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Blair Enterprise Publishing
April 4, 2018
Both are scheduled to appear in district court April 17. Judge C. Matthew Samuelson dismissed charges against Edward L. Hossner, 51, and Donna R. Johnson, 49, both of Kennard, following a preliminary hearing in March. Hossner and Johnson claimed they no longer owned DJ's Vapes, 408 Main St.,Ãâà...
Above the Law
April 4, 2018
Back in January and February, we reported that the clerkship bonus market was heating up. Quinn Emanuel raised the stakes by offering a signing bonus of $105,000 for federal clerks who joined the firm post-clerkship. Hueston Hennigan quickly followed in Quinn's footsteps, also offering up $105,000Ãâà...
Mondaq News Alerts
April 4, 2018
United States: District Court Rebuffs Student Loan Servicer's Attempt To Quash CFPB's Investigative Demand ... for-profit colleges, in violation of sections 1031 and 1036 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, 12 U.S.C. ̤̤̉̉ 5531, 5536, or any other Federal consumer financial protection law.
Dalles Chronicle
April 4, 2018
PORTLAND — A U.S. appeals court on Monday affirmed an order to spill more water over Columbia and Snake river dams to help protect salmon and steelhead and aid their migration to the sea. The decision came after U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon of Oregon ruled last spring that the U.S. ArmyÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 4, 2018
WASHINGTON — A Dutch attorney who lied to federal agents investigating former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced Tuesday .... Alex van der Zwaan, a former lawyer for a powerful international corporate law firm, arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington on Tuesday, April 3, 2018.
Daily Herald
April 4, 2018
The lawsuit filed March 20 in Fourth District Court by five claimants against the city of Provo and former Provo Police Chief John King has been moved from Fourth District Court in Provo to the United States District Court for the District of Utah in Salt Lake City. The main reason is that some of the caseÃâà...
Philly.com
April 4, 2018
Former Philadelphia Sheriff John Green leaves U.S. District Court in Philadelphia after he beat all charges Tuesday April 3, 2018. ... Former Philadelphia Sheriff John Green beat all five charges in his federal corruption trial Tuesday, as a jury also rejected many of the charges against the businessman whoÃâà...
Access Washington
March 26, 2018
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that the previously scheduled federal court hearing on the constitutionality of President ... In December 2017, Judge Marsha Pechman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington blocked the ban by granting an injunctionÃâà...
SCOTUSblog (blog)
March 26, 2018
But as United States v. Sanchez-Gomez comes before the justices, the questions presented are more procedural in nature, including whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit had the authority to review the “interlocutory” appeal of a group of detainees after the federal district court upheld the U.S.Ãâà...
Philly.com
March 26, 2018
“I made a lot of mistakes,” Green told the jury in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. “But I never gave anyone anything in exchange for gifts or bribes.” Green, 70, a former Philadelphia police officer who first ran for office as a reformer, served as sheriff from 1990 to 2010. Federal prosecutors say that duringÃâà...
Windy City Times
March 26, 2018
The site is the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, Seattle Courthouse, 700 Stewart Street, Seattle, WA 98101. ... Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the proposed ban on open military service by transgender people in late AugustÃâà...
Lexology
March 26, 2018
On March 13, 2018, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma dismissed U.S. ex rel. Montalvo v. Native American Servs. Corp. In this case, the relators alleged that the defendants performed substandard work at a US Army ammunition plant. Specifically, the relators alleged that theÃâà...
The Providence Journal
March 25, 2018
The other three judges included Clifton's wife, then-Superior Court Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson, who is now a federal appeals court judge, and his ... But, he said, “I had good parents and strong parents who urged us to work hard and get an education because, truly, education can lift you up from poverty.
nwitimes.com
March 23, 2018
The crime: He lied to a U.S. District Court grand jury investigating bribery in Lake County Government. Corey was a successful businessman who built a thriving Hobart bakery, once from the ground up in 1954 and again from the ashes of a fire that gutted the business in 1974. He found time after makingÃâà...
Lexology
March 23, 2018
California employers can breathe a sigh of relief in light of a recent decision from the Southern District Court of California. In Ruiz v. ParadigmWorks Group, Inc., the Court held that an employer is not required to extend an employee's “multi-month” medical leave of absence where the employee is totallyÃâà...
NJ.com
March 23, 2018
Screengrab from U.S. District Court documents. His wife described ... The Attorney General's Office's Shooting Response team is conducting the deadly force investigation, as it does whenever the officer who fired is a county, state or federal officer, as opposed to a municipal officer. On Thursday morningÃâà...
