, other visas are designed to allow workers to enter the UnitedStates for employment for only a limited period of time. These visas are known as “Temporary WorkerVisas” because they do not offer a pathway towards permanent […]
Know your rights as Asylee or Refugee
Historically, there are two common avenues that the American government tends to favor in termsof immigration: the first is for employment-related purposes and the second is for those attemptingto flee some sort of injustice. To that end, refugee status and asylee status are two classifications forimmigrants who have been accepted into the United States on […]
Detention of migrant in 2025
US arrests more immigrants in February 2025 than any month in last seven years. US immigration enforcement officials arrested more people in the first 22 days of February 2025 than in any month over the last seven years, according to a Guardian review of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data. The Guardian review, which analyzed […]
Medical Malpractice v. Medical Negligence
People often confuse or completely negate the different classifications of medical wrongdoing.An assumption exists within our society that all instances of such behavior constitutes medicalmalpractice, and yet such is only one avenue a plaintiff may pursue in hopes of recovery. Another, andoften interrelated, classification is that of medical negligence. This blog hopes to highlight the […]
Hardship v. Provisional Waiver
The immigration process in the United States is complex and requires several steps. Thefederal government may refuse entry to anyone who falls within the lists of grounds of inadmissibility.Those lists include inadmissibility due to health, criminal reasons, national security reasons, likelihoodof becoming a public charge, lack of labor certification, fraud or misrepresentation, prior removalsand/or unlawful […]
DEPORTATION IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY
The United States is said to be one of the best countries in the world. The country has opportunity, unity, freedom, and some of the best educational systems in the world. Children from other countries grow up hearing about the American dream. The ability to make money and be yourself. Some countries are overrun with […]
If you are facing criminal charges, Castel & Hall, LLP can help
What is a criminal charge? A criminal charge is a formal accusation made by a governmental authority asserting that somebody has committed a crime. What is criminal law? Criminal Law refers to a body of laws that apply to criminal acts. In instances where an individual fails to adhere to a particular criminal statute, he […]
SEE IF YOU QUALIFY FOR U-VISA
When Congress passed “The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act” in 2000, the government established a non-immigrant visa known as a “U-visa.” These visas were established for the purpose of strengthening law enforcement’s ability to detect, investigate, and prosecute serious crimes, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking; Encouraging victims to report […]