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29 Aug 2016, 11:09 am by John Floyd
  Twenty-five states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S. territories (Guam and Puerto Rico) have all adopted medical marijuana laws. [read post]
29 Jul 2016, 11:13 am by Altman & Altman
  Separate from this settlement, Volkswagen also made a settlement with 44 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, totaling more than $600 million. [read post]
24 Jun 2016, 11:52 am by Ed. Microjuris.com Puerto Rico
Whenever a Puerto Rico status related question is raised the Court almost automatically places the Puerto Rico issue flat on the lap of Congress. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 7:58 am by Ed. Microjuris.com Puerto Rico
Represented Government of Puerto Rico before the Energy Department of the United States during the Carter Administration and Counsel to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Energy Department. [read post]
22 Jun 2016, 4:35 am by Amy Howe
At Letters Blogatory, Ted Folkman looks back at the recent decision in the Puerto Rico debt crisis case and concludes that “Puerto Rico should become a state if it wants to be treated as a state for all purposes in federal law. [read post]
16 Jun 2016, 9:30 pm by Justin Daniel
Supreme Court voted 5-2 against Puerto Rico, holding that because it is not a state, Puerto Rico cannot restructure the debts of public utilities to help avoid defaulting on its more than $72 billion in debt—in the wake of the ruling, many have reportedly called for Congress to hasten the passage of its debt-relief bill, which has already been passed by the House. [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 11:27 am by Lyle Denniston
 Among an array of other arguments in favor of their contention, the dissenters noted that the United States government has explicitly told the United Nations that Puerto Rico is no longer a territory without self-governing authority, and they noted that the Justice Department — until this case — had held the view that Puerto Rico had independent authority to prosecute its own criminal laws. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 1:09 pm by Hanibal Goitom
My first library job in Washington, DC took me to the United States Department of Justice where I worked in technical services and at the reference desk a couple of hours per day. [read post]
28 Mar 2016, 12:21 pm by Lyle Denniston
The Justice Department opposed review, but the Court agreed to hear the case, limited to the “collateral estoppel” question. [read post]
21 Feb 2016, 9:06 pm by Cody M. Poplin
Current projects include a book manuscript on data and technology proliferation and their implications for security; a paper on technology and privacy; and a paper on military justice. [read post]
15 Feb 2016, 9:09 pm by Cody M. Poplin
These include issues in individual cases, as well as questions of Department of Justice policy or legal administration. [read post]
18 Jan 2016, 4:00 am by The Public Employment Law Press
Torres most recently served as director of the Northeast Regional Office in the Unites States for the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 5:05 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  The government response was the enactment of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, which created the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and made financial reporting obligatory for public corporations. [read post]
6 Jan 2016, 2:31 pm by Lyle Denniston
”  It created three departments of government and specifies that each is “subordinate to the sovereignty of the people of Puerto Rico. [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 10:45 am by John Elwood
Starting with the newcomers (breaking traditions left and right here), the following cases were all granted on Friday: Linked cases Puerto Rico v. [read post]
7 Dec 2015, 2:54 pm by Lorraine McGowen
Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Puerto Rico on December 1, 2015 entitled, “Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Problems: Examining the Source and Exploring the Solution”. [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 12:25 pm by John Elwood
Department of Agriculture. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 4:00 am by The Public Employment Law Press
She holds both a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Puerto Rico – San Juan, as well as a J.D. and International Law Certificate from the Pace University School of Law.Lisa Bova-Hiatt has been appointed Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery. [read post]
5 Oct 2015, 11:20 am by Ed. Microjuris.com Puerto Rico
District Court of Puerto Rico, 1997 U.S. [read post]