The Pharma Letter
March 23, 2018
Ireland-headquartered Shire has welcomed yesterday's favorable ruling against US firm Abhai in connection with their Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for a generic version of Shire's Adderall XR (mixed amphetamine salts), which is indicated for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivityÃâà...
Lexology
March 23, 2018
In February 2018 the Supreme Court held that challenges to the Waters of the United States Clean Water Act 2015 jurisdictional rule issued by the ... On February 22 2018 the Southern District of Texas was the first US district court to hear arguments on the plaintiffs' request for preliminary relief staying theÃâà...
Nasdaq
March 23, 2018
(RTTNews.com) - Indivior PLC (INDV.L) announced that the US District Court for the District of Delaware has found that Alvogen does not infringe the asserted claims of U.S. Patents Nos. 8,017,150, 8,603,514 or 8,900,497. Indivior stated that it plans to appeal this ruling and intends to continue vigorouslyÃâà...
Planadviser.com
March 22, 2018
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, has ruled for the defendants in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) lawsuit filed by participants in the Caterpillar 401(k) plan against Aon Hewitt. A number of Aon Hewitt companies were named asÃâà...
Lawrence Journal World
March 22, 2018
You can count Peggy Kittel, the chief judge for Douglas County District Court, among those who are concerned about crowding issues at the Douglas County Jail. You can also count Kittel among .... “It's nice the pretrial program has given us an option we didn't have before,” she said. “Everyone here on theÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
March 22, 2018
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Linda Reade (center) smiles during a ceremony honoring her for her years of service as Chief Magistrate Judge CJ Williams (left) and U.S. District Court Judge Leonard Strand (right) laugh at the U.S. District Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Judge ReadeÃâà...
OregonLive.com
March 22, 2018
Jonathan L. Mann on Tuesday made his first appearance on a federal stalking charge in U.S. District Court in Eugene.( U.S. ... The case has landed in federal court because a protective order in state court didn't keep Jonathan Mann from harassing her, her father and husband for more than two years.
PennLive.com
March 22, 2018
According to the federal General Services Administration, the four courtrooms in the existing 1960s-era Reagan Building are not enough to meet the increasing caseload of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. According to Casey, the Harrisburg project was listed as the top priority inÃâà...
Mondaq News Alerts
March 22, 2018
In En Fuego, the FDA moved to transfer the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where the case could be consolidated with Cigar Association. The FDA has asked that the Court do this to preserve judicial resources, avoid overlapping litigation, and "avert the possibility of inconsistentÃâà...
Port Townsend Leader
March 22, 2018
For three years between being an undergraduate and entering law school, she worked with the U.S. Forest Service as a firefighter on a hotshot crew. “It was a completely different type of service,” she said, “but still a service to our country in a way, because trying to preserve our natural resources is anÃâà...
PLANSPONSOR
March 22, 2018
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Morningstar and Prudential. Technically speaking, the court has ruled on Morningstar's motion to dismiss Green vs. Morningstar et al pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and theÃâà...
Cato Institute (blog)
March 21, 2018
Not surprisingly, the uncertainty sparked in the aftermath of the Second Circuit's ruling has prompted policymakers to turn to a legislative fix to restore the “valid-when-made” precedent by making it federal law governing consumer credit markets. U.S. courts have long recognized the potential that usury capsÃâà...
Indiana Lawyer
March 20, 2018
Disgraced Subway pitchman Jared Fogle has once again been denied relief from his 15-year prison sentence after a district court judge denied his motion to take ... Indiana Southern District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt denied the motion for judicial notice, calling it a misuse of Federal Rule of Evidence 201.
JURIST
March 20, 2018
[JURIST] The US District Court for the Middle of Pennsylvania [official website] on Monday dismissed [opinion, PDF] the lawsuit brought by Pennsylvania Republican legislators seeking to throw out the new electoral map [JURIST reports] designed by the state Supreme Court. Also on Monday, the USÃâà...
Saipan Tribune
March 14, 2018
In the CNMI, Berline said, there is no federal public defender so all indigent criminal matters are handled by CJA panel members. The role of the CJA panel was one of the subjects taken up at the U.S. District Court for the NMI's 24th Annual District Conference at Kanoa Resort's Seaside Hall last Saturday.
ABC2 News
March 14, 2018
(WMAR) - On Monday, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that transgender students' right to use the restroom and locker rooms ... In this decision, U.S. District Court Judge George L. Russell III explained, “M.A.B.'s claims come down to a boy asking his school to treat him just likeÃâà...
