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21 Jun 2021, 1:04 pm by Mark C. Niles
In October 2020, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (a Clinton appointee) had rejected arguments put forward by the Justice Department, then helmed by William Barr, that the United States should be substituted as the defendant in the civil claim filed by Carroll. [read post]
31 May 2010, 5:09 pm by Lawrence Solum
Glen (Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation) has posted Harvard and Yale Ascendant: The Legal Education of the Justices from Holmes to Kagan on SSRN. [read post]
17 Jan 2023, 6:08 am by Emma Svoboda
The act’s exception allows for jurisdiction over sovereign entities under three circumstances: when charges relate to “commercial activity carried on in the United States by the foreign state; … an act performed in the United States in connection with a commercial activity of the foreign state elsewhere; or … an act outside the territory of the United States in connection with a commercial activity of… [read post]
25 Mar 2022, 2:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
To talk about the Court's decision and what it means for state secrets doctrine and executive power, Rohini Kurup sat down with Liza Goitein, co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, and Bob Loeb, partner in Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation practice, and former acting deputy director of the Civil Division Appellate Staff at the Department of… [read post]
18 Jan 2010, 6:33 am by Howard | Nassiri, PC
The Justice Department plans to analyze Treasury Department data to look for disparate impacts in loan modification decisions, and is also working with state attorneys general on subprime lending issues. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 3:14 am
 The decision, written by Justice Scalia on behalf of a five justice majority, departs from decades of precedent from the United States Courts of Appeals that allowed such claims to be brought when substantial aspects of the misconduct occurred in the United States or when the misconduct had a substantial effect on U.S. investors. [read post]
15 May 2023, 5:30 am by Josh Blackman
Section VI considers how the phrase "Office under the United States" was used during the American Civil War. [read post]
” During the 5-year litigation, both the federal district court and the United States Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit heard the case. [read post]
26 Oct 2012, 1:47 pm by Linda McClain
United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit became the second federal court of appeals to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional. [read post]
29 May 2015, 9:16 am by Michael M. O'Hear
United States, which presents a classic statutory interpretation problem. [read post]
12 May 2009, 9:16 pm
Department of Justice has intervened on the side of the Humane Society of the United States in litigation against a southern California beef slaughterhouse that was caught on tape abusing cattle. [read post]
8 Oct 2020, 9:00 pm by Austin Sarat
On Wednesday, a group called Lawyers Defending Democracy published an extraordinary, open letter addressed to the 100,000 professionals working in the United States Department of Justice. [read post]
16 May 2017, 5:43 am by GGCRBHS&M
As of 2016, over 97.5% of police departments in the United States employ officers that carry Tasers, devices that can incapacitate a person with electricity. [read post]
29 Nov 2022, 4:05 pm by Felicia Boyd (US)
Following the recommendation of the Justice Department, the United States Supreme Court accepted the petition for writ of certiorari to determine whether, under Sections 32(1)(a) and 43(a)(1)(A) of the Lanham Act, the owner of a U.S. [read post]