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Postal Service defeats white employee's racism, retaliation lawsuit
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Postal Service has won judgment in a lawsuit brought against it by a white employee who sued over his Black co-workers' use of the "N" word.
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EPA puts out PFAS limits despite critics' 'serious concerns with the underlying science'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - After a years-long wait, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has decided limits in drinking water for chemicals known as PFAS.
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No harm, no foul, Dept. of Education says while fighting class action over forged loan application
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Department of Education is fighting back against a class action lawsuit brought by a plaintiff who says his father took out more than $300,000 in fraudulent student loans in his name.
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Over objections, judge stays lawsuit against EPA during PFAS rulemaking
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Groups wanting the Environmental Protection Agency to make a move regulating chemicals known as PFAS will have their lawsuit against the agency stayed.
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Watchdog explores link between U.S. Interior Department Secretary and her daughter's lobbying
Somah Haaland is the daughter of Deb Haaland whom U.S. Pres. Joe Biden appointed as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior.
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CDC is the subject of an IG complaint alleging scientific integrity violations
PPT accuses the CDC of refusing to track known serious side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine, such as myocarditis
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Education Department deputy is subject of an Inspector General complaint
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal watchdog filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) inspector general against a top deputy of Secretary Miguel Cardona and asked for an ethics investigation.
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Federal watchdog sues U.S. Interior Department over FOIA noncompliance
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal watchdog sued the Department of the Interior (DOI) last week for non-compliance with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that targeted high-ranking officials in the U.S. agency.
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Federal watchdog says it's discovered John Kerry's climate office connection to 'CCP-linked NRDC'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A transparency lawsuit filed against John Kerry’s Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) at the State Department has yielded information suggesting ties to hostile foreign governments, according to a federal watchdog.
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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.