San Francisco Chronicle
March 14, 2018
Joseph Percoco, right, former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, reacts while talking to reporters outside U.S. District court, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in New York. Percoco was convicted on corruption charges Tuesday at a trial that further exposed the state capital's culture of backroomÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 14, 2018
In 2016, courts statewide collected $38 million, much of it in Michigan's District Courts, which handle misdemeanors. Berrien County's 5th District Court collected $1 million, trailing only Oakland County's 52nd District Court at $2.3 million, according to reports filed with the State Court Administrative Office.
CNBC
March 14, 2018
A federal court on Monday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to implement protections against smog set in 2015, the agency's latest defeat in court as it rolls back environmental regulations. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the agency led by AdministratorÃâà...
Great Falls Tribune
March 13, 2018
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Montana Petroleum Association have filed briefs in the case on the side of Solenex. They argue the decision to cancel the leases was arbitrary and carries consequences beyond oil and gas leases for contract law and property rights. The secretary's decision toÃâà...
Billings Gazette
March 13, 2018
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled against a polygamous trio who sought a marriage license two and a half years ago in the wake of the U.S. Supreme ... Nathan, Vicki and Christine Collier filed their lawsuit in federal court in August 2015 after Yellowstone County denied an application for a marriageÃâà...
MassLive.com
March 13, 2018
ATM skimmer sentenced to federal prison in U.S. District Court ... A 25-year-old Romanian national was sentenced to serve one year and a day in federal prison after he entered a guilty plea to charges he used a skimmer device to surreptitiously collect account and PIN numbers from ATM patrons and thenÃâà...
Politico (blog)
March 10, 2018
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra signaled the forthcoming request in a court filing submitted Friday night to U.S. District Court Judge John ... The suit in San Francisco was filed by California last August after the Justice Department sought to step up enforcement of a federal law that seeks toÃâà...
Sidney Herald Leader
March 10, 2018
Attorneys representing the Army Corps of Engineers and the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District looked for assistance from the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Ninth ... The lawyers argued that the three federal judges should set aside a temporary injunction made at the U.S. District Court level that stoppedÃâà...
Lexology
March 10, 2018
On February 26, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed, for lack of jurisdiction, a challenge to the President's Executive Order 13771, and two guidance documents issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that instruct the affected federal agencies on how to administer EOÃâà...
Meadville Tribune
March 10, 2018
HARRISBURG — A panel of U.S. District Court judges heard arguments Friday in a request by state and federal Republican lawmakers to get a state Supreme Court-drafted redistricting plan halted. Attorneys for the League of Women Voters have asked the district court judges to dismiss the case. StantonÃâà...
CNN
March 10, 2018
Washington (CNN) Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg arrived at District Court in Washington, DC, Friday morning, where he is expected to ... The US intelligence community determined in January 2017 that Russian intelligence provided the hacked emails to WikiLeaks, which Assange denies.
The Spokesman-Review
March 10, 2018
Rene Boucher, left, leaves U.S. District Court with attorney Matt Baker, right, Friday, March 9, 2018, in Bowling Green, Ky. ... U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's neighbor pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge for tackling the lawmaker in an attack his attorney says was triggered by a dispute over lawn maintenance.
The Sun Chronicle
March 10, 2018
... the U.S. Constitution and the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights in the state constitution. The judge said he hears cases each week in Attleboro District Court involving defendants with various problems, including mental health and drug and alcohol problems, and “people who have made bad choices.”Ãâà...
Sacramento Bee
March 10, 2018
A local dispute over the use of the “Mimosa House” name has bubbled over with a lawsuit in U.S. District Court. Early Morning Inc., the corporation that operates The Mimosa House restaurant in Sacramento and three others in El Dorado Hills, Folsom and Roseville, has filed suit against the ownership ofÃâà...
American Geosciences Institute
March 9, 2018
On February 22, the U.S. District Court for Northern California issued a preliminary injunction against suspension of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) 2016 rule on Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation. The Obama-era rule seeks to reduce methane wasteÃâà...
Big Island Video News
March 9, 2018
... U.S. District Court for Hawaiʻi went before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on March 7. Senator Mazie K. Hirono served as the lead Democrat during the hearing. “Ms. Otake's upbringing, education, and career experience all speak to her qualifications to serve on the federal bench,” Sen.
Indiana Lawyer
March 9, 2018
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated an Indiana man's enhanced sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm after finding the district court erred in not recognizing its discretion to require the man's federal sentence to run concurrent to his unrelated state court sentence. In United States ofÃâà...
