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27 Apr 2016, 12:41 pm by Sophia Cope
House of Representatives Agrees That 30 Years Is Long Enough, Pushes Much-Needed Email Privacy Reform Bill to the Senate The U.S. [read post]
19 Nov 2023, 10:55 am by Ezra Rosser
Ornstein & Maxwell Palmer, Who Represents the Renters? [read post]
15 Nov 2013, 5:06 am by Jon Gelman
Budd and Kraus both sit on the boards of several of these trusts.The White House and the Office of Management and Budget did not respond to a request for comment.The trusts allow companies with significant liabilities to secure protection for future claims, but often have advisory committees made up of people from the same law firms that represent the asbestos clients.The Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act — backed by business interests such as the U.S. [read post]
7 Oct 2008, 9:10 pm
The Boston Globe has an interesting article about liberal Democratic State Representative Martha "Marty" Walz, who is sponsoring legislation to restrict eminent domain that recently passed the Massachusetts House of... [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 10:30 pm by Sabrina
News release: "Representatives Joe Barton (R-Texas) and Edward J. [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 5:06 am
[JURIST] The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 95-58 [roll call] Thursday in favor of a bill [text, PDF] to allow the governor to appoint a temporary replacement for the late Edward Kennedy (D-MA) on the US Senate [official websites]. [read post]
15 Jun 2005, 12:21 pm
[JURIST] Despite the looming threat of a Presidential veto [Reuters report], the US House of Representatives voted 238-187 [roll call] late Wednesday to approve the so-called Sanders Freedom to Read Amendment limiting a section of the USA Patriot Act [text] giving the FBI and Justice Department power to search public library records and book store sales without a search warrant. [read post]
9 Aug 2006, 1:29 pm
[JURIST] A bill that would require asylum seekers arriving in Australia [JURIST news archive] by boat to be processed in offshore camps is expected to be approved by the country's House of Representatives [official website] Thursday, despite opposition from within the governing Liberal Party [party website]. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Baptist Press yesterday reported that opposition from Christian conservatives was largely responsible for Friday's vote in Hawaii's House of Representatives to postpone consideration indefinitely on HB 444, a bill that would have authorized same-sex civil unions in the state To the surprise of many, the decision was made by voice vote after a Democratic caucus on the issue. [read post]
21 Jul 2005, 10:23 am
[JURIST] The Oregon House of Representatives [official website] voted 55-4 on Wednesday [press release] to require a prescription for cold medications that contain pseudoephdrine, a nasal decongestant that is used by drug dealers to make meth. [read post]
23 Sep 2004, 7:40 am
The US House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday afternoon that would prevent the lower federal courts or even the Supreme Court from ruling on the thorny issue of whether the words "under God" should be removed from the Pledge of Allegiance. [read post]
17 Jun 2020, 3:26 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
– Members of Congress representing the National Capital Region today wrote to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to “issue strong, explicit directives to Members of the House regarding proper face coverings” as Congress prepares to cast votes next week. [read post]
16 Jun 2014, 1:30 am by Editors
(There are some notable exceptions, such as NYCBA Formal Op. 2008-2 (“Corporate Legal Departments and Conflicts of Interest Between Represented Corporate Affiliates”) and ABA Formal Op. 99-415 (“Representation Adverse to Organization by Former In-House Lawyer”). [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 12:03 pm by Rosanne Kay
The European General Court has held that employed lawyers do not have the right to represent their in-house clients before it. [read post]
7 Aug 2009, 11:18 am
Acting in rapid fashion, on July 31, 2009, the House of Representatives passed legislation that, if enacted, would further advance the federal government's efforts to realign executive compensation practices. [read post]
18 May 2015, 10:05 am by aallwash
By Elizabeth Holland The House of Representatives will vote tomorrow on H.R. 2250, the Fiscal Year 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 3:42 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
One House ends at the conclusion of each two-year Congress, and the newly elected Representatives must constitute a new House at the beginning of the next Congress. [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 9:31 am by HS_admin
Last night, a House Committee of the Colorado General Assembly voted against a motion to send SB 15-177 to the entire House of Representatives for further consideration. [read post]