Topic
Language Proficiency
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Archer Estate & Trust Litigation Law
Will Contest Based on Decedent’s Ability to Speak English Rejected
In re Estate of Bardizbanian, Docket No. A-3370-21 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Mar. 5, 2024) Siran Bardizbanian (“Decedent”) died on March 9, 2021. Decedent’s daughter, Maggie, sought to reject Decedent’s…
Consumer Finance Monitor
This week’s podcast: New York City’s Department of Consumer Affairs adopts new language proficiency requirements for debt collections: what you need to know
Recent amendments to NYC’s debt collection rules impose new requirements relating to consumers’ language proficiency. Following an overview, we take a close look at the specific requirements and their applicability…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Industry trade groups send letter to NYC DCA proposing FAQs and related extension of effective date of debt collection language proficiency requirements
Several industry trade groups have sent a letter to the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) in which they set forth proposed FAQs to assist compliance with the…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Enforcement grace period expected for amendments to New York City debt collection regulations adding language proficiency requirements
ACA International has reported that after discussions last week with the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), the DCA is expected to announce a 60-day enforcement grace period…
Consumer Finance Monitor
New York City amends debt collection regulations to include language proficiency requirements
By Christine Emello, Ballard CFS Group
New debt collection rules creating requirements relating to consumers' language proficiency are set to take effect in New York City on June 27, 2020. The new rules amend NYC's existing…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Language Diversity and English Proficiency in the United States
Although the number of U.S. residents who speak a language other than English has grown in recent decades, the share of those who are Limited English Proficient (LEP) has fallen:…
Labor Law Prof Blog
LPGA Adopts English-Language Rule
Today's USA Today reports:All players who have been on the [LPGA] tour for two years could be suspendedif they fail to pass an oral evaluation of their English proficiencystarting at…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New SSRN Articles
"Occupational Choice of High Skilled Immigrants in the United States" IZA Discussion Paper No. 2969 BARRY R. CHISWICK University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)…