A Texas judge has blocked US President Barack Obama&’s executive order that would shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation, instigating a legal fight likely to hit a federal appeals court in New Orleans. Judge Andrew Hanen, a district judge in Brownsville, Texas, which sits just on the north side of the US border with Mexico, placed an injunction on Mr Obama&’s executive order that prevents the federal government from carrying out the order, Reuters reported. “Judge Hanen&’s decision rightly stops the president&’s overreach in its tracks,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said. Mr Obama announced the immigration action on 20 November. The order would allow 4.7 million of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the US to stay in the country without fears of deportation. The president said his motive was to help the estimated 4.4 million illegal immigrants whose children are legal residents. The immigration order has been met with strong opposition in the US, though Mr Hanen&’s injunction is the strongest yet. The White House said it will appeal the action, which would go before the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. – The Independent.

Exam postponed

The eighth edition of the All India Bar Examination has been postponed to 24 May. Earlier it was to have been held on 15 March but that date had been announced with the rider that the Bar Council of India could shift it in “unavoidable circumstances”. BCI said the postponement followed requests from many universities and state Bar councils.

Vacancies

A mid-sized Mumbai law firm with five partners is seeking associates in corporate law and civil litigation. For the first position, candidates with three to five years’ experience in corporate and commercial laws are sought whilst for the latter, the firm seeks persons with five to seven years’ experience in civil litigation. Candidates are asked to apply to Recruitmentcorp2015@gmail.com and are promised a retainer plus performance based bonus commensurate with what is paid by similarly sized firms.

Swine flu at NLU

The National Law University Jodhpur has been closed for 10 days after a student was detected with swine flu. Rajasthan is one of the worst-affected states. The closure was announced with effect from Wednesday.

National moot

K C Law College, Mumbai is organising a National Moot court competition on 14 March and has invited teams to register themselves by 28 February along with a non-refundable registration fee of Rs 1,500 per team. Teams are also advised to confirm their registration via e-mail sent to kclaw.mca2015@gmail.com

Online Symposium

The A38 Foundation of International Law and A CONTRARIO will host an online legal symposium titled “The Rule of Law in Addressing Violence against Children: Success or Failure?” in April. For details, visit http://www.athirtyeight.com/p/eve nts.html

Polanski

Filmmaker Roman Polanksi will attend a court hearing in Krakow, Poland on 25 February to decide on an American request to extradite him over a child sex crime conviction, report agencies. The filmmaker lives in France and is planning to make a film in Poland.