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Court revives defamation suit against Marjorie Taylor Greene
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A Georgia mortgage company gets a second chance to sue U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for accusing the firm of firing an executive whose police officer stepson was arrested for shooting a Black man.
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Advocates want action on lawsuit against EPA over PFAS regulation
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Earthjustice is tired of the delay in its lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency that alleges reporting loopholes are keeping information regarding chemicals known as PFAS secret.
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CFPB's loosening of rules 'arbitrary and capricious'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acted in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner when it quadrupled the number of mortgages lenders must make before being subject to detailed reporting requirements designed to detect racial discrimination, a federal court ruled.
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Second DOI official accused of violating federal ethics law, 'Biden Ethics Pledge'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Another Department of the Interior (DOI) official is being accused of violating federal ethics laws and the Biden Ethics Pledge.
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U.S. Interior Department Inspector General finds Bureau of Land Management official violated ethics
Protect the Public's Trust (PPT) alleges that BLM Deputy Director of Policy and Programs Nada Culver became the subject of an investigation by the DOI after PPT filed a complaint in June 2021
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JetBlue, American want Delta in the house when trial over alliance starts
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - JetBlue and American Airlines want to put a competitor on the stand to prove their business arrangement has not hurt customers in the Northeast United States.
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JetBlue, American say opinion of feds' antitrust expert not fit for court
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - JetBlue and American Airlines are taking aim at the federal government's choice of experts in a lawsuit that alleges a business arrangement between the two will hurt customers.
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Walmart launches Constitutional attack on Lina Khan's FTC
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Days after the Federal Trade Commission accused Walmart of helping scam artists defraud customers by using its money-transfer service, the retailer fired back with a frontal assault on the agency’s constitutional authority to sue or seek financial penalties.The FTC sued Walmart on Friday for failing to protect customers against sending money to scam artists.
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Woman who got flu shot instead of birth control closer to $10 million wrongful birth verdict
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who mistakenly received a flu shot instead of the contraceptives she was expecting may be entitled to $10 million in damages after she gave birth to a child with a rare congenital disease, the Washington Supreme Court ruled, rejecting the U.S. government’s argument the plaintiff had to prove she sought birth control to avoid such an outcome.
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Lois Lerner deposition unsealed: Lincoln worst president; 'Citizens United' worst thing that's happened to country
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – Lois Lerner, whose testimony about Internal Revenue Service’s crackdown on Tea Party groups has come out from under seal, said she couldn’t remember stating that Lincoln was our worst president.
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CPAC panel: GOP lawmakers should be putting pressure on Biden for energy production
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - Republicans should be putting pressure on President Biden to wean European countries off of Russian energy and onto American liquid natural gas exports.
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Convention of States founder talks Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina progress at CPAC
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - Ohio, Pennsylvania, and potentially North Carolina are among states poised to pass a Convention of States (COS) resolution that would return more federal power to the people.
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PPT demands investigation of Interior Secretary Haaland's financial reporting
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal watchdog has filed a complaint accusing Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Debra Haaland of having potentially violated reporting requirements on a financial disclosure report.
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Freedom Fest captures essence of U.S. versus China patent systems war
LAS VEGAS (Legal Newsline) - When former President Obama signed the America Invents Act, it was packaged as historic patent reform legislation that would streamline the process for American entrepreneurs and businesses.
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Woman who tripped at Gateway Arch fails in effort to sue federal government
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – The United States is immune from liability in a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleges she tripped and was injured at a fair at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
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Pharma exec: 'Mark Cuban's online pharmacy venture should explore Medicare'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A pharma executive says that Mark Cuban’s new prescription drug venture is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the market but when it does finally reach a tipping point, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are likely to feel the pinch
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House subcommittee weighs Private Right of Action under proposed data privacy bill
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - At least two experts who participated in a House Committee on Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing Tuesday testified that the Private Right of Action (PRA) in proposed data privacy legislation could potentially do more harm than good.
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Feds, states get OK to sue JetBlue and American over alliance
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – The Department of Justice will get to sue American Airlines and JetBlue Airways over their “Northeast Alliance,” a business arrangement the DOJ thinks will hurt customers.
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U.S. DOT faces FOIA lawsuit seeking details about Secretary Buttigieg's paternity leave
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal watchdog has sued the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) alleging that it failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking details about Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s paternity leave.
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FOIA records: Jan. 6 House Select Committee investigator consulted with FEC commissioner, sparking ethics questions
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A nonpartisan think tank has obtained documents that show a Federal Election Commissioner (FEC) communicating with a Jan. 6 committee investigator.