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6 Oct 2014, 9:23 am by Lorenzo Cellini
  Most states—thirty, including the District of Columbia—have a law similar to the federal False Claims Act that allows a private citizen to file a lawsuit on behalf of the state to recover money that the state was defrauded into paying. [read post]
12 May 2016, 7:28 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
District of Columbia: Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012, GAO-16-663T: Published: May 12, 2016. [read post]
1 Oct 2009, 7:02 am by Paul Venard
The Supreme Court last year ruled in District of Columbia v. [read post]
31 Aug 2022, 8:12 pm by Jean O'Grady
The new resource, Online Legal Information Resources (OLIR)  provides links to primary resources  for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, the U.S. [read post]
5 Apr 2010, 5:44 pm by Lawrence Solum
Zhu (Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights; Government of the United States of America - United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit) has posted An Empirical Study of Race and Law School Hiring on SSRN. [read post]
2 Feb 2015, 11:21 am by Caroline Klocko
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld claims of false advertising by POM Wonderful LLC (“POM Wonderful”), finding that the government could prohibit the pomegranate juice company from advertising its products as being effective in fighting heart disease, prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction. [read post]
22 Jun 2017, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
But new bills sponsored in the District of Columbia by Councilwoman Mary Cheh and in Michigan by Senator Steven Bieda would apply the bounty system to the tax area, starting, at least, with larger taxpayers. [read post]
2 Feb 2015, 11:21 am by Caroline Klocko
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld claims of false advertising by POM Wonderful LLC (“POM Wonderful”), finding that the government could prohibit the pomegranate juice company from advertising its products as being effective in fighting heart disease, prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction. [read post]
2 Feb 2015, 11:21 am by Caroline Klocko
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld claims of false advertising by POM Wonderful LLC (“POM Wonderful”), finding that the government could prohibit the pomegranate juice company from advertising its products as being effective in fighting heart disease, prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction. [read post]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia has barred drilling for the second time in two years on over 300,000 acres of federal land in Wyoming because the government failed to sufficiently consider the drilling’s impacts on climate change. [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 6:58 am by Mike Underwood
We reported recently that motions for summary judgment had been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case challenging the NLRB's rule requiring that all employers post a notice about union organizing rights. [read post]
11 Aug 2014, 6:31 am by Stefan Passantino
And so it begins… On Friday, the New York and Tennessee state Republican parties, led by the very able Jason Torchinsky, filed a complaint in District of Columbia federal court challenging both the constitutionality and administrative propriety of the SEC’s pay-to-play rule governing investment advisors; Rule 206(4)-5. [read post]
29 Jul 2011, 11:06 am by Judicial Watch Blog
In the most recent of numerous scandals to rock the District of Columbia’s famously corrupt government, a councilman charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars meant for youth programs has been let off the hook by the city’s attorney general and won’t be federally charged because the area’s U.S. attorney is a college fraternity brother. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 10:52 am
Applying this understanding of the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court invalidated the District of Columbia’s comprehensive prohibition on handgun possession. [read post]
20 Aug 2024, 8:17 am by Ezra Rosser
Abstract below: In every state and the District of Columbia, an individual who owes a debt to the state can lose their license to work. [read post]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia filed an order Monday granting a preliminary injunction barring Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents from conducting credible fear interviews ordinarily conducted by Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) asylum officers. [read post]
25 Nov 2006, 9:20 am
Some quotes:The federal government and the banking industry will square off next week in the Supreme Court against all 50 states and the District of Columbia in a mortgage-lending case that could have broad implications for business regulation. [read post]
12 Mar 2014, 9:55 am by Joy Waltemath
In a qui tam case alleging fraud against government contractor Halliburton and related entities, a federal district court in the District of Columbia granted the relator’s motion to compel discovery of 89 documents related to an internal fraud investigation that were being withheld by the defendants on the basis of attorney-client privilege and protected work product. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 9:11 am by Sean Gallagher
In an administrative claim filed on January 5­ under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act and a complaint filed with the District of Columbia Superior Court, Attkisson’s attorneys gave an initial summary of their accusations against the US Justice Department, which they claim directed the surveillance of Attkisson as part of an ongoing Obama administration campaign against journalists and government employees acting as their confidential sources. [read post]