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'Mayor Pete’ documentary leads to a FOIA lawsuit against Transportation Dept.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Protect the People’s Trust (PPT) sued the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the federal agency is non-compliant with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) involving the documentary “Mayor Pete.”
Protect the People's Trust sues DOT alleging lack of Buttigieg waiver transparency
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary received a waiver for previous work in Indiana where he was mayor of South Bend and employed by a radio station, however the scope of that waiver has allegedly not been revealed, according to a watchdog group.
ATRA: 'Plaintiffs' bar infiltrated the National Association of Attorneys General and pushed it to the left'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - At least one state Attorney General is considering withdrawing membership from what once was an independent association of state attorneys general, according to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA).
New Mexico's top election officer and AG face suit for allegedly criminalizing voter data request
A concerned citizen has sued the state of New Mexico after the top election officer allegedly criminalized her request for voter data.
Federal watchdog sues State Department over delayed FOIA request on Kerry climate office
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal watchdog has sued the U.S. Department of State alleging that it is wrongfully withholding records related to the Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change, chaired by John Kerry.
Open the Books accuses nonprofits of using free trips to curry financial favor with Congress
Andrzejewski: 'All the transactions are legal but the pattern is troubling.'
J&J's Chapter 11 filing is proceeding in New Jersey bankruptcy court
J&J's Chapter 11 bankruptcy will proceed now that a New Jersey judge has denied Baby Powder plaintiffs’ request that their filing be dismissed
Watchdog questions Interior Department appointee's below-market-rate loan, tree spiking incident
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Documents obtained by a federal watchdog group show that the Department of Interior’s communications team may have knowingly assisted an appointee in making false statements after a Senate confirmation hearing.
Rep. Walsh: 'Lawsuit against GEO Group was a partisan, politically motivated action by the AG'
TACOMA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - When Washington State Rep. Jim Walsh (R-Aberdeen) introduced a budget amendment to the Washington House of Representatives to appropriate $455,0000 to cover the cost of paying minimum wage to patients in civil confinement hospitals, it was in response to a $24 million ruling a U.S. District Judge issued requiring a contractor to pay minimum wage to non-citizen immigrants who are federally detained.
Protect the Public's Trust tracks ethics of credit union lobbyist, Obama Interior appointee
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Two new presidential appointees have been added to the watchdog group Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT)’s ethics waiver tracker.
Study: More than 200 labor unions received $37 million in PPP funds
SACRAMENTO (Legal Newsline) - A new study found that the California Retired Teachers Association received federal pandemic funds even though the union was ineligible to apply.
Watchdog sues HHS to obtain Becerra's California ethics waiver, assistant's Pennsylvania waiver
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Both the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and assistant Secretary received waivers for previous work in their respective states, however the scope of those waivers is being withheld, according to a watchdog group.
K.T. McFarland at CPAC blames Biden for allowing Russia to bankroll invasion with energy exports
ORLANDO (Legal Newsline) - When K.T. McFarland was the deputy national security advisor under former President Donald J. Trump just 13 months ago, she recalled that the world was at peace.
CPAC panel: Biden blocked black female judge GOP wanted in 2003
ORLANDO (Legal Newsline) - There would already be a black female U.S. Supreme Court justice had President Joe Biden accepted the first one that a Republican president selected nearly 20 years ago, according to a Georgia congressman.
Watchdog: Fish and Wildlife director lacks scientific credentials; Decisions could face court challenge as result
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Department of Interior's new Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) director does not have the educational requirements to assume the position, according to a watchdog group.
Study: Plaintiffs lawyers put their bucks into finding paraquat clients
Some $16.2 million was spent on television advertising last year related to the commercial herbicide paraquat by plaintiffs attorneys trolling for allegedly injured clients
Alex Berenson at CPAC: Stand for free speech even if you don't like what's being said
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - If Republicans want to be known as the free speech party, they must stop trying to ban books, according to Alex Berenson, author of the Unreported Truths newsletter.
Virginia legislature seeks to ban special interest groups from planting attorneys in AG offices
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The Virginia House and Senate seek to ban special interest groups from planting activist litigators in the state Attorney General's office.
Suit alleges Energy refuses to turn over Granholm, Proterra records; DOE says it's focused on 'equitable clean energy future'
Granholm continued to hold stock options in Proterra even as President Joe Biden and other White House officials actively promoted Proterra, according to media reports. She eventually divested the holdings in a transaction that netted her a reported $1.6 million.
Senate Dems take up cause for mass tort lawyers and claimants
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Members of the U.S. Senate stopped short of crafting legislation at a hearing this week that was focused on the treatment of mass tort defendants who consider declaring bankruptcy.