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22 Feb 2017, 8:00 am
Ronald Reagan championed protection of wilderness when he was governor of California and oversaw the creation of the state’s pollution control agency. [read post]
2 Nov 2022, 4:46 am
Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public documents — illustrate an expansive effort by the agency to influence tech platforms. [read post]
4 Nov 2015, 10:42 am
Sanders and Thesing write that the decision "will give federal agencies more leeway in making critical habitat decisions" and have potentially different implications for environmental and industry plaintiffs. [read post]
5 Oct 2012, 10:40 am
After the forum, the ITC considered proposals from various associations, including the American Bar Association Intellectual Property section, various model orders and pilot programs adopted by U.S. [read post]
7 May 2013, 5:09 am
Speakers: Keith Kozloff, Director, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Office of Accountability Isabel Lavadenz Paccieri, Project Ombudsperson, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM) Meg Taylor, Vice President, International Finance Corporation (IFC)/ Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) Moderator: Alicia Cate, Attorney-Adviser, U.S. [read post]
1 Mar 2016, 6:30 am
Grossman, American University, Washington College of Law, has posted AIDS Activists, FDA Regulation, and the Amendment of America's Drug Constitution:This Article explores how AIDS activists, desperate for access to potentially life-saving pharmaceuticals, permanently transformed America’s “drug constitution. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 12:12 pm
The American Bar Association defines a paralegal/legal assistant as "...a person, qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible." [read post]
24 Sep 2013, 2:20 am
Yet federal regulators have delayed or failed to adopt measures designed to reduce deaths and injuries from acetaminophen overdose,which the agency calls a “persistent, important public health problem. [read post]
1 Oct 2019, 4:28 am
The September 2019 issue of the American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section's newsletter, "Just Resolutions," was compiled by Co-Chairs and Ombuds, Elizabeth Hill and Jon Lee. [read post]
21 Dec 2020, 5:01 am
In these early weeks of the pandemic—as the U.S. surpassed Italy to lead the world in coronavirus deaths, millions of small businesses faced permanent closure from lockdown restrictions, and the unemployment rate skyrocketed from 3.8 percent to 14.4 percent—American observers routinely worried that U.S. government agencies might expand surveillance under the cover of public health in similar ways that national security was used after 9/11. [read post]
12 Sep 2023, 6:13 am
[American Lawyer] * Legendary DC attorney Bob Bennett has passed away. [read post]
19 Mar 2020, 9:49 pm
“The Department of Justice stands ready to make sure that bad actors do not take advantage of emergency response efforts, healthcare providers, or the American people during this crucial time,” said Attorney General William P. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 3:37 pm
Tune in to learn how immigration is affected by Central American gangs and the War on Drugs. [read post]
23 Oct 2014, 5:15 pm
Did you notice...The UNHCR logo in several factsheets from UNHCR West Africa reads "UNHCR: The UN Refugee and Statelessness Agency" (see this one as an example). [read post]
9 Jun 2013, 7:10 am
National Security Agency memo from the Clinton era, highlighted at Politico under the headline "NSA memo pushed to 'rethink' 4th Amendment" and noting "The quotes around 'protected' appear in the original document." [read post]
6 Oct 2013, 4:59 pm
The agency set up numerous roadblocks in late September and early October as part of a wider law enforcement surge in the Rio Grande Valley.But an American-Statesman analysis of Texas Department of Transportation data shows that the counties singled out by DPS — including Hidalgo and Cameron — have low crash rates compared with several other population centers in the state. [read post]
21 Mar 2013, 8:06 pm
This episode, largely buried in history, resurfaced recently in an unexpected place: the Obama administration’s “white paper” justifying targeted killings of Americans suspected of involvement in terrorism.President Obama is reportedly considering moving control of the drone program from the Central Intelligence Agency to the Defense Department, as questions about the program’s legality continue to be asked. [read post]
5 Feb 2013, 2:11 pm
Photo Credit: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images via Wall Street Journal's Mexico Tourism Feels Chill of Ongoing Drug Violence [read post]
Paging Radley Balko: New Dallas Sheriff vehicle a case study in militarization of US law enforcement
2 Oct 2013, 4:38 am
The sheriff's office is touting it as a tool that will help them better serve warrants.Which leads Grits to offer two predictions: Either 1) the vehicle will never be used outside parades because it's ill-suited for police use, probably gets around 3 mpg, and nobody will have the parts nor experience to perform routine maintenance, or 2) within the first dozen times the vehicle is used to serve warrants, DCSO will roll up on the wrong house.For all that many in law enforcement dislike Radley Balko,… [read post]
12 Jun 2018, 11:38 pm
Trump Administration Can't Hide Jared Kushner-led Office From FOIA Requests, Watchdogs Claim in New Court FilingJessica Kwong, Newsweek, June 12, 2018An attempt by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit against its Jared Kushner–led Office of American Innovation (OAI) for failing to respond to public records requests is being challenged by two government watchdog groups.Democracy Forward and Food & Water Watch filed a brief in a federal district court on Monday,… [read post]
