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19 May 2024, 9:05 pm by The Regulatory Review
Apr 10, 2023 | Solving State Transmission Roadblocks to Unlock Renewable Energy | Scholar examines how community-based regulatory reforms can support efforts to scale up the United States’ electric grid. [read post]
18 May 2024, 11:49 am
We will participate in proceedings including strategic litigation holding businesses accountablefor human rights abuses and violations. [read post]
17 May 2024, 4:43 am by Matthias Weller
First, the UK Government has been exemplary in ensuring the “seamless continuity” of the HCCH 2005 Choice of Court Convention throughout the uncertainties of the whole withdrawal process, as evidenced by the UK’s declarations and Note Verbale to the depositary Kingdom of the Netherlands.[17] The same applies mutatis mutandis to the HCCH 1965 Service Convention, to which all EU Member States are parties, and the HCCH 1970 Evidence Convention, which has only been ratified so… [read post]
15 May 2024, 2:00 am
This settlement should send a clear message to housing providers and property owners: when you exploit your power and sexually harass and abuse tenants, the Justice Department will aggressively use federal civil rights laws to hold you accountable. [read post]
13 May 2024, 3:58 pm by Reference Staff
The Washington State Law Library has a sizeable collection regarding federal civil rights litigation. [read post]
13 May 2024, 2:00 am
Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division noted that, “The Justice Department will vigorously enforce laws to stop deceptive advertisers from making misleading and fraudulent claims to sell product …. [read post]
8 May 2024, 9:01 pm by renholding
As we have noted in prior client updates, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have increasingly adopted an aggressive enforcement posture for sanctions violations. [read post]
7 May 2024, 7:05 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
PTP’s legislative recommendations to the GOP include: A restructuring and slimming down of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would combine and transfer from DHS several existing agencies and components—US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), and the Department of… [read post]
6 May 2024, 9:00 pm by Laura Dooley and Rodger Citron
The Court denied Du Pont’s request to review the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s judgment affirming the jury’s $40 million award in favor of plaintiffs, a married couple, asserting negligence claims against Du Pont. [read post]
5 May 2024, 6:44 pm
While Hong Kong’s ratification to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) occurred in 1976 during the colonial era as the United Kingdom’s ratification was extended to the then dependent territory, Annex I, Section XIV of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and Article 39 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law legally guarantee that the ICCPR remains in force in Hong Kong since the end of the colonial era on 1 July 1997. [read post]
1 May 2024, 4:00 am by Eric Segall
And it was insulting to suggest that a brief written by Thurgood Marshall, America's most important civil rights litigator, and a man who fought tirelessly in favor of affirmative action, would stand for such a proposition. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 2:44 pm by Reference Staff
This same year, the United States Department of Fair Housing and Urban Development (HUD) celebrated the first anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act by completing a field operations handbook, which included a formal complaint process. [read post]
22 Apr 2024, 8:00 am
SCHOOL DISTRICT WRONGFULLY FORCED DISABLED EMPLOYEE TO RESIGNIn early April, West Memphis School District was sued by the United States Justice Department, for denying an employee’s request for “temporary telework. [read post]
22 Apr 2024, 1:06 am by INFORRM
The United States has provided assurances that Julian Assange would not receive the death penalty in the event that he is extradited. [read post]
19 Apr 2024, 4:51 pm by INFORRM
 In a collective statement, nine civil society organizations, including Access Now and ARTICLE 19, welcome the United States-led UN General Assembly resolution on “safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for sustainable development. [read post]
19 Apr 2024, 2:00 am
The Justice Department is committed to holding predatory landlords accountable to ensure that all tenants are protected from unlawful discrimination. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm by Rodger Citron
The scheme worked well in complicated civil cases (patent disputes, litigation over corporate control) with well-heeled parties on both sides. [read post]